Sam Smith Takes a Break From Twitter Following Oscar Speech Snafu

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The 'Writing's on the Wall' singer says on Twitter that he's 'logging off for a while' just days after getting called out for claiming to be the first openly gay Oscar winner.

March 5, 2016

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Sam Smith decided to take a step back from Twitter. "I'm logging off for a while," the British singer recently informed his over 4-million followers. Instead of giving a specific reason, he offered a cryptic note, "Some Martinis shaken not stirred are definitely in order."

His Twitter hiatus came after he faced backlash for saying that he might be the first openly-gay Oscar winner during his speech after winning Best Original Song for "Spectre" soundtrack "Writing's on the Wall" at the Academy Awards over the weekend.

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He later clarified on Twitter, "Second openly gay man to win an oscar or third or fourth or 100th, It wasn't my point. My point was to shine some light on the LGBT community who i love so dearly." He also apologized to openly gay director/screenwriter Dustin Lance Black who won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay in 2009 for his movie "Milk". He wrote, "Apologies for the mix up @DLanceBlack I'll be sure to check out your films now x Belated Congrats on the Oscar x."

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