Lizzo Says Talking About People's Bodies Is 'Officially Tired'

Lizzo Says Talking About People's Bodies Is 'Officially Tired'

Lizzo is tired of people commenting their and other artists' bodies.

The singer recently posted a video on Instagram in which she perfectly explains the problem of body-shaming others online, and you'll say it's "About Damn Time" for society to put an end to this harmful practice.

“The body discourse is officially tired,” she says while wearing a bikini in a tropical setting. "I've seen comments ranging from 'Oh my God, I liked you when you were fat. Why did you lose weight?' to 'Oh my God, why did you get a BBL [Brazilian butt lift]? I liked your body before'; to 'Oh my God, you're so big. You need to lose weight, but for your health'; to 'Oh my God, you're so small. You need to get an ass or tits or something'; to 'Oh my God, why does she have all this work Done? It’s just too much work.”

Lizzo shared her refreshing perspective on weight fluctuations

The 34-year-old makes an important point: No matter what you look like, when you're in public, some people will always feel comfortable criticizing your appearance - and that's just not okay.

“Do you see the deception?” Lizzo the camera asks. "Do we realize that artists are not here to meet your beauty standards? Artists are here to make art. And this body is art," she continues.

"If we had to pay money for every comment we post on social media, maybe people would think before they type," she concludes in the caption of her post, which was praised by many other celebs, including Jonathan Van Ness and Lilly Singh.

Lizzo has long used her platform as a popular musician to openly talk about her body and seemingly embrace herself with love no matter what.

She directly addressed body-shaming comments back in 2020 with a TikTok in which she made it clear that she works out for her own health goals and not the expectations of others. "So I've been training consistently for the last five years and it might come as a surprise to some of you that I don't train to have your ideal body type," she said in the clip.

In 2021, Lizzo shared a video on Instagram showing how her body has evolved over the years. “It’s okay to change,” she wrote at the time. “I love every phase my body goes into.” And in 2022, she announced that she was "embracing my back rolls" with a video in a backless dress, a message that received so much love from her fans.

While Lizzo appears to deal with haters with grace, the real problem often lies in how average people feel comfortable commenting on celebrities' appearances. It's simple "talking about celebrities as if they weren't people but objects," Brandi Stalzer LIMHP, LMHC, LPCC, a licensed counselor and owner of Stalzer Counseling & Consulting, previously told Shape.

Peloton instructor Ash Pryor has a message for people who leave “disgusting fat shaming comments.”

"I think people focus on celebrities' weight and body fluctuations as a reflection of their own issues and biases they may be dealing with," added Jennifer Rollin, MSW, LCSW-C., therapist and founder of The Eating Disorder Center in Rockville, Maryland. “Unfortunately, celebrities can be ‘easy targets’ because they are in the public eye and are often held to absurd beauty standards.”

Much of Lizzo's music revolves around self-love and acceptance, so her outspoken nature when it comes to these topics isn't surprising. However, it shouldn't fall on one person's shoulders to convince the internet to stop putting people down because of their looks. We hope her latest message makes some people rethink how they interact with celebrities and others online.