Stephanie Mills to Sam Smith After Michael Jackson Slam: 'Go Sit Your 1 HIT WONDER Ass Down'
EntertainmentPowerhouse singer/legend Stephanie Mills has a mellifluous chirp like no other—and, apparently, talons. She wielded them Sunday to drag Brit soul-esque singer Sam Smith, who it seems has his foot in his mouth nearly as often as he has a mic next to it.
What dumb thing did Sam Smith say this time? In a now-deleted video posted to Instagram by fellow pop singer Adam Lambert, Smith declared, “I don’t like Michael Jackson but this a good song,” while “Human Nature” from Thriller played in the background. To be fair, it is a good song. To be fair twice, which is more of a courtesy than I’ve ever extended to Sam Smith, this is merely an opinion, to which he is certainly entitled.
But as opinions go, not liking Michael Jackson, whose best music was so beloved to be as close as any art ever came to being objectively good, is a really bad one. This is especially so if you’re a pop star and interested in being conversant with your medium. (But then again, Sam Smith seems to have trouble with context.)