Sam Smith's Fans Correct the Narrative After Singer is Incorrectly Identified as Subject of Viral Stage Dive Clip
justjared.comSam Smith‘s fans are correcting the narrative. The 31-year-old “I’m Not Here to Make Friends” hitmaker was incorrectly identified in a viral video from a failed stage dive.
As the clip circulated social media, the subject of it was met with vitriolic comments and body shaming. Sam‘s name trended in the midst of it all, and then their fans stepped up to clear the air. Read more about Sam Smith and the viral video… The clip in question features a person wearing a green bodysuit who leaps into a crowd from onstage only to seemingly land on the ground. Sam was seemingly first identified as the person in the clip by conservative accounts that rushed to mock them.
As their name trended, another video emerged making it clear that it wasn’t Sam. “Despite various ACCOUNTS spreading false information. Sam Smith DID not stage dive at any Concert,” one fan account wrote, sharing the second clip of the incident.
A second tweet revealed that the footage originated at a Vanilla Ice concert. Another fan pointed out how quickly “right wingers” ran with the false narrative as a way to speak critically of the “Unholy” hitmaker. “The obsession right wingers have with Sam Smith has combined with their affinity for fake news & false information.
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