The Seemingly Shady Comments Sam Smith Made About Taylor Swift

In 2016, Taylor Swift was sailing high with a Grammy for album of the year and a burgeoning friendship with her former rival, Kanye 'Ye' West. However, their civility was short-lived after the "Faded" rapper released his controversial song "Famous," which painted an unflattering picture of Swift — to say the least. While reports suggest Ye supposedly called Swift for lyric approval, a rep for the singer denied the claim in a statement. Things continued to get murky for the "Evermore" singer after Ye's former wife, Kim Kardashian, released clips of Swift and the rapper's aforementioned conversation to prove the latter's innocence, as noted by Vox.

Amid fans and celebrities picking sides on social media, Sam Smith appeared to show support for Kardashian during their appearance on "Watch What Happens Live." When asked if they were Team Taylor or Team Kim, they said: "I don't really know, like Taylor Swift, I don't know her too well, it's been made up that we know each other, but I don't know her too well," they explained. "I only met her five times, very briefly. I feel like I know Kim more than I know Taylor, so yeah." When host Andy Cohen attempted to confirm Smith was Team Kim, Smith replied: "We'll there's no teams is there really?"