Lizzo talked about breaking stereotypes and living under the spotlight in an interview for Variety’s cover story.
When asked about how it felt to become known, she said, “Fame happens to you.”
“It’s more of an observation of you. People become famous, and it’s like — my DNA didn’t change. Nothing changed about me,” the singer said. “My anxiety didn’t go away. My depression didn’t go away. The things that I love don’t go away. I’m still myself. But the way y’all look at me and perceive me has changed. It’s a very weird, kind of formless thing.”
Additionally, she clarified that she didn’t “want to appear unappreciative” but that this topic was previously discussed with her therapist.
“Most famous people have been famous just as long as they’ve been a person, so they have acclimated more to it. I was going into dive bars and gettings—faced in 2018. And nobody knew who I was, and nobody was bothering me. By 2019, I noticed I couldn’t go to restaurants with my dancers and stuff,” she said.
She then opened up about the stereotypes surrounding plus-sized women and their ability to perform in an episode of her upcoming Amazon Prime show, Big Grrrls.
“I don’t think they’re doing it maliciously,” she said. “I definitely think they’re conditioned to believe that bigger bodies don’t have enough stamina to perform at the level that I do.”
She added, “For decades, we have been depicted on television and in movies as “lazy,” and huffing and puffing while the other thinner characters are jogging. It’s fine. It’s a stereotype. I ain’t new to stereotypes. But what I’m trying to do is dismantle every stereotype that I have the power to do. I’m destroying them by just living and being incredible all the time.”
In a recent Instagram post, Lizzo reflected on self-love and shared a clip of her embracing her nude body.
“If you love me… you love all of me. You don’t get to pick and choose,” her post began. “We should be unconditionally loving of one another, starting with being unconditionally loving to ourselves.”
She continued, “Take a moment today and think about the conditions we hold so tightly to that keep us from the freedom of true love. Do you really wanna be so tightly wound? Free yourself in love. You deserve it.”
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