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Sam Smith Highlights Homophobic Abuse After Sharing Anti-Gay Instagram Account

Sam Smith Calls Out Homophobic Abuse
Daniel Welsh
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Sam Smith has called out an Instagram account set up purely to post homophobic abuse about him, to highlight the prejudices gay people still face.

On Tuesday night, the ‘Lay Me Down’ singer posted a screenshot of an Instagram account called ‘GaySamSmith’, with the username ‘WE HATE F****T SMITH’.

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Addressing the hate account, Sam wrote: “This genuinely doesn't offend me, coz I'm way too tick skinned when it comes to this kind of shit.

“BUT I just wanted to share this with everyone, so you can see how homophobia is still SO PRESENT in our society!”

The account, which has since been deleted, had the bio: “There is a f**, his name is Sam, when he’s on, I like to cry. He is gay but that’s okay, we can still make fun of him.”

Sam has spoken in the past about being on the receiving end of homophobic abuse, claiming he was attacked physically and verbally when he first moved to London, and admitted he was consistently bullied for being gay while he was at school.

Sam came out to the public in an interview last year, revealing that his album, ‘In The Lonely Hour’, had been written about an unrequited crush he had on a man he knew.

Although he’s never spoken publicly about the object of his affections, he did address him in his Grammys acceptance speech back in February, saying: “I want to thank the man who I fell in love with last year, who my record is about. Thank you so much for breaking my heart… because you got me four Grammys.”

Sam Smith's Biggest Achievements
Sam Smith's biggest achievements (01 of18)
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Taking home three Brit Awards for Critics Choice in 2014 and British Breakthrough Act and Global Success in 2015. (credit:David M. Benett via Getty Images)
Sam Smith's biggest achievements (02 of18)
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Won four Grammys in 2015 including Best New Artist, "Stay with Me" for Record of the Year and Song of the Year, and In the Lonely Hour for Best Pop Vocal Album. (credit:Jason LaVeris via Getty Images)
Sam Smith's biggest achievements (03 of18)
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Topped the 2014 BBC Sound Of poll, beating off competition from Ella Eyre and George Ezra. (credit:Michael Tran via Getty Images)
Sam Smith's biggest achievements (04 of18)
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Performed a duet of ‘Stay With Me’ with Mary J. Blige. (credit:Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
Sam Smith's biggest achievements (05 of18)
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Recorded a version of ‘Lay Me Down’ with John Legend, which went on to top the charts. (credit:Comic Relief/AP)
Sam Smith's biggest achievements (06 of18)
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Amassed an army of celebrity fans including Beyonce, Kim Kardashian, Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus. (credit:Instagram)
Sam Smith's biggest achievements (07 of18)
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Sold out New York’s Madison Square Garden. (credit:Rob Loud via Getty Images)
Sam Smith's biggest achievements (08 of18)
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Transformed his relationship with food to become just four pounds away from his goal weight. (credit:Instagram)
Sam Smith's biggest achievements (09 of18)
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Scored the fastest selling album of 2014. (credit:David M. Benett via Getty Images)
Sam Smith's biggest achievements (10 of18)
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Became the only artist to sell 1 million albums in UK and US in 2014. (credit:SAV via Getty Images)
Sam Smith's biggest achievements (11 of18)
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Gained 2.85 million followers on Twitter and 3.8 million Instagram fans. (credit:Simon James via Getty Images)
Sam Smith's biggest achievements (12 of18)
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Set a US sales record after debut album, ‘In the Lonely Hour’, the most sold in the first week by a UK male artist's debut album, shifting 166,000 copies. (credit:Gareth Cattermole via Getty Images)
Sam Smith's biggest achievements (13 of18)
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Received the honour of being invited to perform at the Grammys. (credit:Jon Kopaloff via Getty Images)
Sam Smith's biggest achievements (14 of18)
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His album ‘In The Lonely Hour’ became the second best-selling on 2014, just behind Ed Sheeran’s ‘X’. (credit:Christopher Polk via Getty Images)
Sam Smith's biggest achievements (15 of18)
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Performed on a sell-out tour in spring 2014, before announcing a world arena tour for this year. (credit:Sven Hoppe/DPA)
Sam Smith's biggest achievements (16 of18)
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Picked up two Ivor Novello nominations. (credit:Yui Mok/PA Wire)
Sam Smith's biggest achievements (17 of18)
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Won three Billboard Music Awards for Top New Artist, Top Male Artist and Top Radio Songs Artist in 2015. (credit:Lionel Hahn/ABACA USA)
Sam Smith's biggest achievements (18 of18)
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Got into his first Twitter spat after wading into the Louis Tomlinson/Naughty Boy row. (credit:Daniel DeSlover/Zuma Press)

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