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Lizzo is opening up about her insecurities and learning to love her body.
In an interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, the “Good As Hell” singer-songwriter got candid about her journey to self-acceptance and owning her body.
The 33-year-old, who just released a single with fellow rapper, Cardi B, said she never had “the luxury of hiding behind anything” as a plus-size woman.
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“I feel like fat is the worst thing people can say about me at this point,” the “Truth Hurts” singer shared. “This is the biggest insecurity. It’s like, ‘How dare a pop star be fat?’ I had to own that.”
She told Lowe ‘thin bodies’ are celebrated in the industry and mainstream culture: “I feel like other people who were put on that pedestal, or who become pop stars, probably have other insecurities or have other flaws, but they can hide it behind a veneer of being sexy and being marketable.”
She admitted the knock-on effect of her lyrics and a subsequent body-positive movement was unexpected. “I was watching a commercial, and it was these big girls in it, and it had nothing to do with being big. And I was like, ‘Did I do that?’”
Lizzo also touched upon racial disparities in the medical industry, highlighting the staggering statistic that Black women are three times more likely to die after childbirth than white women.
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“There’s still so many people who suffer from being marginalized systemically,” she said. “Meanwhile, there’s a plus-size Black girl at the Grammys. But plus-size Black women are still not getting the treatment they deserve in hospitals and from doctors and at work.”
To sum it up, Lizzo added, “We got a long way to go.”
