Gods, get over it, people! Poor Sam Smith is getting all kinds of grief for what people heard, not what he said:
So he misquoted McKellan. Like no one's ever been misquoted before, and Smith was obviously overwhelmed. Any grown-up would cut him some slack. Even Matt Baume, who should know better, took advantage of the opportunity to show how "wrong" Smith was.
He quite plainly qualified his statement -- "If that's the case, or even if that's not the case" -- before getting to the real substance: a loud, proud proclamation he is an out gay man who has won this award, with full awareness that there's a lot more to be done.
I think I'm a little fed up with all these nattering queens who need to criticize something, anything. And frankly, the mere fact that this has been plastered all over the blogosphere as a negative story about Smith is really beyond the Pale.
OK. End of rant.
So he misquoted McKellan. Like no one's ever been misquoted before, and Smith was obviously overwhelmed. Any grown-up would cut him some slack. Even Matt Baume, who should know better, took advantage of the opportunity to show how "wrong" Smith was.
He quite plainly qualified his statement -- "If that's the case, or even if that's not the case" -- before getting to the real substance: a loud, proud proclamation he is an out gay man who has won this award, with full awareness that there's a lot more to be done.
I think I'm a little fed up with all these nattering queens who need to criticize something, anything. And frankly, the mere fact that this has been plastered all over the blogosphere as a negative story about Smith is really beyond the Pale.
OK. End of rant.
2 comments:
Watched the clip for the first time here. What's not to like?
Beard looks good on Sam.
There is a group of commenters -- although not nearly organized enough to be considered a group, so maybe I should call them an aggregation -- who seem to work overtime finding something to criticize, especially on stories about attractive, accomplished young gay men. And the more attractive, the more bitter the comments.
Draw your own conclusions.
(And no, I do not mind at all seeing another story about Tom Daley or Colton Haynes, especially if they're not wearing much.)
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