Lizzo posted a TikTok video calling out people for fat-shaming bigger bodies.
Lizzo has recently lost a significant amount of weight, but the singer says she’s seeing a lot of hate online.
“If you are in a thin-presenting body, or in a body that people would consider small, it is not your place to criticize or shame people in bigger bodies. You of all people should understand that bodies change,” she said in the video clip.
Lizzo says the attacks online were not directed at her.
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“It was about people in disabled bodies, queer bodies, Black and brown bodies,” she said.
“So now, if a person in a bigger body decides to change their body and get smaller, all of a sudden they’re not body positive anymore. You’re gonna make them feel bad for that? You’re gonna shame them for that? We as a society need to stop acting like we’re better than the person next to us. Cause you’re not better than the person next to you. You’re not.”
Fans reacted to Lizzo’s speech, some stating that she is tired of the Grammy Award winner also speaking about weight and fat-shaming and want her to focus on the music.