For all of the success Lizzo has attained over the last few years, some people just can’t stop focusing on her appearance, as if her weight somehow defines who she is. The Grammy Award-winning artist debuted her new video for “Rumors” featuring Cardi B last week and was faced with a flood of negative comments targeting her body.
In an vulnerable moment, Lizzo took her sorrow to Instagram Live and confessed sometimes the hate penerates her usual coat of armor — and Sunday (August 15) was one of those days. Sitting in her bathroom with tears streaming down her face, Lizzo opened up about how all the negativity has been affecting her.
“On the days I feel I should be the happiest, I feel so down,” she said. “Like, I hurt so hard. I’ve been working triple time, quadruple time, doing like 12 hours a day of promos and interviews, doing interviews, going to the studio with a fucking root canal…rehearsal, then filming every single day, shooting a documentary and I’m still writing music.”
Lizzo continued, “Sometimes I feel like the world just don’t love me back. It’s like it doesn’t matter how much positive energy you put into the world, you’re still going to have people who have something mean to say about you. And for the most part it doesn’t hurt my feelings; I don’t care. I just think when I’m working this hard, my tolerance gets lower. My patience is lower. I’m more sensitive and it gets to me.”
While Lizzo didn’t specify exactly what the messages said, she did note, “I’m not even going to say them, to give them power.”
She added, “People saying shit about me that just doesn’t even make sense. It’s fat-phobic, and it’s racist and it’s hurtful. 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.”
Lizzo has been here before, and she typically is able to fend off her haters with relative ease and a healthy dose of sarcasm. Toward the end of the video, she started to collect herself and return to the strong, confident woman she’s presented to the world countless times.
“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 or whatever trope you think I fall into… suck my pussy from behind,” she said. “‘Cause y’all muthafuckas gonna be the ones that’s catching up.
“I strive for joy every single day… but on the way to joy you get sadness, you get exhaustion, you get anger, you get annoyed, you get tired and insecure. On the road to joy there’s all these pit stops, and right now I’m just over it. I’m over it.”
The 33-year-old then made a promise to herself with, “I’m only going to focus on positive comments from here on out. I don’t have time for your negativity, your internalized self-hatred that you protect onto me with your racism and your fat phobia. I don’t have time for it. Anyways, I’m going to continue to be me. I’m going to be continue to be a bad bitch.”
As Lizzo wrapped up her video, she thanked her supporters for streaming “Rumors” and running up the YouTube views, but explicitly stated what she won’t tolerate.
“What I won’t accept is y’all doing this to Black women over and over and over again — especially us big Black girls,” she said. “When we don’t fit into the box you want to put us in, you just unleash hatred on us. It’s not cool.
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“I’m doing this shit for the big Black women of the future who just want to live their lives without being scrutinized or put into boxes. I’m not going to do what y’all want me to do ever, so get used to it.”
She concluded, “I was overwhelmed today. I saw a lot of things I didn’t want to see today. I read a lot of hurtful words that triggered a lot of deep feelings today. And I’m not even going to say them, to give them power. But what I will say is: Thank you. I love you as much as you love yourself. And I hope that you love yourself a lot. I’m gonna keep on bringing this music out, and I’m gonna keep on doing what I want to do.”
Lizzo also addressed the topic on Twitter, admitting it’s a constant struggle.
“Loving yourself in a world that don’t love u back takes an incredible amount of self awareness & a bullshit detector that can see through ass backwards societal standards. If u managed to love yourself today I’m proud of u. If u haven’t, I’m still proud of u. This shits hard.”
Said it before, I’ll say it again…accountability is like kryptonite for women like her. She needs a dose of humility.
Honestly, I don’t remember anybody having a problem with or “Fat Shaming” Missy when she first came out, or Mia X, or anybody who wore clothes that fit. It’s that simple.
Lose weight and stop acting like a hoe then maybe people will actually respect you and treat you better.
like get lypo u fat bitch not like u cant afford it u wont cuz u make all ur money cuz ur a fat bitch stop crying jesus christ fucking zoomer snowflake generation
Stfu bih u making money showing that weight go eat a Twinkie and be happy or go get that shit sucked out of you if these hood rats can do it Ik u can
If she would stop twerking and wearing short shorts, i would stop roasting her ass. It’s simple. Act your size or deal with the repercussions lbs
Stopped reading after the first line. She decided to define herself by her weight. She specifically made the choice to stand for body positivity over everything including facts about being healthy. The fact is, you can be as big as you want, but your size and health do have a correlation. And the other fact is when you are one of the biggest stars in the world, hate will always be there… especially if you have positioned yourself in front of that criticism for branding purposes…
i think all this body positive attitude has come back to haunt her.
