Sam Smith Reveals Getting Liposuction At 13 After Being Bullied: ‘My Weight As Kid Was The Hardest Thing’

Sam Smith, the English singer popular for their songs like Unholy, Fire on Fire, and I’m Not the Only One, got real about their early struggles with body image. On the latest episode of actor Penn Badgley’s podcast, Podcrushed, the 33-year-old artist, who uses they/them pronouns, opened up about the challenges they faced with weight while growing up and revealed that they underwent liposuction, a fat removal surgery, when they were just 13 years old. “My weight as a kid was the hardest thing for me in school, and weirdly, the thing I probably got teased the most about,” Sam told Penn and his co-hosts, Sophie Ansari and Nava Kavelin, in the episode that was released on November 5. They explained that as a teenager, they had a growing chest, which made them extremely self-conscious and a target of bullies. Sam Smith Was Bullied For Their Weight “I had surgery on my chest when I was 13 years old because I had a growing chest,” Sam revealed, adding, “There was all sorts of reasons why, but mainly that I was just getting so teased.” He said, “I couldn’t go swimming in school, and getting changed in the locker room was hell. So I got liposuction when I was 13 years old.” Sam Smith Shared Why The Liposuction Failed When the host asked how their parents felt about liposuction at such a young age, Sam revealed that they were “hugely supportive” of the decision. “They were hugely supportive of the whole thing because they saw how much it was crippling everything about me,” they said. However, the singer admitted that the procedure turned out to be a “nightmare” and did not solve their struggles, as they were back to their poor eating habits. Sam recalled, “Because they gave me a bandage which is like a bra … I was only meant to wear it for a month, but if I wore the bandage, it meant that I would get to the front of the lunch queue because everyone had to be sensitive about my chest. So I just kept this bandage on for nearly a year.” They added that the “surgery really never worked” because he loved to have food. What’s Sam Smith Up To These Days? Sam Smith, who released the single To Be Free earlier this year, is currently on their To Be Free residency in New York City. They kicked off the residency in October and are scheduled to perform till December 13. Then they will take the residency to San Fransico, where they will perform till March next year.