TV host slammed for misgendering Sam Smith multiple times on show

TV host slammed for misgendering Sam Smith multiple times on show

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“It’s a bit big for him,” Smith said. “If he was my son, I’d be saying, ‘Son, that’s too big for you’… He’s going to stand out. He knows what he’s doing, does that fella.”

Williams, in contrast, used Smith’s correct pronouns, stating that they would “certainly stand out on the red carpet.”

‘He’s a bloke’
Fans online reacted quickly, criticizing Kelly for disregarding Smith’s identity.

“Not Lorraine misgendering Sam Smith over and over!!” one user wrote, as reported by The Independent. Another added: “I guess Lorraine didn’t get the memo about Sam Smith and their chosen pronouns, awkward.”

Others, however, said “[Kelly] fell into the trap of thinking he’s a bloke because he is.”

“How can you misgender someone that is obviously a man?” a second tweeted

 

A third joked, “What a bigot, she knows they are not a he but a chubby them or they…I forgot what we were talking about.”

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