Days after revealing that she suffers chronic endometriosis, singer Halsey detailed the struggles she went through as a homeless teen.
The 24-year-old opened up about her turbulent past, while speaking at the Ending Youth Homelessness: A Benefit for My Friend’s Place gala. The New Yorker told the crowd that she was so destitute, she at one point considered prostitution.
‘When I was living in New York, I was a teenager,’ the ‘Without Me’’ singer said. ‘My friends were picking out decorations for their dorms, and I was debating on whether or not I should let a stranger inside me so I could pay for my next meal.’
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‘It wasn’t because I did something bad; it wasn’t because something was wrong with me; and it wasn’t because my parents didn’t love me, ‘cause they did, very much,’ Halsey added according to Hollywood Life. ‘But a series of unfortunate circumstances led me to be in that position, and it can happen to absolutely anyone.’
The pop star continued: ‘I need you guys to realise that and while it’s very exiting that I am a record-selling, show-playing pop star, when I tell people that story, they go, "Oh my gosh, you went from being homeless to being a pop star. That’s amazing. We should help these people because we don’t know what they could become." Wrong. We shouldn’t help we think because there’s a chance that they could turn into a celebrity; we shouldn’t help because they could really make something of themselves. Because they are something right now.'
This devastating revelation comes days after Halsey said, in now-deleted Tweets, that her crippling endometriosis has led to multiple miscarriages.
'I have endometriosis,' she reportedly wrote, 'I’ve had 3 miscarriages, 4 surgeries, pretty much in pain every day of my life and I’ve donated/raised upwards of $300,000 (£226,837.50) in the name of research and support. I’m not trying to be quirky. Or different. I’m just trying to normalise an under-discussed illness.'
Looks like Halsey is putting her money where her mouth is.
Daisy Murray is the Digital Fashion Editor at ELLE UK, spotlighting emerging designers, sustainable shopping, and celebrity style. Since joining in 2016 as an editorial intern, Daisy has run the gamut of fashion journalism - interviewing Molly Goddard backstage at London Fashion Week, investigating the power of androgynous dressing and celebrating the joys of vintage shopping.
