{"id":63063,"date":"2023-02-08T09:56:13","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T09:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/08\/sam-smith-kim-petras-unholy-grammy-performance-underwhelms-church-of-satan\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T09:56:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T09:56:13","slug":"sam-smith-kim-petras-unholy-grammy-performance-underwhelms-church-of-satan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/08\/sam-smith-kim-petras-unholy-grammy-performance-underwhelms-church-of-satan\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Smith, Kim Petras&#8217; &#8216;Unholy&#8217; Grammy Performance Underwhelms Church of Satan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-3d4b651a44a16036ea1dba3fe00c3d90\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20230207_ff7f97b6915c41f2b0925740dee5590e\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:4b23b7fa-bc3a-4a20-b04a-bc3f53a5e75f\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/ff\/4by3\/2023\/02\/07\/ff7f97b6915c41f2b0925740dee5590e_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"sam smith\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3d4b651a44a16036ea1dba3fe00c3d90--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4e0bbc67111a427f9ad6fd9848f2ae74\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>While conservatives are up in arms about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/sam-smith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Sam Smith<\/strong><\/a> and <strong>Kim Petras<\/strong>&#8216; hell-themed efficiency of &#8220;Unholy&#8221; on the Grammys &#8230; the Church of Satan is unimpressed.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4e0bbc67111a427f9ad6fd9848f2ae74--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e18511af822c0988faba57b3374e1445\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><strong>David Harris<\/strong>, magister for the Church of Satan, tells TMZ &#8230; Sam and Kim&#8217;s efficiency was &#8220;alright&#8221; and &#8220;nothing notably particular.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e18511af822c0988faba57b3374e1445--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d862c85b210dac49919b5a6a9c721845\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d862c85b210dac49919b5a6a9c721845--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b21e5ca6ea6d6740170deb62a38b932e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Harris, who&#8217;s fairly excessive up within the Church of Satan (kinda like a cardinal), says the imagery evoked in Sam and Kim&#8217;s set is just like what people have already seen from different artists &#8212; crimson clothes, fireplace and satan horns &#8212; and it is all type of pass\u00e9 now.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b21e5ca6ea6d6740170deb62a38b932e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d39764c8aacfad29222a6088caa03e06\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block canvas-twitter-tweet-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block--default  \">\n<div id=\"cb-d39764c8aacfad29222a6088caa03e06-407812553-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hollywood freaks nonetheless pondering they\u2019re so edgy with their Satanic themed performances \ud83e\udd21\ud83e\udd21\ud83e\udd21 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GRAMMYs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#GRAMMYs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/kimpetras?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#kimpetras<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SamSmith?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#SamSmith<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6IyL8YYFdt\">pic.twitter.com\/6IyL8YYFdt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephanie Hamill (@STEPHMHAMILL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/STEPHMHAMILL\/status\/1622434126585548803?ref_src=twsrc^tfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 6, 2023<\/a><br \/>\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/STEPHMHAMILL\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@STEPHMHAMILL<\/a>\n          <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d39764c8aacfad29222a6088caa03e06--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5d9d4d151d1fa1d56c6e737b0944f2b8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Of course, politicians like Senator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/ted-cruz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Ted Cruz<\/strong><\/a> and Congresswomen <strong>Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/strong> and <strong>Lauren Boebert<\/strong> had fully totally different takeaways &#8230; as they railed towards the Grammy evening act, calling it evil.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5d9d4d151d1fa1d56c6e737b0944f2b8--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-e6d731818c00751eaf780f044a26feac\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20230207_bde7b091f4b04c1583a5a65b6cc7421f\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:4b23b7fa-bc3a-4a20-b04a-bc3f53a5e75f\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/bd\/4by3\/2023\/02\/07\/bde7b091f4b04c1583a5a65b6cc7421f_md.