Lizzo Explained Why She Thinks She's Been "Canceled A Lot" Throughout Her Career

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Obviously, you cognize Lizzo.

Lizzo successful a fitted achromatic formal with a signifier and voluminous sleeves poses successful beforehand of a "Watch What Happens Live" step-and-repeat wall

It's not a agelong to accidental Lizzo's vocation has had its stock of ups and downs implicit the past respective years. Three years aft her "About Damn Time" was the #1 opus successful the US, she precocious returned with several singles that failed to illustration connected the Billboard Hot 100. More notably, Lizzo faced respective lawsuits successful 2023 for alleged intersexual harassment and different claims, which she's since addressed publicly. (At slightest 1 of the lawsuits is inactive ongoing.)

Lizzo connected reddish carpet successful a corset implicit a dress, lasting successful beforehand of an Amazon lawsuit backdrop

“I’ve been canceled a lot," she said. "I shouldn’t accidental I’ve been canceled, due to the fact that I’m inactive going, but I’ve gotten backlash a lot. Literally each azygous clip I’ve received backlash I usage it arsenic a increasing and learning lesson."

Lizzo with agelong hairsbreadth and hoop earrings wearing a black, high-neck, perforated top

In the interview, Lizzo besides reflected connected the backlash she faced aft her opus "Good As Hell" appeared successful a Weight Watchers commercialized successful 2019, soon aft Oprah Winfrey bought the company.

Lizzo with styled blonde hairsbreadth and bold constitution successful an elegant achromatic formal astatine a nationalist event

“It was like, ‘Oprah wants to usage your song,’ I mislaid my mind," she recalled feeling astatine the time. "I was like, ‘Oh my deity Oprah knows who I am!’ I was like, ‘Yes! Yes.'"

Lizzo connected reddish carpet wearing a unsocial sculptural formal with wavy elements, posing with hands adjacent face

“I retrieve posting the commercialized due to the fact that I was truthful arrogant and everybody was like, ‘You’re fucking joking right, similar this is promoting eating disorders. And I was like, ‘Oh my god.’ It broke my heart. It genuinely broke my heart.”

Lizzo connected a reddish carpet successful elegant strapless gown with melodramatic oculus constitution and agelong gloves, lasting against a backdrop with "Breakthrough Prize" text

If I may, for a moment: Being successful the nationalist oculus seems miserable, and I wouldn't privation it connected anyone, really. That said! If you are appearing connected a podcast talking astir however you've been "canceled" — particularly aft you're inactive signed to a large statement that releases your music, and you're booking promising movie roles — I deliberation it's good worthy examining if being "canceled" is adjacent a thing.

Anyway, whatever. You tin perceive to the full occurrence with Lizzo here.

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