Lizzo has a "very toxic relationship with the internet" since her sexual harassment scandal
Lizzo says she feels physically sick whenever she sees nasty comments about herself online.
Lizzo has a "very toxic relationship with the internet" since her sexual harassment scandal.
The 36-year-old singer lost 150,000 followers in a day after being hit by a series of workplace harassment claims last year, with three of her former dancers and her former stylist filing lawsuits against her, though the latter case was dismissed in September.
The 'About Damn Time' hitmaker admits she feels "physically unwell" whenever she sees memes or mean comments about her on social media, and says people will "believe" anything "bad" they read about a famous person.
Appearing on 'Baby, This Is Keke Palmer', she said of losing "fans": "I was like, Oh, wow. This is the part of fame that you unknowingly sign up for.
"People now will just believe anything bad about you because there's something about being a famous person that it's almost like people wanna believe that you're a bad person, and they can't believe that you're actually boring and chill and nice.
"But if you unfollowed me that quickly, were you even a fan?"
Between August 2023 and January this year, Lizzo took a break from social media.
She said: "Anything that you saw was either someone on my team posted for me, or I posted real quick and threw my phone."
Lizzo added: "When I see things about me now, or if even if I see a word that looks like my name, I get physically unwell, and I can't take it. So I have a very toxic relationship with the internet now."
The pop star is determined to clear her name and have the rest of the cases against her "dismissed".
She said of the remaining lawsuits she is facing: “We’re continuing to fight the other claims until they’re all dismissed — not dropped, but dismissed."
The ‘Juice’ singer’s dancers alleged they were pressured by Lizzo into touching nude performers while at a club in Amsterdam, as well as allegedly being forced to endure weight shaming and a hostile work environment.
Lizzo has profusely denied all of the allegations made against her and admitted she was “completely surprised” when they came forward with what she insists are lies.
She said: “The hardest part about all this is that none of these things were true.
“I was completely surprised. I was very deeply hurt because these were three dancers… that I gave opportunities to. These were people that I liked and appreciated as dancers, respected them as dancers. So I was like, ‘What?!’ But then I heard all the other things, like sexual harassment, and I was like, ‘I don’t know what they’re trying to do,’ but these are the types of things that the media can turn into something that it’s not.”
