Sam Smith

Cruz was responding to a clip of Sam Smith at the Grammys posted by podcaster Liz Wheeler, who said: "Demons are teaching your kids to worship Satan."

"I personally grew up wondering about religion and wanting to be a part of it, but then slowly realizing it doesn't want me to be a part of it. Yeah, you did warn me about Hollywood." I could throw up." In the press room following the performance, Petras elaborated on the performance: "I think a lot of people, honestly, have kind of labeled what I stand for and what Sam stands for as religiously not cool. "This…is…evil," commented Cruz, a Republican, of the performance in a tweet Sunday. Ted Cruz denounced the Grammys as "evil" in a tweet on Sunday.

Sam Smith and Kim Petras' "Unholy" Grammys set is called "Satanic" and "evil" by conservatives, including Ted Cruz.

During the ceremony on Sunday Another added some conspiracy-baiting into the mix, [saying](https://twitter.com/robbystarbuck/status/1622450108641021953) Madonna (who introduced the performance) [ looked like a statue](https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2023/january/nyc-elevates-horned-statue-paying-homage-to-rbg-and-abortion-critics-say-it-looks-satanic) erected in New York City that conservatives have called “satanic” as well. “I know we on the right probably use the word satanic too often but this performance from Sam Smith is literally a tribute to Satan,” [wrote](https://twitter.com/ben_kew/status/1622451517759315969) one viewer. 5), [Sam Smith](http://billboard.com/artist/sam-smith) and [Kim Petras](http://billboard.com/artist/kim-petras) offered a rousing [performance](https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/sam-smith-kim-petras-unholy-2023-grammys-1235213311/) of their hit single “ [Unholy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq9gPaIzbe8&ab_channel=SamSmithVEVO),” in which Petras performed alongside drag stars Violet Chachki and Gottmik dressed in devil costumes, while Smith was in a bright red top hat with devil horns sticking out from it for the final chorus. “I just want to thank all the incredible transgender legends before me who kicked these doors open for me so I could be here tonight,” she said during her speech, especially thanking the late SOPHIE for her constant support. “Everyone who believed in me to this point, I love you so much.”

"Unholy" collaborators Sam Smith and Kim Petras went for a red-hot coordinated fashion moment on the Grammys 2023 red carpet, joined by Gottmik and Violet ...

[tweeted](https://twitter.com/maemurrayxo/status/1619996988111720448?s=20&t=t1d_lHLyQ1Tyz9ZaWLut1w) in response. [took the stage](https://nypost.com/2023/01/25/bad-bunny-mary-j-blige-more-to-perform-at-grammys-2023/) during the Grammys for a fiery performance of “Unholy” that polarized viewers; conservative types (including Texas Sen. [Added](https://twitter.com/OwenJones84/status/1620004014531448833?s=20&t=t1d_lHLyQ1Tyz9ZaWLut1w) author Owen Jones, “Sex has always been a running theme in modern pop music, and music videos often flaunt it. “If Sam Smith were thin, cis, and straight, they wouldn’t be ridiculed for how they present and dress. If Harry Styles wore the same fits on a magazine cover, y’all would be screaming YAS QUEEN. [on the Grammys 2023 red carpet](https://pagesix.com/2023/02/05/grammys-2023-live-red-carpet-all-the-celebrity-outfits/) Sunday.

Ted Cruz and more Republican figures are melting down over Kim Petras and Sam Smith's Grammys performance of "Unholy."

“Unholy” won the Grammy for best pop duo/group performance, making Petras the first openly transgender woman to win in the category. “So it’s a take on not being able to choose religion. “I just want to thank all the incredible transgender legends before me who kicked these doors open before me so I could be here tonight,” Petras said in her acceptance speech. “Satanism is the worship of the self. The playful and relatively tame “Unholy” performance featured Smith wearing a hat with devil horns, Petras singing from inside a cage and background dancers wearing red outfits and holding whips. Several conservative figures stormed social media in the aftermath of the performance to detest Smith and Petras for bringing a “satanic ritual” to screens across America.

The duo took home the award for their hit single, "Unholy," which they performed during the awards ceremony.

She is best known for scoring Stanley Kubrick's 1971 cult classic, "Clockwork Orange." "I adore you, and your inspiration will forever be in my music." It was the first number one hit for both artists, according to The duo took home the award for their hit single, "Unholy," which they also performed during the awards ceremony. [Billboard](https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/sam-smith-kim-petras-unholy-number-one-hot-100-1235160237/), and Smith and Petras were the first publicly nonbinary and transgender artsts to top the Hot 100. Kim Petras and Sam Smith become the first transgender and nonbinary winners of the Grammy for Best Pop Duo Performance

Conspiracy theorists have circulated the idea that Sam Smith's performance of 'Unholy' at the Grammys was a 'satanic ritual'.