Don’t take it personal, Sis. Ignore it and keep winning. People look for reasons to shame and bully Lizzo because she is rich, famous, and confident. People bully her out of envy as a way to feel good about their personal shortcomings and failures in life.
No it’s because she’s really unhealthy, insecure and obviously unhappy with herself because if she wasn’t this crap wouldn’t bother her.
You sound as stupid as your mo*her COCKSUCKER ???
Yeah, before you think of commenting back to anyone else on here again please either learn proper english or learn how to spell and structure your sentences properly because I’ve noticed that everytime I read one of your comments it’s like watching my brain cells committing suicide one by one. The human mind candy only endure so much. I say this not only for myself but for others people as well who have to endure your archaic writing.
Can not candy
Those aren’t tears. That’s pure cholesterol leaking from her face. Sorry. I had to.
What a dick thing to say. And adding the “Sorry. I had to” just confirms how much of a dick you are.
First day on the internet?
Yup. Dick for days Dawn. You know you’re named after a dish soap, right? LOL. I’m guessing you’re really fat.
Shut ya dumb remedial a** ⬆️???
If your famous you should never read comments on the internet, period. No matter who you are or what you do, somebody will always show up to rain on your parade, but the upside is that you don’t have to look at it.
Dear Lizzo. Get Lipo.
Obesity
Looking for love and acceptance from strangers on the internet or real life is foolish. You’ll be always insecure
Say it louder for the idiots trying to defend her
So we’re the fattest country on the planet and she’s spreading a message its ok to be over weight and fat. And now she’s crying because people on the internet are calling her fat well you are and you shouldnt condoning that unhealthy bullshit.
Silence, you thot lovin’ tranny banging wife beating S.O.B.
Did someone say tranny?
Go eat mold from yo girls fat folds fool
Go guzzle dick from your STD riddled trannies, pansy
Bet you needed all 3 of your braincells to come up with that, koodos! proud of you lil bro, you got the same brain as the trannies you claim to hate lol
Thanks for sticking up for the trannies. We gotta stick together. I’m down for some Slam Dunkin if you want to join in on a party I’m going too in LA.
Shut ya goofy COCKSUCKING azz outta here, before I make you watch me f*kk ya mot*ersface PU*K???
Calm down,Young Buck. Ain’t nobody gonna take your trannies away. They’re all your. You can have the ladyboys you want so chill.
More 2021 nonsense
your fatness isn’t our problem. take your rv sized butt to the gym, heffer
Damn!! Truly sad!! It’s sad that some of you commenters sound like 10 year olds!! Some of these comments are so immature not to mention hateful!! Some of y’all should’ve gotten your parents permission to write a comment!! ignorant af! I’m sure some of y’all have some big people in your family!! Do you disrespect them? Ya mammy, poppy, granny, auntie, cousin!! People need to stop with tha fat shaming cause the bottom line is y’all ain’t takin care of her, ain’t paying her crap!! Cause nobody on this mf’**… is perfect!! She’s gettin her $$$!!
Why disrespect fat people who recognize they’re unhealthy, are actively work on bettering themselves & don’t spread bullshit about “loving yourself” while crying online about meanies saying mean things? Maybe if she actually believed the shit she says people would respect her, but she clearly doesn’t even respect herself enough to admit she’s insecure about her weight. If you can’t handle it, don’t dish it out lmao it’s common sense.
Shut up you dumb f*t OAF, her $ ain’t yours LOSER ‼️
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Stop crying and get on that treadmill and eat healthy. You’re fuckin fat.. unhealthy isn’t beautiful
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO ARROGANCE. IS IT UNDERRATED NOW? OR ARE ARTISTS SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME ONLINE? PATHETIC.
Shit aint even about arrogance. People shouldnt ever care at all what people outside their friends/family think about them. Thats just keeping it real.
Maybe if you stop skinny shaming America and guilt tripping over the fact that no man wants to date you for being obese and make some positive physical and mental lifestyle changes to yourself then this wouldn’t always keep happening.
