Sam Smith has won the Best Original Song Oscar, beating Lady Gaga's "Til It Happens to You," at Sunday's ceremony. The 23-year old singer took the opportunity to dedicate the award to the LGBT community and shout out Gaga, who had been his idol for years.

"I actually can't breathe right now, oh my gosh. Gaga you're incredible," he said during his speech. "I want to dedicate this to the LGBT community all around the world. I stand here tonight as a proud gay man. I hope we can stand all together as equals one day."

Sam Smith has been a massive Lady Gaga fan since he was a teenager.

"When I was 16 years old I was living in a tiny village in Cambridgeshire," Smith wrote in a note in his tour book. "I had such huge dreams of being a singer and an artist and had been trying my hardset to break out for so long. It was at that point that I became obsessed with Lady Gaga. It started out as an admiration for her music then became an obsession with her story, her hustle, her bravery and also her voice for gay people. It got to the point where I would check GagaDaily.com almost 8 times a day and I stood in line twice for 10 hours to see her and be front row. I dressed like her, I even bunked school for a day to see her and got in a lot of trouble."

The 88th Academy Awards took place on Sunday night in Los Angeles. During the show, Lady Gaga performed a powerful rendition of "Til It Happens to You" to a standing ovation.