Fans came to the singer’s defence after Pfizer and Hollywood deserve each other. You can’t get it more on the nose than that. (It is legal and commonplace for pharmaceutical companies to advertise on television in the US). Pfizer and Hollywood deserve each other,” said music video director turned rightwing politician Robby Starbuck. [February 6, 2023] Leftism is satanism. evil,” he commented on his retweet of a post by conservative commentator Liz Wheeler, in which she wrote: “Don’t fight the culture wars, they say. Satanism is the worship of the self. Republican senator Ted Cruz, meanwhile, retweeted several strongly-worded quote tweets branding the performance as satanic in otherwise. I could throw up.” “This is…

Conservative US politicians and conspiracy theorists accused the Grammys of hosting a 'satanic ritual'

evil,” he commented on his retweet of a post by conservative commentator Liz Wheeler, in which she wrote: “Don’t fight the culture wars, they say. Much of modern pop music is satanic in this sense. The only change is that now they’re being more explicit about it.” Smith and Petras won the Grammy for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for “Unholy”, with Petras becoming the first ever trans woman to receive the award. “This is… [Sam Smith](/topic/sam-smith) and Kim Petras’s performance at the Grammy Awards on Sunday (5 February) was a part of a “satanic ritual”.

SAM Smith "made a beeline" for Leonardo DiCaprio at an A-list Grammys party after gushing about how the Hollywood star was their "first celebrity crus.

A source told The U.S. he goes to the 'body shop', I bet," she said, referring to lyrics from Sam's hit song Unholy. [Adele](https://www.the-sun.com/who/adele/), Rich Paul, LeBron James, and Savannah James had a double date at Wally's restaurant in [Beverly Hills](https://www.the-sun.com/where/beverly-hills/). [appearance](https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/7111275/madonna-unrecognizable-kenya-makeup-free-rituals/). [was unrecognizable](https://www.the-sun.com/lifestyle/6629282/plastic-surgeon-unrecognizable-madonna-spent-100000-on-surgery/). [Madonna](https://www.the-sun.com/who/madonna/) said. [posted](https://twitter.com/irishrygirl/status/1622428594797527040). Photographs obtained by The U.S. [music](https://www.the-sun.com/topic/pop-music/) superstar continued. Drew quipped: "I love that he's still clubbing.... [Drew Barrymore](https://www.the-sun.com/who/drew-barrymore/) about bachelor [Leo](https://www.the-sun.com/who/leonardo-dicaprio/) on her popular talk show earlier this month. [30-year-old singer](https://www.the-sun.com/who/sam-smith/), who scooped an award for Pop Duo/Group [Performance with Kim Petras](https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/7286402/grammys-2023-who-is-performing/) on Sunday night, partied the night away at a private mansion bash.

Sam Smith's hit song 'Unholy,' which features German artist Kim Petras, has garnered controversy since the song's release in September 2022, and that's only ...

Despite the controversy, the song has become a hit, becoming Petras’ first song to chart on Billboard’s Hot 100 and Smith’s seventh song to chart overall. Instead, she called out the attention critics placed on the song and its performers rather than focusing on more serious topics that affect everyday American society. Petras performed her portion of the song in a cage, with renowned drag stars Violet Chachki, and Gottmik dressed as devils with whips dancing outside the cage.

Sam Smith took their Grammy win celebration a step ahead as they were spotted partying with hollywood A-list hearthrob Leonardo DiCaprio.

Photographs obtained by The U.S. "I saw Sam in Leo's circle, they were chatting, and Sam looked like a kid in a candy shop, it was a very big night for them." An insider said: "The party was probably one of the biggest of the night, despite it not being a record label bash, there were a lot of names there."

Conservative influencers including Donald Trump Jr said the Grammy performance was part of a sinister devil-worshipping agenda.

"I personally grew up wondering about religion and wanting to be a part of it, but then slowly realizing it doesn't want me to be a part of it. And the Satanic Church now has an abortion clinic in NM that requires its patients to perform a satanic ritual before services. So it's a take on not being able to choose religion and not being able to live the way that people might want you to live, because, you know, as a trans person, I'm kind of already not wanted in religion." "Maybe it's art, but why is it always this kind of art? Why is it never, like, regular art?" In the press room following the performance, Petras elaborated on the performance: "I think a lot of people, honestly, have kind of labeled what I stand for and what Sam stands for as religiously not cool.

Youtuber Lauren Chen believes Sam Smith's Grammy performance was intentionally done to 'upset' Americans and 'Christians everywhere.'

