BRIT Awards host Mo Gilligan has said he sees where Sam Smith is “coming from”, after the singer expressed frustration over the event announcing an all-male best artist category.
The annual ceremony scrapped its male and female categories in 2021, but was slammed this year after it emerged that one of its biggest categories, artist of the year, featured no women – despite an uptick in female artists or all-women groups across the board.
Following the announcement, Sam, 30, who is non-binary and spoke out in favour of genderless categories before the change, said the 'snub' just shows there is “still a long way to go”.
