Halsey recalls ‘demoralizing’ moment managers saw their nude photos

Halsey has revealed a disturbing incident she experienced with a “powerful” music executive who invaded her privacy.

“I was out and I was with this executive, like this really powerful executive who works in music in some capacity. It was very festive and there was a lot of industry talk,” Halsey told the host of “Call her dad“, Alex Cooper. “I didn’t feel weird about it at all. I never felt unsafe or anything.”

Halsey had taken a photo with the director, who asked if he could use her phone to send the photo to himself with the intention of sharing it with his niece. When Halsey left to use the bathroom, the director had access to their unlocked phone, and when she returned, the director scrolled through pictures of her naked body.

“I saw him going through my nude photos on my phone,” they recalled. “I was just frozen … I didn’t even know what to do. I was like, ‘Did I just set myself up for that? Was it an accident?’ I was like, ‘Did the phone roll up? What the hell just happened?’

Halsey added that she feared the director had texted the nude photos to his phone. “Did he throw them to himself and then delete the messages? I don’t even know where they are now.”

The uncomfortable moment also served as a reality check for Halsey. The singer, who recently released their fifth studio album, “The Great Impersonator,” said she went into that experience feeling like “one of the big players,” and left it feeling like “nothing.”

“And when it happened, in that moment, I thought, ‘You’re nothing.’ You are nothing. You will always be nothing,” they said. “You’re still just that damn girl who gets taken advantage of, or that men talk about you behind your back, or you’re some kind of similar security”. I thought, “You are nothing.” It was so demoralizing.”