Halsey's health issues: 'allergic to literally everything'
Pop star Halsey says that since giving birth to son Ender in July with boyfriend Alev Aydin, she has suffered from a series of health issues requiring sporadic hospitalizations.
In a series of videos Tuesday on Instagram Stories, where posts cycle out after 24 hours, the singer-songwriter addressed concerned fans. "So, I know that a lot of you guys have been wondering what's going on with my health," said Halsey, 27, born Ashley Frangipane, according to transcriptions by multiple outlets of the since-disappeared videos, "and some of you saw a TikTok yesterday basically confirming that I'm allergic to literally everything."
That TikTok video of Halsey, who uses she/they pronouns, shows the singer sitting evidently outside their house while sipping on a green drink. A graphical text on the video reads: "[J]ust found out I'm allergic to coffee so there goes my entire personality." Additional text reads: "and also potatoes corn spinach ginger garlic milk wheat crab shrimp carrots pepper almonds peanuts cashews blueberries apricot cantaloupe grapes onions grapefruit turkey cauliflower squash hempwater (?) mustard nutmeg mackerel celery pear rye yeast lemons coconuts bananas pea soy," with a third slate insisting, "[E]verything is fine!"
"Have your doctors ruled out Mast Cell Activation syndrome?" asked one TikTok commenter. "Actually trying to figure that out right now!" Halsey responded. "I'm being treated for it regardless in the meantime cause this is just a WILD way to live hahah."
On Instagram Stories, Halsey went on to explain that after giving birth, "I was hospitalized for [the extreme allergic reaction] anaphylaxis a few times and had some other stuff going on," revealing she was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Sjogren's syndrome, mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS).
Doctors are still unclear on the "root cause of some of these things," the three-time Grammy Award nominee said. "It could be potentially another autoimmune disease, and I've known I've had autoimmune issues for most of my life, especially having endometriosis, but it's kind of been exacerbated since I had Ender."
Halsey assured they remain in rehearsal for their upcoming Love and Power tour, emphasizing that, "I don't want anybody to be worrying. I'm on a treatment plan right now. I'm really excited and I'm confident that I'll be able to do it in a way that's healthy, where I can perform my best for all of you."