Lizzo was reportedly being considered as an act for the 2024 Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show, but her name has since been scrapped amid ongoing allegations of harassment from former employees.
According to a report from the Daily Mail on Friday (August 11), an NFL insider told the publication that the backlash from the recent allegations prompted them to “immediately drop” the singer from contention. She was allegedly “one of the front-runners” for the 2024 show.
‘Talks of Lizzo being a part of the Halftime festivities, or performing the National Anthem, are dead now that she is surrounded by scandal,’ the source said.
The Grammy-winning singer denied the prior accusations that she fostered a hostile work environment in a statement earlier this month, after a lawsuit was filed against her over claims of sexual harassment, fat-shaming and more.
Now, an attorney for the three dancers — Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams and Noelle Rodriguez — is threatening to take Lizzo to trial, claiming more witnesses have come forward since news of the lawsuit came to light.
“Given Lizzo is denying that any of this happened, let’s take it to trial,“ said Neama Rahmani, president of West Coast Employment Lawyers. “More witnesses are coming forward every day corroborating the plaintiffs’ allegations, so we’re looking forward to facing Lizzo and her team in court.”
In her statement, Lizzo claimed her former dancers’ stories are “sensationalized” and have “hurt” her.
“Usually I choose not to respond to false allegations but these are as unbelievable as they sound and too outrageous to not be addressed,” she wrote. “These sensationalized stories are coming from former employees who have already publicly admitted that they were told their behavior on tour was inappropriate and unprofessional.
“Sometimes I have to make hard decisions but it’s never my intention to make anyone feel uncomfortable or like they aren’t valued as an important part of the team. I am very open with my sexuality and expressing myself but I cannot accept or allow people to use that openness to make me out to be something I am not.”
She added: “There is nothing I take more seriously than the respect we deserve as women in the world. I know what it feels like to be body shamed on a daily basis and would absolutely never criticize or terminate an employee because of their weight.”
The plaintiffs claimed Lizzo once brought attention to a dancer’s weight gain, before berating then firing them after they recorded a meeting “because of a health condition.”
That a HUGE drop then cuz that 🦛 is Heavy AF. Probably a good thing cuz they can’t find a stage big or strong enough to hold up all that weight 😜
Frontrunner lol the only thing she’s a front runner to is the All You Can Eat Buffet at Golden Coral
lmao
Other than her mouth, she ain’t running shit
bwaaahahahaAaaa c is for *unt.
Y’all really put people on here just cuz they’re black LOL Lizzie is not hip hop sorry
That is funny but I hope they did not literally ‘dropped’ her as this would cause a irreparable damage to the nearby environment… (I mean planet earth)
Actually what most people forget is most people who spend the most money by geographic locale and honestly football culture in general are conservative. Last year’s superbowl had the lowest amount of viewers ever. Plus the Superbowl isn’t nearly as profitable as a year worth of NFL merchandise purchases. That dropped 20 percent last year. Go woke go broke caught on. Truth is the companies are losing money listening to minorities and this whole movement in LA/Hollywood. Middle America is the largest corporate cash cow. Middle America doesn’t want some fat insecure dyke black paula dean to be Poster child’s for their kids. They don’t want it. Not her, not Travis Scott, not Beyonce, not hardly any of this trash. So it’s nice to see things slowly going back to sanity. That asides fuck major label artist. The power is in youtube and sound cloud and indepent artist. Major label artist can’t even drop music when they want, a YT artist can give me a new banger once a week. Plus these independent artist no longer have to sell out. Fuck the industry devil worshipping panda bears
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Who tha fukk idea was to even have her perform in the first place haha thank God she not performing