Sam Smith Details ‘Awful’ Skiing Accident: ‘Couldn’t Walk for a Month’

Sam Smith is opening up about the perils of winter sports!

In an episode of the Sidetracked with Annie and Nick podcast, released on July 18, Smith — who uses they/them pronouns — revealed that they couldn’t walk for a month after tearing their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) during a skiing accident earlier this year.

Back in January, Smith was pictured with a brace on their leg and holding a walking stick as they walked in Soho in New York City.

"I completely ripped my ACL. I was skiing. I was an idiot and went on a black slope on the second day," the 32-year-old said. “I got taken down in a blood bag. It was the worst. It's a permanent thing."

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"It's in between your bones and helps you jump and spring around. It completely ripped and I decided to go down the non-surgical route but I couldn't walk for a month on this leg and it was awful," the singer continued. 

The musician added, "It was the first time I'd ever not been able to move and I was holding onto a bit of weight. I was very anxious. I used it as an excuse to get my s--- together."

According to the Mayo Clinic, an ACL injury is "a tear or sprain of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) — one of the strong bands of tissue that help connect your thigh bone (femur) to your shinbone (tibia)."

Smith also revealed on the podcast that they recently got a new phone due to needing a U.S. number and wanting to cleanse their contacts list of their exes' numbers.

"I actually just got rid of my phone and I got a new phone. It's the first time I don't have my library of music that I'd had since I was like 11," Smith said. "I started again, fully started again. I needed an American number and my phone was just full of people like exes and all these different people through the years." 

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But the musician didn't stop the cleansing at their contacts list and also removed social media apps from their phone. "And I took social media off. Everything. It's crazy. I find myself sitting on benches now in parks just looking at the trees," they added.