Kim Petras has been locked out of her X account after using a jaw-dropping topless photo of herself as her profile picture.
The singer, 31, was temporarily barred from her account, which boasts 236,000 followers, for sharing ‘adult content’ in the now-deleted snap – which showed the star’s bare bust.
Petras shared a message she had received from X regarding the violation, which said the Unholy hitmaker was ‘not permitted to include graphic violence or adult content in your profile photo or profile header image’ and instructed her to delete the profile snap to get back into her account.
The star, who became the first transgender woman to win Best Pop Duo Grammy in February, has since removed the photo – but accompanied the post with three middle finger emojis on her Instagram stories.
X bans ‘adult nudity and sexual behavior,’ such as ‘full or partial nudity, including close-ups of genitals, buttocks or breasts.’
Raunchy: Kim Petras has been locked out of her X account after using a jaw-dropping topless photo of herself as her profile picture (pictured June 2023)
Oh my: The singer, 31, was temporarily barred from her account, which boasts 236,000 followers, for sharing ‘adult content’ in the now-deleted snap – which showed the star’s bare bust
There are exceptions for ‘artistic, medical, health or educational content.’ Notably, Petras’ banner photo is also incredibly raunchy, showing the naked star flashing her bust, with her hand between her legs and remains on the platform.
The rising star has been promoting her latest tour, Feed The Beast, which kicks off in Austin on September 27th, followed by dates along the East Coast, including Miami, Boston, Brooklyn, and New York, before her Canadian show in Toronto.
The Grammy-winning artist spoke with Entertainment Weekly earlier this year about her complicated life as a trans pop-star.
‘I was so incredibly scared that if I ever had a really big hit that people were going to say things like, ‘Her left jawbone looks male, so we can tell she’s a man,” she said.
Kim added, ‘I’ve seen how brutal people can be about your body and your appearance. I wasn’t sure I could handle that.’
The star made music history on February 5 when she became the first transgender woman to win Best Pop Duo/Group performance at the Grammys.
During her emotional acceptance speech, German singer-songwriter Petras thanked pop music icon and LGBTQ+ advocate Madonna, and paid tribute to the late artist SOPHIE for inspiring her.
The star, who became the first transgender woman to win Best Pop Duo Grammy in February, has since removed the photo – but accompanied the post with three middle finger emojis on her Instagram stories.
Historic: The star made music history on February 5 when she became the first transgender woman to win Best Pop Duo/Group performance at the Grammys
She said: ‘I’m the first transgender woman to win this award; I want to thank all the incredible transgender legends before me who kicked these doors open.’
‘SOPHIE especially, my friend who passed away two years ago who told me this would happen and always believed in me. Thank you so much for your inspiration, SOPHIE. I adore you and your inspiration will always be in my music.’
She continued by thanking Madonna ‘for fighting for LGBTQ rights’ and then turned her attention to her own mother.
‘I grew up next to a highway in nowhere Germany and my mother believed me that I was a girl and I wouldn’t be here without her and her support.’
Petras shot to worldwide prominence thanks to her appearance on Unholy, which was released in September 2022 as the second single from Sam Smith’s fourth studio album, Gloria.
But the star has been making music for half her life, growing her influence via club appearances, social media songs, songwriting, collaborations with famous artists and friendships with stars including Paris Hilton.
