Last week, Lizzo stated “I quit” — however solely 4 days later, the Truth Hurts singer modified her tune and defined she wouldn’t be leaving the music business.
On Tuesday, Lizzo, 35, posted a video to Instagram to “clarify” the that means of her earlier assertion.
“When I say I quit, I mean I quit giving any negative energy attention,” the four-time Grammy winner stated. “What I’m not going to quit is the joy of my life, which is making music, which is connecting to people.”
Lizzo’s followers had been stunned on March 29 when the singer, whose actual title is Melissa Jefferson, posted a written assertion to Instagram saying she was “tired of putting up with being dragged by everyone in my life and on the internet.”
Lizzo launched to worldwide fame with the discharge of her 2019 album Cuz I Love You and has lengthy since positioned herself as a champion for physique positivity and equality. The singer’s model took a serious hit final yr when a number of of her backup dancers filed a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and creation of a hostile work surroundings.
“I’m constantly up against lies being told about me for clout & views… being the butt of the joke every single time because of how I look…my character being picked apart by people who don’t know me and disrespecting my name,” Lizzo initially wrote. “I didn’t sign up for this s—t — I quit.”
Lizzo’s “I stop: Instagram assertion from March 29, 2024.
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In Tuesday’s follow-up video, Lizzo stated she made the assertion as a result of the “negative voice” surrounding her, in addition to her work, usually appears to be “louder” than the constructive.
Wearing a blue swimsuit from her shapewear model Yitty and matching blue eyeshadow, Lizzo stated she hopes her “I quit” assertion evokes not less than one different particular person to additionally minimize out negativity from their life.
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“I’m going to keep moving forward. I’m going to keep being me,” she stated.
Lizzo thanked her followers for his or her help and stated the love she receives “means more than you know.”
‘No one actually believes she is quitting music’
Though lots of Lizzo’s followers supported the singer’s positivity-only mindset, others felt her “I quit” assertion was made to deliberately mislead.
Lawyer Ron Zambrano, representing the three dancers suing Lizzo, known as Lizzo’s “I quit” remark “just another outburst seeking attention.”
“It’s a joke that Lizzo would say she is being bullied by the internet when she should instead be taking an honest look at herself,” Zambrano stated in a prolonged assertion to Billboard. “Her latest post is just another outburst seeking attention and trying to deflect from her own failings as she continues to blame everyone else for the predicament she is in. Lizzo’s legal and public relations strategy is a failure, so she is desperately trying to play the victim.”
“No one actually believes she is quitting music. But she should quit sexually harassing, shaming and bullying her employees and finally accept responsibility for her actions,” he continued.
“She can make all of this go away simply by seizing the opportunity here to set an example, own up to her mistakes, pay what’s due to those she’s wronged and work on becoming a better person,” Zambrano stated.
Zambrano likened Lizzo’s “celebrity toxicity” to Diddy (who has been accused of intercourse trafficking) and Dan Schneider (the ex-Nickelodeon producer accused of inappropriate on-set behaviour).
“There is no more safe place in society for this sort of behavior as the entire industry is in for a reckoning for permitting such vile treatment of employees in the workplace,” Zambrano concluded.
Lizzo has staunchly denied all allegations towards her.
She earlier petitioned the courts in Los Angeles to dismiss the dancers’ lawsuit, however the movement was denied in February.
An announcement from her spokesperson, Stefan Friedman, branded Zambrano’s feedback a “wild personal attack.”
“With nearly half his case dismissed, 18 independent witnesses siding with Lizzo and no settlement on the way to get him his tasty contingency fee, Ron has started making wild personal attacks that have absolutely nothing to do with the clients who he is supposedly representing,” the rep stated. “We would humbly recommend that Ron start representing his clients and stop representing just himself.”
Lizzo has additionally requested a second lawsuit — filed by a stylist alleging bullying and sexual and racial harassment by the singer — be dismissed, although a call has but to be made.
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