Sam Smith hits back at homophobic ‘faggot’ poem

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The singer has shared a link to a social media account set up to post abusive comments about him.

Smith tweeted the link to an account named ā€œGay Sam Smithā€ ā€“ which includes numerous homophobic slurs ā€“ however, the singer said he wasnā€™t going to let it bother him.

Instead, he said he wanted to shed light on how prevalent homophobia still is in todayā€™s society.

Sam Smith hits back at homophobic ‘faggot’ poem

ā€œThis genuinely doesnā€™t offend me, coz Iā€™m way too tick (sic) skinned when it comes to this kind of sh*t.

ā€œBUT I just wanted to share this with everyone, so you can see how homophobic is still SO PRESENT in our society!!ā€

The award winning singer has previously admitted to enjoying the idea of people who oppose LGBT rights listening to his music.

The singer ā€“ who came out last year ā€“ claimed that he has fans who still have no idea about his sexuality, which is not overtly referenced in his music.

He said: ā€œI like the idea that there may be homophobic guys who listen to my record and they have no clue that Iā€™m gay!ā€

Smith does not explicitly refer to a male love interest in his music, explaining previously:

ā€œI donā€™t want to limit to just one community. I want to reach everyone, gay people, lesbians, transsexuals, straight people, Catholics, anyone.ā€