The world was left in shock after news broke that after falling from the third-floor balcony of his hotel room in Buenos Aries on Wednesday afternoon local time. TMZ was one of the first to report the shocking news and The site shared photos showing the singer's tattoos as a means of identifying the singer, writing, "TMZ obtained a photo showing Liam's body on a wooden deck at the hotel with tables and chairs nearby. We're not showing the whole body, but you can clearly see his tattoos — a clock on his left forearm, and a scorpion on his abdomen.
" Fans on social media were quick to slam the gossip site, with one user writing on X, "There was no need to include those pictures." "Y’all are insane for exposing his lifeless body in this article without cause or warning," another said. "Respect his family, friends and fans.
Delete that picture," someone else added. TMZ removed the images of the One Direction singer's body after facing backlash online and responded to the criticism on Executive producer for TMZ, Michael Babcock, was questioned about the backlash and asked for TMZ's response to it. He said, "There's a balance, and that's obviously a conversation that newsrooms across the world have – you want to be sensitive to the family and to the friends and also while working a news story.
" Babcock added, "When the information was coming in, police had not yet confirmed that it was Liam, so what was done on the TMZ website, there was an image – did not show the full imag.
