Video for “I’m Not Here To Make Friends” generated fatphobic lines against Sam Smith
Clip of “I’m Not Here To Make Friends” made available in the last week shows Sam Smith embracing own sexuality and new musical sound. However, the artist received several attacks of gordophobia and homophobia after the release.
Among the comments, people called Smith of “degenerate” for allegedly promoting “that kind” of content to children – even though the clip is not recommended for children on YouTube. Other Twitter users compare the influencer’s arrest Andrew Tate for human trafficking and organized crime with the launch of samalleging injustice.
“I’m Not Here To Make Friends,” however, it is far from any kind of offensive content. Other people have countered fatphobic comments, some coming from the community itself (via Hugo Gloss): “If Sam Smith If you were cis, straight, and skinny, you wouldn’t get ridiculed for how you dress. if Harry Styles wore the same clothes on a magazine cover, everyone would be screaming: ‘yas queen.'” Anyway, support queer and fat people.”
If Sam Smith were thin, cis, and straight, they wouldn’t be ridiculed for how they present and dress. If Harry Styles wore the same fits on a magazine cover, y’all would be screaming YAS QUEEN. Anyway, support fat queer people.
— Mae Murray (@maemurrayxo) January 30, 2023
Watch the clip of “I’m Not Here To Make Friends“:
In an interview with Zane Lowe for Apple Musicartist highlighted the positive side since he revealed to identify as a non-binary person, but vented about violence.
“We have two sides: my personal life and my public life. Personally, there are no negative points. My family can communicate with me, they always have, but now in an even better way. My love life has improved – I feel lovable, comfortable on my skin. I wear whatever I want to wear,” he explained.
“I think the only pain points and struggles I faced were in my public life and at work. The amount of hate and shit that came my way, it was just exhausting. It was really hard,” he added. sam.
Source: Rollingstone
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