United Kingdom, Nov. 6 -- Sam Smith had liposuction at 13 after being mercilessly "teased" about their weight.

The Stay with Me singer - who identifies as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns - admits that they underwent the fat-removing procedure after struggling to cope with taunts from school colleagues.

Sam told Penn Badgley's Podcrushed podcast: "I had surgery on my chest when I was 13 years old, because I had a growing chest.

"There were all sorts of reasons why, but mainly, I was just getting so teased, I couldn't go swimming in school, and I couldn't - like, getting changed in the locker room was hell. So I got liposuction when I was 13 years old."

Sam recalled how their parents were "hugely supportive" of their decision to ...