The musician who identifies as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns, Sam Smith recently stunned guests at Ashridge House in Hertfordshire, England while filming an X-rated video that featured drag queens and scantily-clad men in trunks.
Once used by Tudor monarchs Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, the British country house is now a tourist attraction, and about the shoot one onlooker told The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre column:
“They had hired part of the house completely but the gardens and other areas were still open to the public.” “There were plenty of older folk enjoying a walk in the grounds when a load of geezers in leather turned up in all sorts.””It probably gave a few of them a heart attack. They were absolutely shocked.” “Some of the staff at the house had to try to usher the dancers through discretely, and move the visitors through another part of the estate to avoid creating a scene. It was very funny.”
In a recent interview, Smith suggested that it was “still hard to be queer” despite all of the success they have achieved in the music industry and explained how they are still harassed on the street sometimes. The Grammy Award winner said “Everything is moving forward in a wonderful way. But there is realities that are quite hard to swallow when it comes to the stats of the countries, where it’s still illegal and it is hard. It’s still hard to be queer. There’s still backlash. I still get things said to me on the street, even now. The weirdest thing is you can be famous, you can be a pop star and you still get it.”
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Author: Al Denté
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