Sam Smith may have dedicated his Oscar win on Sunday “to the LGBT community around the world,” but he forgot about a bunch of openly gay male Oscar winners who came before him.
“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, and 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,” he said.
The singer, who won the Best Original Song Academy Award for “Spectre” theme “Writing’s on the Wall,” may be slightly embarrassed to learn that a number of gay people have won Oscars in the past, and even more embarrassed that he misread McKellan’s quote, which was specifically discussing the Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role.