It would have been a perfect week for Halsey had the Los Angeles Lakers won Friday’s game against the Sacramento Kings. But no, the Grammy-nominated artist had to endure the pain of watching the Purple and Gold lost in triple overtime while at Applebee’s.
How did we know this? Well, Halsey herself updated her followers on Twitter by live-tweeting the Lakers-Kings game and her painful journey of being stuck at Applebee’s while waiting for the contest to be over. The showdown had its highs and lows, and the 27-year-old singer perfectly showed that with her epic coverage.
Halsey was basically every Lakers fan on Friday night, exhausted to watch them but can’t help them to turn off their TV or live streams in hopes something would change or they would get the job done.
Here’s how it started for Halsey:
My power is out so I’m watching the lakers suck from a fuckin Applebee’s and the 8 year old next to me just asked his mom “why is life so hard?” kid…
— halsey and1 (@halseyandone) November 27, 2021
To recall, the Lakers were ahead by five points entering the final quarter of the contest and even went as high as 12 points midway through the final frame. So imagine how Halsey felt when LeBron James and Co. collapsed and allowed the Kings to stage a comeback.
Loving this team is a sickness.
— halsey and1 (@halseyandone) November 27, 2021
Of course things didn’t get any better for the popular music artist. It was even worse as the Lakers were unable to close out the hapless Sacramento franchise despite having not one but three superstars at their disposal.
And now we have 28 seconds to get a bucket or we are about to be in double OT and I’m still in an Applebee’s because I can’t leave because they are making this last an eternity this is insanity https://t.co/BgnzsVxfSU
— halsey and1 (@halseyandone) November 27, 2021
Just when she thought she could go home, she couldn’t after Buddy Hield tied the game in the first overtime with three seconds left. LeBron tried a Hail Mary attempt from deep three to finish it off, but to no avail.
THANK YOU JESUS I CAN GO HOME
— halsey and1 (@halseyandone) November 27, 2021
OMG NOOOO
— halsey and1 (@halseyandone) November 27, 2021
Lebron please please please I love you but it’s not the night
— halsey and1 (@halseyandone) November 27, 2021
It looks like she was also not happy with how Dwight Howard played.
Dwight sit down we’re in double OT against the KINGS
— halsey and1 (@halseyandone) November 27, 2021
In the end, Halsey’s effort of staying late at Applebee’s just to see her favorite team win went in vain. As she put it, she was in “Applebee’s triple OT purgatory.”
I’m in Applebee’s triple OT purgatory
— halsey and1 (@halseyandone) November 27, 2021
Every Lakers fan certainly felt her pain, and who wouldn’t? LeBron and Co. eventually lost 137-141, with the game turning out to be a battle of attrition.
I have taken so many pictures it’s a family affair now the whole restaurant is just letting me sit here and suffer they know I’m going through something https://t.co/kK6ymI454H
— halsey and1 (@halseyandone) November 27, 2021
— halsey and1 (@halseyandone) November 27, 2021
I made it this far I gotta watch the last 23 seconds play out 😫 https://t.co/vnzpoxAn6b
— halsey and1 (@halseyandone) November 27, 2021
Halsey, for her part, summed up her Lakers-Kings experience in four photos:
A story told in 4 photos pic.twitter.com/9mAfKl5tjY
— halsey and1 (@halseyandone) November 27, 2021
It might be safe to assume that we won’t be seeing her at Applebee’s any time soon. If we do, maybe Halsey’s just there to relive the painful memories of that day she experienced hell on Earth, thanks to the Lakers.