Lizzo has been one of the most beloved artists due to the loving and empowering discourse she has carried throughout her career and with which her fans identify. Unfortunately, that reputation is on the decline due to the lawsuits of three former dancers who claim to be victims of sexual harassment and labor exploitation (among other things) by the singer.
In fact, some users recalled that this is not the first time Lizzo is involved in sexuality and harassment issues. These are some of them.
Lizzo Had Already Been Canceled for ‘Sexualizing’ Celebrities
It was the fandom of BTS (Army), Harry Styles (Harries), and One Direction (Directioners) the ones in charge of making viral on Twitter (well, X), the hashtag #LizzoIsOverParty since a few years ago.
In this one, they recalled the occasions when Lizzo referred to the musicians with sexual intentions, talking very specifically about having intimacy with them if he had the chance to collaborate with them. “If I could collaborate with BTS, I mean, that sounds fun. I don’t know if I could make it through the studio session without having sex with all of them,” the singer said in an interview.
The Army considered her comment to be quite disrespectful and called for her to be canceled for sexualizing the group. Even mentioning that, just as it was terrible to sexualize women, it was the same for men.
Regarding Harry Styles, the singer was questioned about whether she would collaborate with the singer of ‘As it was,’ and she replied that she would only collaborate with him in sex, “we already collaborate… his pen3 in my ass,” she said.
With One Direction, fans remembered when she referred to the former members of One Direction talking about their private parts and then talking about Louis Tomlinson: “Nice ass Louis Tomlinson. He’s really nice, can I get an amen? I’m only going one way, and that’s towards his dressing room,” she said in a performance.
“shout out to fine a*s Louis Tomlinson. He’s so fine, can i get an amen? There is only one direction I'm going in and it’s to his dressing room”
PODES DEJAR DE SEXUALIZAR A TODO EL MUNDO FLACAAAAAA ALGUIEN QUE LE DIGA CHE NO DApic.twitter.com/ASyZa3m74i
— sof (@lwtcapri) February 13, 2020
Initially, Lizzo’s comments were taken as very bad jokes, but other users are sure that it is full harassment.
Lizzo Had Previously Spoken out About the “Fun” She Likes to Have
This lawsuit includes an accusation of forcing his dancers to eat bananas from the private parts of a group of sex performers in a bar in Amsterdam. After this became public, users recalled the time when the singer said on a radio show that she loved to visit places where they offered shows of this kind, such as those given at the popular Bananenbar.
“That’s what I want to do, I need potassium if you know what I mean. My puss-tassium,” she revealed. Lizzo, through her social networks, has communicated that all the claims of the lawsuits would be false and that they would be trying to discredit the work he has done in recent years.
This story was written in Spanish by Kate Nateras in Cultura Colectiva
