Lizzo is good at putting on a show, and nowhere is that more true with how she feels about constantly being fat-shamed and harassed whenever she produces new music.
Lizzo, in the past, has put on a face of amusement whenever trolls decide to comment on her weight; in one such instance, telling a person who called her "obese" that it was, in fact, her bank account that was the "obese" one; but what she didn't show until now were that these comments do take a toll on her mental health.
On an Instagram live, Lizzo broke down into tears when addressing fans about the negative comments.
"On the days I feel like I should be the happiest ... I feel so down. I hurt so hard," she said, in reference to comments dropped her way in response to her new single "Rumors" with rapper Cardi B.
"If you don't like my music, cool. If you don't like 'Rumors' the song, cool. But a lot of people don't like me because of the way I look."
All Lizzo gotta do is remind herself Prince co-signed on her music. The other girls wish they had that and never will.— Brittny Pierre (@Brittny Pierre) 1629132909
Lizzo slander says a lot about the person bc she has done nothing outside of existing. We say we want Black women in all genres of music but tear apart Black women when they are fat.\n\nFatphobia is antiblack af. Clearly it allows y\u2019all to view certain people as less human.— 5hahem (@5hahem) 1629066283
90% of the abuse would not have happened if Lizzo was skinny. But fatphobia is still strong.https://twitter.com/jameelajamil/status/1426976535211282432\u00a0\u2026— Q&A episode is up. (@Q&A episode is up.) 1629083508
Tea. \n\nIf it had be Lizzo y\u2019all would have been saying she\u2019s promoting an \u201cunhealthy lifestyle.\u201d \n\nI hate fatphobia.https://twitter.com/blackfatqueer/status/1426359146262183938\u00a0\u2026— Dr. Jon Paul \u270a\ud83c\udffe\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 (@Dr. Jon Paul \u270a\ud83c\udffe\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08) 1628954745
fatphobia is anti-black. you can see it in the way they treat Lizzo, Nicole Byer, Mo'Nique, Missy Elliott, Gabby Sidibe, Stephanie Yeboah, Octavia Spencer, CupcaKKe, Biggie, Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Ruben Studdard, and more. Shamed, objectified, demeaned, erased, sexualized.— Bryan (they/them) (@Bryan (they/them)) 1629083038
Cardi B, Lizzo's recent collaborator, posted a defense of Lizzo and a call-out to all of those coming after her.
When you stand up for yourself they claim your problematic & sensitive.When you don\u2019t they tear you apart until you crying like this. Whether you skinny,big,plastic, they going to always try to put their insecurities on you.Remember these are nerds looking at the popular table.https://twitter.com/cardixtown/status/1426957114208030727\u00a0\u2026— iamcardib (@iamcardib) 1629049951
Cardi B said Lizzo's sadness broke her heart.
"When you stand up for yourself they claim your problematic & sensitive.When you don't they tear you apart until you crying like this. Whether you skinny, big, plastic, they going to always try to put their insecurities on you."
As a nerd when I was younger, I never hated on or was envious of the cool kids (though I was actually bullied by them), I did things beyond their understanding and became better than them. People who hurt others because they were hurt need to grow up and get therapy.— REALRITCH\ud83d\udc85\ud83c\udffe (@REALRITCH\ud83d\udc85\ud83c\udffe) 1629050598
Whoever made lizzo cry\nI willpic.twitter.com/quKlazVW9u— riya (@riya) 1629052299
What makes me angry is how all the celebrities focus on the negative comments/people never the positive comments/people. positive people out weigh the negative or none of the celebrities would be where they\u2019re at today. Acknowledge your positive people, they need it just like you— Anything4Salinas (@Anything4Salinas) 1629052832
You both are stunning, gifted, talented, gorgeous, entertaining, clever, intelligent, successful, wealthy, hard-working women. I can't imagine that losers from the internet could even bother you one little bit. You are queens and legends. And you are loved.— Lewis Cleale (@Lewis Cleale) 1629111376
However, Lizzo didn't stay sad for long.
After her bout with letting the trolls get to her, Lizzo renewed her unlimited bada** energy.
"For the people that just always have something negative to say about me, that has nothing to do with music, or the content of my character, or me as an artist, and just has everything to do with my body ... suck my p*ssy from behind, 'cause y'all motherf**kers gonna be the main ones catching up."
Happy 2nd anniversary to this video of Megan thee Stallion twerking to Lizzo playing Shake That Monkey on the flute pic.twitter.com/8rkZCu9Y1h— Female Rap Room (@Female Rap Room) 1628468798
This is a @lizzo stan account. pic.twitter.com/H7GfqCOmTu— shonda rhimes (@shonda rhimes) 1629135628
Lizzo doesn\u2019t bother anybody\u2026\u2026\u2026\n\nI thought that after Chadwick y\u2019all said that y\u2019all wouldn\u2019t\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.you know what nvm.— \u039bDRI\u039bN (@\u039bDRI\u039bN) 1629117470
CAMILA CABELLO IS LISTENING TO RUMORS BY LIZZO AND CARDI B OMGpic.twitter.com/1be1GeTHzQ— sar loves camila (@sar loves camila) 1629147916
Lizzo is strong and loves herself. However, she doesn\u2019t have to be strong all the time. This display of vulnerability shows she\u2019s human and no matter how confident we are, we still have feeling. Bless you beautiful— \ud83d\udc8e BARDIGANG\u2757\ufe0fRUMORS \ud83d\udc8e (@\ud83d\udc8e BARDIGANG\u2757\ufe0fRUMORS \ud83d\udc8e) 1629050537
You can see Lizzo and Cardi B's collaboration here:
WARNING: NSFW language
Our favorite celebrities are human—but god help you if you mess with Lizzo.
Even if people are going off on her, Lizzo will continue laughing all the way to the bank.
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