InstagramThere was just no way that this was going to go well for Howard Stern.
Most would agree that Sam Smith has one of the most wonderful voices on the planet, but the radio show host finds the singer's appearance and lifestyle more noteworthy than his success or his Grammy nominations. While talking about the singer's successful song, "Stay With Me," Stern referred to the British crooner as "fat" and an "ugly mother--ker."
Oddly enough, the Sirius XM host was saying those qualities are what he likes most about him.
"You know what I like about the guy? He's an ugly (expletive). He's fat...Is he gay? He looks gay to me, not that anybody looks gay, but he does seem effeminate...I like that he's chubby and gay," Stern said. "That's why I love him. He's one of those guys I feel like, he's really good but I feel like ["Stay With Me"] will be his only hit song.
"That's how good that song is," he added. "He's fat and he's gay and little girls worship him. That's when you know you have a good song and a good voice. I'd like to get him in here to congratulate him on beating the odds. He's like the male Adele."
But when Smith caught wind of what Stern had to say about him and his music, he responded in the best way on Twitter.
That's always the best way to handle the haters!
The "I'm Not the Only One" singer seems to be having a rough time of it lately, as he also alluded to a potential breakup with boyfriend Jonathan Zeizel last week while performing in Toronto. Before singing the ballad "Good Thing," a song about a troubled relationship, Smith opened up about his own love life.
"When I fell in love with the person who inspired the majority of this record, I had had this fight in me to basically end it when I could've carried on," he said. "But I decided to write this song and the day before I wrote this song, I basically went on my phone, and I deleted their number and I deleted everything and the reason why this song is very special for me today is that I've actually had to do a very similar thing today with someone I've been seeing."
We hope everything is OK with these two!