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Saturday, December 21, 2024

Lizzo Breaks Silence and Says She Was 'Blindsided' by Sexual Harassment Lawsuit: 'I Did Nothing Wrong' - PEOPLE

  • On Thursday, Dec. 19, Lizzo broke her silence and addressed the lawsuits she faces on the Baby, This Is Keke Palmer podcast
  • She claims she was "blindsided" by the sexual harassment lawsuit from her dancers
  • The "Truth Hurts" musician noted that she as an individual was "dismissed" from the second lawsuit from a former stylist

Lizzo is speaking out.

The Grammy Award winner, 36, is the latest guest on the Baby, This Is Keke Palmer podcast on Thursday, Dec. 19, and opened up to Keke Palmer about the lawsuit she faces from three ex-backup dancers since August 2023.

In the interview, Lizzo said she "needed time to process" after a whirlwind 2023 where she had her first arena tour with her Watch Out for the Big Grrrls dancers.

"I was literally living in my dream, and then the tour ended, and three ex-dancers just completely, like, blindsided me with a lawsuit," she told the host, 31.

Lizzo claims she was "completely surprised" by the complaint.

"I was very deeply hurt because these were three ex-dancers, so they weren't on the tour. They didn't, like, finish the tour out with us. But even regardless of that, these were people that I gave opportunities to," she said.

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Added Lizzo: "These were people that — I liked them and appreciated them as dancers, respected them as dancers. So I was like, what? But then I heard all the other things like sexual harassment, and I was like,...



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