Earlier this week, you no doubt saw images of Bella Hadid and her model friend, Jordan Barrett, photographed together inside the star's New York City apartment.
However, those images of the models lounging on her couch, taking selfies and cosying up on her balcony together weren't taken by the models, nor inside the 20-year-old's luxurious abode, but by a paparazzi with a long-lease camera several hundred metres away, unbeknown to the Californian-born beauty.
As a result, the face of Dior Beauty took to Twitter yesterday afternoon to shut down rumours of a relationship between her and Jordan, revealing he is 'like a brother' to her, and took the opportunity to speak out about the gross invasion of privacy she has suffered.
'Whoever thinks it's OK to photograph into someones home and private space is straight up sick, sad, f*cked up. Time to move,' she wrote on Twitter.
While we might have been privy to Bella's photos and videos of her relaxing, enjoying pizzas and dancing on a night out in NYC with her friends earlier this week, on her Instagram stories, let's be clear - they were posted freely by the celebrity herself.
Everyone, and we mean everyone, deserves their personal space and privacy respected, whether that be their bodies, relationships or homes.
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