Helen Flanagan "in tears" as she defends gun Twitter picture after Connecticut massacre
Helen Flanagan has defended her actions after she caused outrage with a recent tasteless photo she uploaded to Twitter.The former Coronation Street actress - who's always posting new model shots for her 273,010 followers to see - courted controversy with a photo of herself holding a gun to her head.
She uploaded the snap on Monday - just three days after 26 people were shot dead in Connecticut.
America is still reeling from the tragedy caused by Adam Lanza, who shot 20 children and six adults before turning the gun on himself at Sandy Hook school in Newtown, Connecticut.
In Helen's photo, she poses in a black bra and holds a pistol to her head, in a shoot inspired by her icon Marilyn Monroe.
She wrote alongside the snap: "Head f***."
Helen has since removed the image and paid tribute to the victims of the massacre with a re-tweeted message on her page.
Nonetheless, the I'm A Celebrity star's tactless choice of photo was condemned by a father at the shrine of the victims in Connecticut.
He said: "It?s just ignorance when the eyes of the world are on what happened here, to be posing with a gun like that is insensitive and stupid."
Twitter users have also taken to the site to vent their anger about the photo.
One branded Helen an "insensitive b*tch" and another wrote: "You are sick & should be disgusted. cannot believe your stupid gun photo."
But Helen has this morning vehemently denied there was any bad taste behind the photo.
She tweeted, alongside a photo of a news article about the snap: "I am absolutely disgusted in this. Completely cruel. I will absolutely NOT stand for this kind of bullying.
"Anyone who knows me knows I have the biggest heart.... I feel really chocked up that's so cruel.
"Honestly I've got tears streaming down my face how can you do that to someone over something so tragic #feelsick can't believe I woke up to that."
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