Lizzo has quit the music industry as she revealed: “I’m starting to feel like the world doesn’t want me in it.”
The 35-year-old made the shock announcement that she was putting fame behind her on Friday.
In her Instagram post, the Truth Hurts singer admitted that she is “tired of getting dragged by everyone.”
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She wrote: “I’m getting tired of putting up with being dragged by everyone in my life and on the internet.”
“All I want is to make music and make people happy and help the world be a little better than how I found it.”
“But I’m starting to feel like the world doesn’t want me in it.”
“I’m constantly up against lies being told about me for clout & views… being the butt of the joke every single time because of how I look.”
“My character being picked apart by people who don’t know me and disrespecting my name.”
“I didn’t sign up for this s**t. I quit,” she concluded.
A host of famous faces commented their support for the singer following her emotional post.
Paris Hilton wrote: “We love you Queen ❤️👑”
Holly Robbinson Pete penned: “Get you a Beyoncé shut off switch, Sis! Find tools and practices to shut out the noise -it’s possible! All great artists need one especially in this day and age where everyone’s opinions are platformed and amplified. Do not quit!!”
However, Azelia Banks commented to tell Lizzo she is to blame for the narrative created.
Azelia wrote: “I took back my criticism of you because it definitely clicked in my mind that I definitely wasn’t getting my point about the ways in which insidious people in corporate culture where positioning you to push demeaning initiatives, but sis…… your handle is ‘lizzo be eating.'”
“You’ve definitely given the public license to laugh at and with you by twerking at the Burger King counter and bathing in a tub of skittles… Self deprecation was certainly the aesthetic you chose to introduce yourself with.”
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So I don’t see why you’d play victim rather than just stop intentionally inviting people to make jokes about that.”
“You’re a beautiful girl, with a handle on music theory, Grammy awards and tons of success, just change the narrative and go high brow philharmonic on these hoes and collab with ryuchi sakamoto. ❤”
