Halsey fans have been left disgusted she was body shamed over her lupus diagnosis – as trolls compared her potential illness weight gain to Selena Gomez.
X users defended the star, 29, against the haters after she hinted she has been battling lupus and leukemia.
Gomez, 31, also suffers from lupus and has previously revealed how her medication for the illness has caused her to gain weight.
On X – formerly Twitter – fans stood up for both Halsey and Gomez as they decried those ridiculing the duo over the potential side affects of the medication.
‘#Lupus is hard, painful and scary. The meds we take are harsh and cause a lot of other problems – but they keep us alive. I’ve already seen people bodyshaming Selena and saying “now Halsey will (gain weight)”. Shame on anyone saying that to Halsey,’ one account posted.
‘Halsey revealed she has been diagnosed with leukaemia and lupus and all y’all care about is how she looks/ how her appearance may change I HATE YALL !!!!’ another posted.
‘Bodyshaming women when they are going through such horrifying disease is so low, y’all are DISGUSTING af… lord take all halsey selena pain & give it to these people,’ one person wrote.
‘It hurts me to see people being fatphobic towards selena and halsey while they are fighting with this f**king disease whoch could kill you any second. And all some of yall are seeing is how much weight they will put on. You think that hiding behind a screen would save you from backlash but you know how much of a vile f**king cruel and disgusting of a person you are,’ another wrote.
One posted: ‘If anyone have something mean to say about lupus about there weight or anything else like they did to Selena they can go F**k off. Send all my love to people who have lupus #HALSEY #selena #lupus #GetWellSoon.’
Halsey hinted at her battle with lupus and leukemia in a series of Instagram videos posted Tuesday.
She shared the news on Instagram in a series of videos that appear to document the singer receiving infusions while also breaking down in tears.
‘Long story short, I’m lucky to be alive,’ the singer wrote in the caption. ‘Short story long, I wrote an album.’
While her exact diagnosis was not immediately clear, she tagged both The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and the Lupus Research Alliance in her post.
‘I feel like an old lady,’ Halsey says aloud in the first video, while rubbing her legs in apparent pain. ‘I told myself I’m giving myself two more years to be sick.
‘At 30, I’m having a rebirth and I’m not gonna be sick and I’m gonna look super hot and have lots of energy and I’m just gonna get to re-do my 20s in my 30s.’
In a second clip, the star could be seen inside a hospital while hooked up to a machine.
While filming a quick selfie video, the music artist informed her fans and followers, ‘Today is day one of treatment.’ She panned the camera towards the machine and then back to herself while resting on a chair.
The star also included a short clip while inside a studio as she seemingly recorded her new single, The End. Throughout the duration of the snippet, she strummed notes on a guitar while singing some of the lyrics.
A short montage of her health battle was also candidly shared to her fans, including her breaking down in tears and receiving treatment.
Other moments included the songstress listening to music, her arm hooked up to an IV and the mother-of-one positively giving a thumbs up towards the camera.
The next slide in Halsey’s latest Instagram carousel showed a screenshot of a note in her phone simply titled, ‘the f***ing end of the world.’
The singer also released a new song on Tuesday, an acoustic guitar ballad titled The End.
The new album on the horizon is a follow-up to her fourth studio album, 2021’s ambitious “If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power,” produced by Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.