Halsey apologises for posting graphic eating disorder photo without a trigger warning

Fans were upset with Halsey after viewing her Instagram Story which featured a graphic photo of the star when she was at her “lowest”.

TRIGGER WARNING: Eating disorders

Halsey has apologised for posting a graphic photo of herself at her “lowest point” when she was battling an eating disorder.

The singer-songwriter shared the photo over the weekend, but apologised the next day after copping backlash for failing to post a trigger warning.

The 26-year-old took to Twitter to address the situation.

“TW: disordered eating,” she wrote. “I am very sorry for posting a photo of myself depicting my struggle with ED without a sufficient trigger warning. I was very nervous to post it and didn’t think properly. I had positives intentions. I would never want to harm someone who shares my struggle.”

Halsey apologised for posting this photo initially without a trigger warning. Picture: Instagram

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She continued, “With that being said I’m gonna log off now because this has turned into something I am not emotionally equipped to handle for the time being. I hope that’s okay.”

Many fans were upset over the photo, voicing their opinions online.

Giving a trigger warning isn't that difficult.

— #justiceforjohnnydepp (@demonofthebadp1) December 28, 2020

she put a TW in big bold print. people were just mad bc she didn’t make like a separate post for the TW so they could’ve completely avoided it

— abbs (@abigail_mai_) December 29, 2020

But there were a lot of fans defending Halsey as well.

Everyone told her what they thought on the post she deleted, so what's the need to say it all again? She's obviously upset by it and can't handle all of this, she's apologised so can't you leave it? You're doing her more harm than her photo did to anyone.

— Nik (@niknak1105) December 29, 2020

forever hating how sensitive this generation is. stay off twitter if you expect a trigger warning for every damn thing.

— ty. || coney island stan (@tymirrorball) December 28, 2020

They're blowing it of proportion. Yall can be upset totally in ur right. But attacking her and forcing her to apologize is dramatic asf. She put a tw. Its YALLS responsibility to cope and deal with ur issues. Noone else has to censor what they post to accommodate yall. Ffs.

— just say jess (@kylothiccboi) December 28, 2020

The initial drama ensued when Halsey responded to a social media trend called “ask me to post a picture of …”

One of the questions Halsey responded to was, “post a picture of your lowest point”, which is when she posted the topless photo.

The singer opened up about the battles she's faced in the past.

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Last year, Halsey spoke to Rolling Stone about her physical and mental health issues.

“It’s still happening in my body. I just know when to get in front of it,” she explained to the publication.