Beyoncé name-dropped Lizzo in her efficiency of “Break My Soul (The Queens Remix)” on Monday evening amid the lawsuit towards the “About Rattling Time” singer by her former dancers.
“Lizzo! I like you, Lizzo!” Beyoncé mentioned on stage at her Renaissance live performance in Atlanta.
Throughout her present in Foxborough, Mass., on Aug. 1, Beyoncé appeared to omit Lizzo’s identify in her common shoutout of iconic performers in “Break My Soul (The Queens Remix)” after sexual harassment and weight-shaming allegations towards Lizzo surfaced on-line.
A trio of Lizzo’s former dancers filed a lawsuit towards the singer earlier this month, accusing her of sexual harassment and making a hostile work surroundings. Along with Lizzo (actual identify Melissa Viviane Jefferson), the swimsuit names her manufacturing firm Massive Grrrl Massive Touring, Inc. (BGBT) and Shirlene Quigley, captain of Lizzo’s dance staff, as defendants.
The dancers — Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams and Noelle Rodriguez — have alleged sexual, spiritual and racial harassment, incapacity discrimination, assault, and false imprisonment, amongst different expenses. Davis and Williams had been fired, whereas Rodriguez resigned.
“Plaintiffs had been aghast with how little regard Lizzo confirmed for the bodily autonomy of her workers and people round her, particularly within the presence of many individuals whom she employed,” the grievance reads.
Lizzo issued a response to the allegations on Aug. 3, which she posted to Instagram.
“These previous few days have been intestine wrenchingly troublesome and overwhelmingly disappointing. My work ethic, morals and respectfulness have been questioned. My character has been criticized,” Lizzo shared in an announcement. “Normally I select not to answer false allegations however these are as unbelievable as they sound and too outrageous to not be addressed. These sensationalized tales are coming from former workers who’ve already publicly admitted that they had been instructed their habits on tour was inappropriate and unprofessional.”
She added, “I’m not right here to be checked out as a sufferer, however I additionally know that I’m not the villain that folks and the media have portrayed me to be these previous few days. I’m very open with my sexuality and expressing myself however I can’t settle for or enable folks to make use of that openness to make me out to be one thing I’m not.”
