American Singer Sam Smith Reveals The Ordeal He Faced In His Younger Years For Being Gay... Read Here

Grammy Awards hero, Sam Smith has revealed what he went through in his younger years over being gay and the ordeal he faced even after coming out with his sexuality....The 'Stay With Me' crooner already believed he was gay by the time he got to secondary school and said he came out to his classmates when he was only 11.

In an interview with American chat show host Ellen DeGeneres, who is a lesbian, he said;

"The toughest time for me was my first year in secondary school when I hadn’t come out as gay. It was actually the denying of being gay that was getting me bullied. ‘Guys were asking me all the time, “Are you gay?” I would say no and that would rile them even more.

‘I came out at the end of year seven when I was 11. That shut a lot of the bullies up. I also made friends with some really nice girls and was singing.‘I’d like to think I was a nice person and people respected me at my school.’‘A bunch of boys from a rival school would shout insults at me as I walked from my home to the train station. I remember walking to the station getting “faggot” shouted at me all the time.

‘It was the most mortifying thing. Not so much for me. I knew these people were stupid, uneducated t****. But I was upset as I was with my friends and I wondered if they were embarrassed to be walking with me because people are hurling abuse.’

‘There’s a lot of homophobia and bullying in the gay community.’‘There’s also a lot of body dysmorphia in the gay community, which means if you’re not toned and skinny it can be awful.’