Lorde Was Almost Destroyed For Something Concerning Whitney Houston

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New Zealand singer Lorde was about to be dragged to Jersey and back for an Instagram post in reference to Whitney Houston. 

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Here’s what happened:

So apparently, this week, Lorde had a day off and she decided to celebrate it with a nice bath.

Nice, right?

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Only problem is, when she took a picture of her water-filled bath, she captioned it “And iii will always love you.”

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Evidence…

As you might know, Whitney’s untimely death was caused by drowning in a bath tub.

So yea.

After the now deleted pic was posted, folks swarmed in on Lorde, calling her caption insensitive and straight up tone death.

https://twitter.com/MrShaneReaction/status/982051731361148929

https://twitter.com/tysandsnyc/status/982056794674683904

https://twitter.com/privsari/status/982047904872452096

https://twitter.com/REGGllE/status/982060727514132480

Lorde eventually apologized for her choice of words…

…and some folks defended her, saying there’s no way she meant any jokes by her post.

https://twitter.com/Ornithohalloran/status/982068016216203264

Smh.

Messy.

But it seems there’s folks with forgiveness in their heart.

What do you think of the whole debacle? Are you giving Lorde a pass or should she have known better? Let us know on Twitter or Facebook!