Sam Smith responds to backlash over “quarantine merger” photo

Sam Smith has said they “weren’t referring to any malice” by sharing a photo of themselves crying during the shutdown.

The 27-year-old singer posted an image to Instagram last month, showing them with his head bowed in apparent despair and titled “Stages of a quarantine crisis.”

Some disparagingly compared Smith’s response to that of 99-year-old Captain Tom Moore, who raised more than £ 18 million for the NHS by walking 100 laps in his yard before turning 100 on April 30.

Captain Tom Moore (Joe Giddens / PA)

Speaking at Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden, Smith said the publication’s humor had not “been captured very well.”

They said: “Six weeks ago I posted a photo and everyone else was posting photos.

“It was probably a bad time for me, but I use my social media as if they were just my friends.”

“I published with my humor and those things, but it was not very well received, but I did not want to say anything malicious.”

“You know me, I’m always sharing all my feelings all the time and trying to be as human as possible, but sometimes people can misread it, but that didn’t really mean in a malicious or unpleasant way, I was just trying to be myself. “

Sam Smith on stage (Ben Birchall / PA)

World War II veteran Captain Moore has been praised by a long list of celebrities, and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is looking for ways to recognize his “heroic efforts.”

Smith, who isolates himself with his sister at home, has talked about struggling with mental health, especially during the pandemic.

They said Thursday’s news that the blockade had been extended for at least three weeks caused “a bit of a drop.”

They added, “But I can’t complain. I’m with my sister, I’m at home. I think the hardest part is sitting down and watching everyone else work so hard, that’s the hardest part of this, but I’m doing it right. , time is moving. “

It comes after Smith, who identifies himself as a non-binary genre, postponed the release of the upcoming album To Die For, and announced plans to rename it because “it doesn’t feel right” in the midst of the Covid-19 outbreak.