VMAs 2019: Singer Halsey hits back at fans who accused her of ignoring Shawn Mendes' performance

Shawn Mendes gave a memorable performance at the 2019 Video Music Awards and the singer's fans couldn't get enough of his performance with rumoured girlfriend Camila Cabello. Not just the audiences, but celebrities and people from the music fraternity also equally enjoyed Mendes' performance. However, singer Halsey faced some serious backlash from fans as she was accused of texting during the 21-year-old star's performance at Monday night's award show.  The 'Without Me' singer was spotted checking her phone on an audience camera during the first half of the ceremony held at the Prudential Center in Newark. Halsey's act sparked a reaction on social media.

However, Halsey addressed the backlash on Twitter and said that she wasn't 'ignoring' Shawn Mendes' performance. She informed netizens that she was checking on her mother. Halsey wrote, "can everyone stop saying I was checking my phone during Shawn's performance I was texting my mom to make sure she was ok in the audience!!!!!!" the singer tweeted. She added, "also I was dancing!!!!)"

As per E!News, there's also video footage that has emerged of Halsey jamming to Mendes' song at the show, further proving she was not "ignoring" the star's performance. Check out Halsey's tweet below: 

Halsey also took to Twitter to share a hilarious observation about the person sitting next to her as he resembled her ex-boyfriend G-Eazy. The singer wrote, "award show season is really just *so fun* for me because apparently both my managers look like my ex boyfriend. lots of white dudes with black hair in suits happening. everyone relax." 

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