The singer was rinsed by Howard when his track Stay With Me came on during a countdown of songs on the DJ’s show on Sirius XM.
“You know what I like about the guy? He's an ugly ************. He's fat. Is he gay? He looks gay to me, not that anybody looks gay, but he does seem effeminate,” Howard quipped.
Bizarrely he then tried to be nice to him, saying: “I like that he's chubby and gay. That's why I love him,” but the damage was already done.
Sam’s fans went crazy on Twitter and later Sam appeared to tweet how upset he was at the comments, writing: “Can’t believe what I’ve just read. Ignore.”
To be honest, we think Sam's got the upper hand. His debut album was the fastest selling of 2014, he's bagged loads of awards and pretty much EVERY A-list celeb wants to be his best mate...