Lizzo shared a tearful video about racist and fatphobic comments after the release of her new song
- Lizzo spoke to fans on Instagram Live about "racist" and "fatphobic" comments she received.
- The pop star was crying as she talked about people criticizing the way she looks.
- Cardi B, who featured on Lizzo's new track, tweeted out support for Lizzo alongside several other celebrities.
Lizzo shared an emotional video on Instagram slamming those who had made "racist" and "fatphobic" comments about her after the release of her new song, "Rumors."
The 33-year-old pop star was crying as she spoke to fans on Instagram Live about how the comments had affected her.
The "Juice" singer said in the now-deleted video (seen by The Independent): "People saying s--- about me that just doesn't even make sense. It's fat-phobic, and it's racist and it's hurtful. If you don't like my music, cool. If you don't like 'Rumors' the song, cool. But a lot of people don't like me because of the way I look.
"What I won't accept is y'all doing this to Black women over and over and over again, especially us big Black girls," she continued. "When we don't fit into the box that you want to put us in, you just unleash hatred onto us. It's not cool. I'm doing this s--- for the big Black women in the future who just want to live their lives without being scrutinized or put into boxes."
After the Instagram Live video, Chloe Bailey, Octavia Spencer, and Jameela Jamil tweeted out support for Lizzo.
Cardi B, who featured on Lizzo's new song "Rumors," also criticized Lizzo's trolls. She wrote on Twitter: "When you stand up for yourself they claim your problematic & sensitive. When you don't they tear you apart until you crying like this. Whether you skinny,big,plastic, they going to always try to put their insecurities on you. Remember these are nerds looking at the popular table."
Cardi B followed this up with a tweet showing the success of "Rumors."
Lizzo also posted on her Instagram story showing that Missy Elliot, a rapper who has previously worked with Lizzo, had sent her flowers and an encouraging note.
The positive messages from fans and celebrities seem to have cheered Lizzo up as later she posted a video on Instagram of her laughing whilst showing her Grammys with the caption: "Sometimes I get sad… and then I-"
She also opened up on Twitter, writing: "Loving yourself in a world that don't love u back takes an incredible amount of self awareness & a bulls--- detector that can see through ass backwards societal standards… if u managed to love yourself today I'm proud of u. If u haven't, I'm still proud of u. This s---s hard."
Lizzo has previously taken a break from Twitter in 2020 after being trolled. She has also been outspoken about body-shaming on TikTok.