You’re an annoying fat chick, thats a bad combination.
Man i wish theyd just leave this child alone. Let her live. The same ones that are fat shaming her and everything else i guarantee they not too hot themselves
But she started all this by skinny shaming everyone so…..
Shhhhhhh!!!!!……………..Jenny Craig is watching.
I’m not understanding her issue!! You made all your money off being over weight. You flaunted it, got paid and every chance you get you make sure we see your body. Twerking at the Lakers games in a thong and all!
You claimed you loved every roll and everyone should just be happy cause you happy! Now you crying cause people called you exactly who and what you are, over weight?? I don’t get it… My issue with all this “inclusive society!” Y’all can’t have it both ways!! You can’t tell me to like you cause you fat, but I’m insensitive for pointing out that you are in fact fat!!!!
PREACH!!!!!
Sorry For The Weight
Ah i see what you did there lol
It’s her life, her choice. A lot of people don’t enjoy eating healthy or exercising. It doesn’t make them bad people and to body shame a woman is childish. Nobody enjoys being fat. It’s understandable, someone who’s large doesn’t enjoy being at a gym most of the time. It’s like you sucked all the Energy they had for that day. She just has to do what makes her happy. I agree celebrities should not listen to people online its mostly trolling people with too much free time
That’s alot of words to say lazy people just want to stay lazy. If you don’t want to work on yourself and get healthy than you can’t complain about the repercussions. Especially if you have lots of money WHICH you made off of being fat in the first place.
Maple Syrup Tears for her pancakes face cuz attention/views still equals money.
Please don’t glorify fatness. If life gives you fat, be like Rick Ross not dj khaled. It shouldn’t have been so discomforting for you if you liked what you are. But the fact that you don’t like what you are and still expecting ppl to like you is abnormal.
Agreed Ross posing all the time shirtless, yeah it’s gross but hes comfortable. So people just go with it and Crazy thing is people say is next Biggy not that I agree but if your not comfortable then don’t show your body off and wear clothes that fit
Whatever bitch stop being so sensitive u paid and making music why do u care what ppl think?
How bout you put all that energy in getting healthy and losing weight instead of trying to glorify an unhealthy lifestyle. I bet her tears taste like bacon grease tho.
Well like I said before how about don’t show your body off and actually make good music for once, maybe then people will focus on your music instead and not care about your weight.
So we’re all supposed to pretend she doesn’t look gross?
She created this problem. I don’t feel sorry for her one bit.
Just fart and the haters will disappear or vomit..A Win Win either way.
hate this fat fuckin baby. gtfoh
Lmao bro those farts would smell so bad they would be deemed illegal. You know I’m right
Its so sad to be judged by your look. Lizzo should reach out to Kelly Price. I’m almost sure she went through the same thing. Why wasn’t Kelly in the video for Mo Money Mo Problems ⁉️
Personally though, I think Lizzo’s fatness and Cardi B’s plasticness are equally gross.
When obese people try to act sexy it’s funny come on. Dont be mad at the hate after that tenth plate. Once your an adult your responsible don’t look for the sympathy you are what you eat
What you mean you are what you eat lmaoo, what she gotta do is not care about what other people think thats it. Who cares what other people you dont even know say about ya, foh
maybe something else going on.
Shut up, bot.
Ok there’s always cocaine to ease the pain
Pues saca la bolsita, guey!
If you want to put your body out there like that. You have to accept criticism. You can’t be a thot and a victim.
did she have to eat her own shit in the shower just tell us what is really happening damn it.
Being fat is unhealthy. Why she wanna promote that lifestyle and then cry about it.
She should dedicate some of that 12 hours of working and promo in the gym it unhealthy to be fat yea people are mean it’s just the way it is but it’s not like it’s something she can’t change it’s in her control ..stop promoting obesity she’s not even fat she is obese that’s where the problem is
Do you like everyone you meet/see? Same thing for everyone. Not everyone gone like you in fact lots gonna hate and its easier find people like that online. Why people even care what others outside their family/friends think about them. Sounds like a self stem problem or some BS like that. Smh people spending too much time on social network. That shit lame and it aint even fun looking at a damn screen. Shits poppin outside.
Dont cjange a thing..ill eat ya pu$$y from tbe back..Lick all over that big beautiful thang…