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Halina Watts

Sam Smith builds whacky pub with 5ft Ewok at country home and calls it The Fat Fairy

Sam Smith clearly doesn’t have Money on their Mind as they splash out on a pub at their country home.

The superstar is converting a barn on the property into a pub called The Fat Fairy, complete with a 2ft-tall stuffed Ewok.

Sam says: “I know it’s not really a pub, it’s a little barn. But I was like, ‘What do we call it?’

“My sister wanted to call it The Tadpole, which I think is a fabulous name for a bar.

“But I just think The Fat Fairy beat that.”

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Sam quit drinking in 2018 but still wants to get a working beer tap and wooden flooring (Dave Benett/Getty Images for Ser)

The Buckinghamshire pile has a barn with turtles, flamingos and even a sloth named Keith – as well as the singer’s year-old Bernedoodle, Velma.

Inside The Fat Fairy is a pool table, a crystal chandelier tree-shaped lamps – and the cuddly Star Wars toy.

Sam quit drinking in 2018 but told Billboard they plan on getting a working beer tap and wood flooring, just like “a proper pub”.

They say that after working in London during the week – where they have a £12million home in Hampstead – it is nice for them to have “my own private queer club in the middle of the countryside”.

They also have another shed kitted out as a recording studio. Imagine the house parties…

While Sir Ian McKellen, David Beckham and Guy Ritchie all own pubs, Ed Sheeran is the only other star with a boozer in his back garden. The Bad Habits singer apparently built his so he could enjoy a pint with his pals without getting mobbed.

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