Lizzo denounces the “big-phobic” and “racist” critics of the “Rumors” video

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Lizzo is done with online commentators who are more focused on her looks than the quality of her music.

The singer, 33, got emotional during an Instagram Live video over the weekend, calling on people who criticized her appearance after the music video for Rumors, her recent collaboration with rapper Cardi B.

“It’s big phobic, it’s racist and it’s hurtful,” said Lizzo in tears. “If you don’t like my music, cool, if you don’t like ‘rumors’, that’s cool, but a lot of people don’t like me because of the way I look and like …

She stopped and shook her head.

The Grammy winner also shared her frustration with people directing negativity towards her in the strangest ways despite the positive intentions behind her music.

It’s like no matter how much positive energy you put out into the world, you’re always going to have people who have something mean to say about you, she said. “And for the most part, it doesn’t hurt me. I don’t care. I just think when I work so hard my tolerance goes down. My patience is weaker, I’m more sensitive and it hits me.

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There are so many people who love rumors, and I’m so happy, I really am, because we’ve worked hard and I know that hard work has paid off, she added.

Cardi B defended her collaborators on Twitter.

When you stand up for yourself, they pretend you’re problematic and sensitive, the WAP hitmaker tweeted. When you don’t, they tear you apart until you cry like that. Whether you are skinny, fat, plastic, they will always try to put their insecurities on you.

Lizzo has long spoken out against body-shaming. Last summer, she responded to online commentators who said she couldn’t be healthy because of her weight.

She shared a TikTok video showing off her workout routine and clarified that she doesn’t work out to have your ideal body type.

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I’m working out to have my ideal body type, she says. And do you know what kind it is? None of your business. Because I am beautiful, I am strong, I do my job and I stay on my job.

In her latest Instagram Live video, Lizzo said she is on top of all negative comments.

From now on, I’ll just focus on the positive feedback, ”she said. “I don’t have time for your negativity, your internalized self-hatred that you project on me with your racism and your big phobia. I don’t have time for this.

Lindsay Lowe has been a regular contributor to TODAY.com since 2016, covering pop culture, style, home and other lifestyle topics. She is also working on her first novel, a domestic drama set in rural Regency England.

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