MESS UP IN REAL LIFE AND YOU RISK THE WRATH OF SOCIAL MEDIA
Aside from an Oscar, this week’s OOPS Award goes to Sam Smith after his Oscars acceptance speech, in which he reportedly claimed to be the first openly gay man to win one. This in fact wasn’t the case - and weren’t people keen to point it out. Before I go on I’d like to add in what he actually said…
‘I stand here tonight as a proud gay man and I hope that we can all stand together as equals one day. I read an article a few months ago by Sir Ian McKellen, and he said that no openly gay man had ever won an Oscar. If this is the case, even if it isn’t the case, I want to dedicate this to the LGBT community all around the world.’
Now to my eyes - this is not the biggest crime in the world. He read something and remembered it, then used it to try and make a nice point at a time when it was relevant. It makes me sad to think that Sam Smith will probably remember the night he won an Oscar as the night that started a torrent of abuse from a bunch of strangers.