Sam Smith has had an incredible journey to body confidence after a long battle with their weight. The 32-year-old singer has spoken candidly about their body image issues over the years, and after they shot to fame in 2012, Sam struggled with their weight when thrust into the spotlight. In 2015, they shed three stone with help from nutritional therapist Amelia Freer after they confessed they were in a downward spiral following their Oscar win for the song Writing’s On The Wall for the James Bond movie Spectre in 2016.
The Oscar win catapulted Sam to worldwide stardom, and the singer admitted it was hard dealing with the huge fame. “After the Oscars, I started going out too much, not respecting myself, drinking loads and smoking,” they told Billboard in 2017. “I wasn't looking after myself; I was going into a bit of a spiral.
I'd lost contact with friends, with family. It wasn't good.” They shed three stone with the help of Amelia, and a personal trainer who they worked out with three times a week, but the singer - who came out as non-binary - made a heartbreaking confession in 2019 during an interview with Jameela Jamil on her podcast I Weigh.
They revealed they had undergone liposuction at the age of 12, after suffering cruel bullying over their weight, and Sam confessed they were a “chubby” kid. “I was so self conscious that it was affecting my mood and life everyday,” Sam said, as they explained a doctor told him he had “excess amounts of oestrogen” i.