Update: In September 2019, Sam Smith announced that they use they/them pronouns. This content was written in April 2019 before Smith publicly announced their pronouns.
Sam Smithis embracing his “sexy bloated” body.
On Monday, the singer, 26, shared a shirtless mirror selfie to Instagram, saying that he felt like he was “finally friends” with his “bloated” body.
“Feeling bloated and gross after my flight so thought I’d post a mirror selfie of my sexy bloated boobies coz [sic] we are friends. Finally,” he captioned the body positive image.
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Smith, who recently revealed thathe identifies as “non-binary,”has previously been open about his struggles with body image.
In a March interview withJameela Jamil, the founder of the “I Weigh” movement, Smith revealed to Jamil, 33, that he had liposuction when he was 12 years old and that he’s struggled with his body image“from since I can remember.”
“I had liposuction, I was 12 years old,” Smith continued. “At the time I think I was very happy about it. It didn’t really change anything. I think I put the weight back on in two weeks because I hadn’t figured out my relationship with food, so it didn’t really change anything. But being 12 years old and having liposuction on your chest is quite a big deal.”
Smith added that the body image issues persisted beyond his childhood.
“It’s the basis of all my sadness,” he said. “Literally everything I’ve ever been sad about is my weight. I struggle with it every day.”
In February, Smithopened up about his “body trauma”in anemotional Instagram post.
“In the past if I have ever done a photoshoot with so much as a t-shirt on, I have starved myself for weeks in advance and then picked and prodded at every picture and then normally taken the picture down,” he wrote.
“Yesterday I decided to fight the f— back,” he continued. “Reclaim my body and stop trying to change this chest and these hips and these curves that my mum and dad made and love so unconditionally.”
source: people.com
