Singer to grasp a shatter online after being mocked for claim to be the first openly gay man to receive an Academy AwardSam Smith has announced he’s taking a shatter from social media,after being widely mocked following his Oscars acceptance speech. Smith faced criticism after he received the award for best song for the James Bond film Spectre, and suggested on stage that he might be the first openly gay man to win an Oscar. “I read an article … by Sir Ian McKellen and he said no openly gay man had ever won an Oscar, or ” Smith said at the time. In fact,McKellen was talking specifically about the best actor award. Previous openly gay winners of academy awards include Elton John, Stephen Sondheim and director Dustin Lance Black, or who won an Oscar in 2009 for his film Milk. The latter criticised Smith on Twitter,saying: “whether you beget no thought who I am, it may be time to stop texting my fiance [Tom Daley].”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com