[Metro Football on Snapchat](https://story.snapchat.com/p/bace44d9-d6f8-4ec0-b0d2-6448cf365eab/1436206298976256). [Metro Showbiz on Snapchat](https://story.snapchat.com/p/16289297-eb61-4990-9aab-45ce173b8058/). She continued: ‘Or heaven forbid, actually do something that’s critical of maybe Islam. [Snapchat show Pop Cultur’d](https://story.snapchat.com/p/1bfe6c2d-403d-49dd-a535-903658badff8), the go-to place for all things pop culture. [Kim Petras](https://metro.co.uk/2022/10/25/kim-petras-makes-history-as-first-out-trans-singer-to-get-billboard-number-one-17635741/). [Full Grammys 2023 winners’ list as Beyoncé, Sam Smith and Kim Petras make history and Harry Styles and Adele score big](https://metro.co.uk/2023/02/06/grammy-awards-2023-full-list-of-winners-from-beyonce-to-harry-styles-18228971/?ico=more_text_links) [Ben Shephard defends Rishi Sunak over ‘awkward exchange’ in Piers Morgan interview claiming PM ‘felt more human’](https://metro.co.uk/2023/02/03/ben-shephard-thinks-rishi-sunak-felt-more-human-in-piers-morgan-chat-18216042/?ico=more_text_links) [ was highly criticised](https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/30/sam-smith-fans-hit-back-at-disgusted-critics-of-nsfw-music-video-18187286/) for their latest music video. [Gloria reaching the number one spot](https://metro.co.uk/2023/02/03/sam-smith-defies-critics-as-new-album-gloria-lands-at-number-1-18221190/), they said: ‘Thank you to all my amazing sailors who have made Gloria this week’s number one album. [flocked to defend them from disgusted trolls,](https://metro.co.uk/2023/02/01/fat-people-are-told-to-hate-our-bodies-sam-smiths-video-is-a-tonic-18201366/) who accused the I’m Not Here To Make Friends music video of being ‘degrading’ to LGBTQ+ people. [Piers Morgan](https://metro.co.uk/tag/piers-morgan/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P4_LNK1) that they only did this to upset Americans. [Sam Smith](https://metro.co.uk/tag/sam-smith/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P1_LNK1)’s Grammy performance was intentionally done to ‘upset’ Americans and ‘Christians everywhere.’

Both artists arrived at the awards ceremony dressed in all-red outfits, with the British singer even displaying some Devil horns. The stage was designed to what ...

The appearance of a Pfizer ad the end of Smith and Petra's performance was all the ammunition he needed to take a shot at the pharmaceutical company and express views on the vaccine one again. "Pfizer is taking the whole truth in advertising thing pretty literally...," he said, effectively accusing them of using the performance to continue to "'indoctrinate' people in an "unholy" manner. He also took advantage of the occasion to once again express his overwhelmingly "anti" stance against the Covid vaccine. Cruz agreed and described the performance as "evil". After watching Sam Smith and Kim Petras perform their song Unholy at the 2023 edition of the Grammys, the controversial US Senator Ted Cruz took to twitter to express his opinion on what he'd just witnessed. Cruz was appalled by what he saw and took to the social media platform Twitter to express his disapproval.

Megyn Kelly panned Sam Smith's eyebrow-raising performance at the Grammy Awards over the weekend.

Smith was clad in red leather and donned a hat with horns protruding from it — evoking comparisons to the devil. It was the first time ever that an openly transgender and nonbinary artist captured the prize. The Post has sought comment from Pfizer. The event was broadcast by CBS. Nothing’s coming out of that nipple that you need to cover it whatsoever. “What are you doing with nipple covers?

Sam Smith has just joined the long line of musicians that have been accused of worshiping the devil thanks to his performance at this year's Grammys.

In her acceptance speech, she paid tribute to the late DJ SOPHIE, Madonna, and her mother. “You can’t get it more on the nose than that. Senator Ted Cruz retweeted several tweets that branded the performance as satanic.

Pop stars Sam Smith and Kim Petras' performance of their song “Unholy” drew backlash at Sunday's Grammy Awards.

If you “submit to God” and “resist the devil,” then “he will flee from you” (James 4:7). But just remember, Satan can tempt you to hate people who represent the culture like Smith and Petras. This doesn’t mean we shouldn’t condemn the culture’s praise of satanic imagery (though we should perhaps expect it at this point). Which means people falling into the powers of darkness are deceived and need the light of Christ. We fight against dark powers all the time as believers, sometimes by subverting cultural darkness through love and prayer, sometimes (though less commonly in the West) through exorcism. He also writes, “For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. Smith and Petras won the award for “Unholy” as the best pop duo song. This deconstruction of the Bible primarily comes from relativism, the belief that there are no absolute moral standards and people can live how they please (unless it harms someone else). Smith rejects a [biblical understanding of sexualit](https://www.denisonforum.org/resources/what-does-the-bible-say-about-homosexuality/)y and doesn’t believe in God. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. That rather comical picture of the devil with horns, hooves, and a pitchfork was cobbled together from the images of Greek gods, like Pan and Hades. / I’m not a saint / I’m more of a sinner / Maybe I’ll pray / Pray for a glimmer of hope.”

Sam Smith and Kim Petras recently found themselves in the middle of a controversy after delivering a performance of their viral song Unholy at the 65th ...

Sam Smith acts as a third part in the song and dubs the act of cheating as “ It sends the message that the woman is staying with the man for his luxurious gifts and material attractions: The song went viral on social media and racked up millions of views on every platform. It has also been an honor to work with Kim and get to witness her brilliance. They also mentioned that the record was about “liberating oneself” from secrets: During the show, Smith and Petras dressed in an all-red ensemble and performed in a setting surrounded by fire and red lights.