Lizzo has become one of the protagonists of international news. A few days ago the news broke thanks to the American network NBC that three of her former dancers, Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams and Noelle Rodríguez, had filed a lawsuit against the artist for alleged sexual harassment and creation of a hostile work environment.
And it is that according to the plaintiffs’ brief and to which television had access, Lizzo allegedly forced one of the dancers to inappropriately touch a nude artist during a presentation at a strip club in Amsterdam.
They also alleged in the brief that the singer incited her dancers to touch the nude performers, catch objects thrown from the performers’ vaginas, and eat bananas that protruded from the performers’ vaginas. In addition, the artist also allegedly humiliated one of her dancers because of her weight gain.
The news immediately managed to go around the world and has already become a real informative earthquake. And it is that in addition all the media and the followers of the singer have been very expectant to know the first words of the artist after the lawsuit for sexual harassment was made public.
But it was not until this very Thursday, when the interpreter finally gave her first statements. She did it through her social networks with an extensive statement. ”These past few days have been heartbreakingly difficult and overwhelmingly disappointing,” she began by saying.
”My work ethic, morals and respect have been questioned. My character has been criticized. I usually choose not to respond to false accusations, but they are as unbelievable as they sound and too outrageous not to address,” he stated. The artist herself explained in the letter that these accusations came from former employees, who had long admitted that they behaved inappropriately and unprofessionally on the tour.
The interpreter wanted to make it clear in the statement that as an artist that she is, she always takes her music and her shows very seriously, to give her best on stage. ”Sometimes I have to make tough decisions, but I don’t mean to make people feel uncomfortable or unvalued as an important part of the team,” she said.
“I’m not here to look like a victim, but I’m not the villain that people and the media have portrayed these past few days,” she asserted. ”I’m very open with my sexuality and expressing myself, but I can’t accept or allow people to use that openness to make me look like something I’m not. There is nothing I take more seriously than the respect we deserve as women in the world,” she wrote.
In addition, the singer stated that she would never shame someone for her weight, since she has received harassment for her body. Lastly, she ended by thanking all the people who have shown her support in these hard times and that despite being hurt, the artist stressed: ”I will not let the good work I have done in the world be overshadowed For this”.
