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Months aft Lizzo decided to instrumentality a “gap twelvemonth to support my peace,” she reflected connected her existent narration with the nationalist and her determination to station connected societal media.
By Brahmjot Kaur Oct 15, 2024 4:13 PMTags
Lizzo Breaks Silence connected "False" and "Outrageous" Lawsuit Allegations
Lizzo is lone focusing connected herself now.
Nearly 2 months aft the "Good arsenic Hell" vocalist announced that she was taking a twelvemonth disconnected to "protect her peace," she gave penetration into her existent mindset erstwhile it comes to posting online.
"I've been canceled for everything astatine this point," Lizzo shared during a sheet astatine Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit Oct. 14. "Only God tin cancel maine now. I deliberation that I speech astir the things that are important to me, and I speech astir the things that I tin bring a quality to, and I deliberation those are my boundaries present with the public."
The 36-year-old's caller reflection comes a twelvemonth aft she faced a suit by 3 of her erstwhile dancers past August, who alleged that she created an "abusive enactment environment" and that she weight-shamed them, among different allegations.
Days later, she vehemently denied the claims connected societal media.
"These past fewer days person been gut-wrenchingly hard and overwhelmingly disappointing," Lizzo wrote. "My enactment ethic, morals and respectfulness person been questioned. My quality has been criticized."
"Usually I take not to respond to mendacious allegations but these are arsenic unbelievable arsenic they dependable and excessively outrageous to not beryllium addressed," she continued. "These sensationalized stories are coming from erstwhile employees who person already publically admitted that they were told their behaviour connected circuit was inappropriate and unprofessional."
The Grammy victor besides noted that she takes her euphony and performances earnestly due to the fact that it’s important that what she puts retired reflects herself.
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However, months aft her comments, she decided to "quit" owed to the disapproval she received amid the lawsuit.
"I'm getting bushed of putting up with being dragged by everyone successful my beingness and connected the internet," she wrote connected Instagram this March. "All I privation is to marque euphony and marque radical blessed and assistance the satellite beryllium a small amended than however I recovered it. But I'm starting to consciousness similar the satellite doesn't privation maine successful it."
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"I'm perpetually up against lies being told astir maine for clout & views," she continued, "being the butt of the gag each azygous clip due to the fact that of however I look… my quality being picked isolated by radical who don't cognize maine and disrespecting my name."
But she besides clarified that she wasn’t quitting music. Instead, Lizzo explained, she’s disregarding “any antagonistic attention.”
As she enactment it successful April, “I'm going to support being me.”
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