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"tweets on sam smith performance\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-e6d731818c00751eaf780f044a26feac--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-19d5f60a9cfda0b6c5aa93e5a0ab8729\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>MTG and Boebert&#8217;s anti-Sam\/Kim tweets referenced The Satanic Temple &#8212; a distinct group from the Church of Satan &#8212; however Harris is firing again on behalf of all Satanists, telling us &#8230; &#8220;It&#8217;s unhappy when politicians on a nationwide stage use somebody&#8217;s faith as a punchline.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-19d5f60a9cfda0b6c5aa93e5a0ab8729--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-dbc7d8f9f95bf5df7f8a5e656b6bfdac\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Ironically, he says Cruz, MTG and Boebert are a bunch of &#8220;delicate snowflakes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-dbc7d8f9f95bf5df7f8a5e656b6bfdac--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-d44912a2ab7e80df039ce0d48e1b9cc2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-article-block canvas-article-block-permalink canvas-article-block--default  \">\n<article class=\"article-block js-track-link\">\n      <a class=\"article-block__link js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/01\/29\/sam-smith-nsfw-music-video-debate-lgbtq-age-restrictions\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:304a0bdf-2bee-47dc-8e8d-891cc536b8be\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:4b23b7fa-bc3a-4a20-b04a-bc3f53a5e75f\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;article-block&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;article&quot;}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-block__card-img\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive article-block__embed-responsive\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive-item\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" class=\"img-fluid article-block__img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/d4\/1by1\/2023\/01\/29\/d447adc991934954b8cf2881d63b2f6e_xxs.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sam Smith's NSFW Music Video Spurs Debate Over Age Restrictions\"\/>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                          <span class=\"media-credit article-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span>\n                      <\/div>\n<p><h4 class=\"article-block__card-title article-block__card-title--has-credit\">\n            Sam Smith&#8217;s NSFW Music Video Spurs Debate Over Age Restrictions<br \/>\n          <\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<p>      <\/a><br \/>\n    <\/article>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-d44912a2ab7e80df039ce0d48e1b9cc2--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-cfed0ef7d06a9314376cd6de0a5fc4d2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Political bickering apart, the Church of Satan says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/lil-nas-x\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Lil Nas X<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s music video for &#8220;Montero&#8221; was truly rather more proactive than something Sam or Kim did, not less than in a satanic sense.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-cfed0ef7d06a9314376cd6de0a5fc4d2--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bf4f2bf17a02d0b62e0ace9a9000f9af\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>For the uninitiated &#8230; Satanists do not truly worship Satan, nor do they imagine in God or the Devil. They&#8217;re against something supernatural and all spirituality, and with no perception within the afterlife, Satanists emphasize being your true self, private achievement and residing life to the fullest &#8230; with one of many key tenants being people are their very own Gods.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bf4f2bf17a02d0b62e0ace9a9000f9af--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1e0d9907ed3e99815e1a4cb3776ab2e1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1e0d9907ed3e99815e1a4cb3776ab2e1--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1ec688d9aaa0cfe090e77877dc2dbe13\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>It&#8217;s why the Church of Satan says Lil Nas X&#8217;s &#8220;Montero&#8221; is rather more according to their philosophies &#8230; within the music vid, LNX descends into hell, murders Satan and takes the satan&#8217;s crown for himself.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1ec688d9aaa0cfe090e77877dc2dbe13--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9dc866bf5688a52d8d2eeb45ef9a7e1d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>As for Sam and Kim&#8217;s &#8220;Unholy&#8221; track, the Church of Satan says it is actually simply lots of enticing folks prancing round in good outfits, singing lyrics extra about infidelity than Satanism &#8230; which is why Satanists are responding with a convincing &#8220;meh.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9dc866bf5688a52d8d2eeb45ef9a7e1d--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] While conservatives are up in arms about Sam Smith and Kim Petras&#8216; hell-themed efficiency of &#8220;Unholy&#8221; on the Grammys &#8230; the Church of Satan is unimpressed. 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