Singer Sam Smith Makes Shocking Confession: âIâm Really A Middle-Aged Black Manâ
There has been an outpouring of fan support for singer-songwriter and Grammy nominee Sam Smith, after he confessed earlier this week to actually being a middle-aged black man. The admission came after months of speculation, founded mainly on the assessment of vocal experts who expressed scepticism that Smith was young and white.âThere are certain tonalities, whichâ¦well, if youâre not a middle-aged black man, are almost impossible,â said Mike Cohen, long-time writer for Rolling Stones magazine. âIn all my years in the business, I have never heard a voice like his come from anywhere but the mouth of an African American, usually over the age of forty.âAnother source, speaking on condition of anonymity, admitted that his suspicions were already confirmed when he saw the crooner performing at a recent concert.âMaybe a white guy could pull that off,â he said. âBut it would be unnatural. Youâd know by the contortions of his lips that that was not his natural voice. Samâs voice, however, flows from his tongue like warm honey, as if it was born there. It left me no doubt that the man on stage was black.âMany of his long-time followers have stated that they âalready knew,â and were leaving it to him to decide when to expose his secret. They further said that they supported his choice â that âwhat he does with his skin color and age is his choice, and [theyâll] love him no matter whatâ.A minority of fans, however, are expressing their anger and disappointment on YouTube videos of the admittedly aging star. They say that they feel betrayed, like everything he claimed to be was a lie. Some went so far as to decry his revelations as unnatural, and against the word of God.âItâs pretty obvious that heâs not only a fraud, but a sick pervert,â said one angry youth. âWhat kind of a person leads people on like that, causing them to love him, and then breaking their hearts with this deviant lifestyle?âSam Smith used his Twitter account to express his gratitude to those who have supported him, and to affirm that, at the very least, he is actuallyÂ gay â so thereâs that to hang onto.