Sam Smith & Kim Petras - Grammys 2023 E! Glambot
There's thing unholy astir this!
Sam Smith and Kim Petras conscionable made past astatine the 2023 Grammy Awards when the "Unholy" singers won the Grammy for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. Kim is present the archetypal openly transgender pistillate to triumph the class successful the Recording Academy's 65 years.
"Sam graciously wanted maine to judge this grant due to the fact that I'm the archetypal transgender pistillate to triumph this award," she began her code connected Feb. 5. "I conscionable privation to convey each the unthinkable transgender legends earlier maine who kicked these doors unfastened for maine truthful I could beryllium present tonight."
"SOPHIE, especially, my person who passed distant 2 years ago, who told maine this would hap and ever believed successful me," Kim continued. "Thank you truthful overmuch for your inspiration, SOPHIE. I adore you and your inspiration volition ever beryllium successful my music."
The Turn Off the Light vocalist besides thanked Madonna for championing LGBTQ rights, adding, "I don't deliberation I'd beryllium present without Madonna."
"I grew up adjacent to a road successful nowhere, Germany, and my parent believed maine that I was a miss and I wouldn't beryllium present without her and her support," Kim concluded her historical speech. "Sam, convey you, you're a existent angel and leader successful my beingness and I emotion you. And everyone who made the song, too, I emotion you guys. Sorry, I didn't constitute down the names. I emotion you."
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Petras and Smith bushed retired "Don't Shut Me Down" by ABBA, "Bam Bam" by Camila Cabello and Ed Sheeran, "My Universe" by Coldplay and BTS and "I Like You (A Happier Song)" by Post Malone and Doja Cat to triumph the award.
Earlier successful the evening, the duo walked the 65th Annual Grammy Awards reddish carpet successful each reddish alongside RuPaul's Drag Race alums Violet Chachki and Gottmik.
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Don't miss E!'s 2023 Grammy Awards reddish carpet Sunday, Feb. 5, starting astatine 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT followed by the Grammys telecast astatine 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT connected CBS.