Dua Lipa stirred a tempest among her fans with her Easter photographs, transforming her festive celebrations into a controversy-laden saga. Last week, the chart-topping artist behind "Levitating" shared a mesmerizing carousel of snapshots, offering a peek into her holiday escapades alongside her fiancé, Callum Turner. Among the array of photos and videos documenting their seaside retreat with Masters of the Air star, the Grammy Award-winning singer included a particular image that stirred up a hornet's nest.
The offending snapshot depicted a starfish resting peacefully in her palm, freshly plucked from the ocean's embrace. This visual evoked a flood of indignation from her followers, who lambasted her for allegedly harming marine life. One fan lamented, "The poor starfish drowned just to become a prop in a photo [sad emoji]." Another expressed disappointment, saying, "I adore you, Dua, but not when it comes to the starfish [disappointed face]." A third observer noted, "Everything seemed perfect until I saw the starfish you reportedly killed for a picture [unamused face emoji]." Another exclaimed in horror, "NOOO! Starfish perish when you remove them from water!" While a fifth fan offered a poignant reminder, "Please refrain from doing this to starfish. Despite their seemingly harmless and inquisitive nature, they are incredibly delicate sea creatures."
"Handling them or extracting them from the water, even momentarily for a photo, can prove fatal," they elaborated. "The utmost way to show them reverence is to admire them from afar within their natural habitat, without any interference." It seemed evident that the 29-year-old Lipa might have been unaware of the detrimental effects of removing a starfish from water, which could potentially explain her impulse to pick one up for a snap, unwittingly igniting a storm of emotions among her devoted fans.
