Lorde blasted for 'truly disgusting' social media post

Kiwi pop star Lorde has been blasted for a social media post that referenced the late, legendary singer Whitney Houston.

Lorde has issued an apology and deleted the Instagram post, which included a photo of a bath tub and the caption: "And iiii will always love you."

Whitney Houston was found dead in a bathtub in the Beverly Hilton hotel on February 11, 2012, with the coroner's report listing heart disease and cocaine as contributing factors to her death by accidental drowing.

Her biggest hit and most memorable ballad was a cover of Dolly Parton's I Will Always Love You in 1992.

After deleting the post, Lorde took to Instagram stories to offer an apology.

"Extremely extremely poorly chosen quote," she wrote. "I'm so sorry for offending anyone - I hadn't even put this together I was just excited to take a bath."

She also wrote: "I'm an idiot. Love Whitney forever and ever. Sorry again."

Lorde's apology. Photo/Instagram

She posted a second message that read: "It's not my f** day today," with a series of upset emojis.

Despite the apologies, fans of Houston took Lorde to task for the "truly disgusting" post.

Lorde really posted picture of a bathtub with a Whitney quote sdfjn IM ACTUALLY IN TEARS you idiot omg

— ✨Poet | Artist✨ SOLO KAI 2020 ✨ Hanbin 👑 (@MACIPIINK) April 6, 2018

Lorde knew disrespecting Whitney was a huge no no

— T (@Tearrrrr__) April 6, 2018

Others wrote in defence of Lorde, with some saying they were taking the post the wrong way.

Y'all really think Lorde meant to disrespect legend Whitney like that? I'm not even a fan of Lorde, but I can tell she was just excited bout a bath.

— ceres 🙈 (@itsceres) April 6, 2018

I think Lorde didn't mean to reference Miss Whitney. She just said that she always loves taking a bath after a tiring day it's like it's her go-to spot. STOP THE DRAMA 💀

— samuel ingham III stan account (@bitchneyspearz) April 6, 2018

That’s for the Lorde situation. That girl probably didn’t think twice about Whitney’s bath tub incident...seems like she just was using the tune to express her love of her bath time

— Nasiha (@deardamsel) April 6, 2018

Lorde is an Instagram darling, with 6.1 million followers on the social networking site.