Lady Gaga causes outrage over recent ‘insensitive’ tweet

Lady Gaga has found herself in hot water in recent days after the Born This Way musician posted a comment online which promoted the use of sunbeds.

Considering the month of May is National Skin Cancer Awareness Month in the States, many people have been left shocked by the star's blatant disregard for the dangers associated with tanning beds.

Taking to Twitter and appearing to vent about the various dietary trends sweeping the US, the 28-year-old singer wrote: "Diet, diet, diet, gluten-free, plant, bio, macro, whatever. Sometimes a girl just needs a diet coke and a tanning bed."

Given the star's influence on her 47 million Twitter followers, various media outlets have slammed the star for promoting the use of tanning beds and have expressed concern for her younger fans following the ill-advised post.

Worryingly, the post has been favourited a whopping 11,709 times and it has been retweeted almost 7,000 since its publication on Friday.

While we understood the singer may have been hoping to relate to fans and their body image concerns, we fear the star may have underestimated the implications of her post.

Let's all stick to our favourite tan in a bottle, shall we?