“I was super embarrassed to be going back to the trains. I didn’t want people to know that I legit needed the money,” the singer wrote.
After emerging victorious on the show just three years ago, Sam pocketed the coveted $250,000 prize as well as a recording contract from Hollywood Records.“I am making music,” Sam said on social media at the time. “I just cannot afford to release music, because mixing and mastering music costs a lot of money. And I invested in myself and ended up broke. That’s the truth.”
“It’s just hard because I’m coming out of pocket and I have bills to pay. And American Idol is not going to pay my bills. Lionel Richie’s not going to pay my bills. Katy Perry’s not going to pay my bills. Luke Bryan is not going to pay my bills. I have to pay my rent. I have to make sure that I’m eating every day, which is hard to do.”
“Everyone wants to know what happened and why this or why that & I will answer those questions someday, but in the meantime I’ll say this,” Sam’s caption continued. “I never expected to win, but I did, I was so grateful and I know that people are feeling like I let them down.”
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