{"id":14951,"date":"2017-10-23T18:36:05","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T17:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=14951"},"modified":"2017-10-23T18:36:05","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T17:36:05","slug":"respectharry-trending-after-star-is-groped-on-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/respectharry-trending-after-star-is-groped-on-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"#RESPECTHARRY trending after star is groped on stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Former One Direction star Harry Styles was reportedly groped by a fan at concert in Los Angeles.<\/h3>\n<h6>Words: Stella Akinwumi | Subbing: Isabella Dawe<\/h6>\n<p>The singer was performing alongside the likes of Lorde, Kesha and Sam Smith, for the cancer benefit \u2018We Can Survive\u2019 at the infamous Hollywood Bowl on Saturday night. In an effort to engage with the crowd Harry shouted \u201cCome on!\u201d, when an excited fan appeared to be aiming for his crotch area. Footage shows Styles moving the person\u2019s hands away and taking a step back.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kbTNglbzS7I&amp;w=560&amp;h=315]<\/p>\n<p>An insider told Yahoo Celebrity UK, \u201cYou could tell it freaked him out, although he continued performing, he avoided that particular area that the fan was standing in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The alleged attack has sparked a double standard debate on social media. A comment on \u2018The Daily Mail\u2019 read \u201cIf a man had inappropriately grabbed a female artist, it would be front page news and deemed as sexual assault.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The hashtag #RespectHarry was trending on Twitter later than evening. Fans were left feeling \u201cembarrassed\u201d and \u201cdisgusted\u201d and labelled the incident as \u201csexual assault\u201d and said that the star deserves more respect.Whilst fans have expressed their outrage on social media, others have defended the singer. One fan wrote, \u201cWhen your favorite artist is close to you, this does not justify you touching him in this way. #RespectHarry.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Harry spreads love,respect and kindness,but he&#39;s getting harassed on his own shows. That&#39;s disgusting.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RespectHarry?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RespectHarry<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; k (@shessgoldenn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shessgoldenn\/status\/922102271764254720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am absolutely disgusted by what happened. I hope people know that REAL fans would never doing anything like that. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RespectHarry?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RespectHarry<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; adrienne (@scottsthot_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scottsthot_\/status\/922171389720834048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This incident comes at a time when the topic of sexual assault has been a recurring theme in the news, more specifically the allegations of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. No comment has been made from the 23-year-old so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former One Direction star Harry Styles was reportedly groped by a fan at concert in Los Angeles. 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