Earlier this week, Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie wrote an article about how she recently underwent a double mastectomy after it was confirmed that she carried the BRCA1 gene, which gave her an 87% chance of developing breast cancer.

Jolie's article went viral with people from the public and media praising her honesty and bravery, but rockers Garbage took to their official Twitter page this afternoon (May 17) to question the attention her piece has received.

The band tweeted: "Why is Angelina Jolie talking about her tests + preventative procedures most women can’t afford, being considered heroic by the media?"

In the editorial, Jolie urged women to get tested for the gene and explained that it will cost the average American a couple of thousand dollars to get it checked out.

CNN recently published a response to her exposé, which was written by Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice professor H. Gilbert Welch who explains that it shouldn't be a widespread cause for concern because "more than 99% of women do not have BRCA1 -- or BRCA2."

Watch Garbage's music video for 'Blood For Poppies' here: