Months before a lawsuit claiming that Lizzo subjected dancers to sexual harassment and weight shaming (which she denies), her team settled a payment dispute with 14 different dancers who said they appeared in the US musician’s 2022 HBO Max documentary Love, Lizzo without their consent, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The documentary shows a group of dancers who discuss being plus-size and Black women during rehearsals for Lizzo’s performance at the 2019 MTV Video Music awards (VMAs).
“You can’t let nobody see you sweat,” one dancer says as her colleagues nod and wipe tears from their eyes. “You have to be three times better than. It’s not two times. It’s three times. You know what I mean?”
The dancers said they were filmed without their knowledge and weren’t remunerated for their appearance.
On 17 January this year, their manager emailed Alan Brunswick, a lawyer for the documentary co-producer Boardwalk Pictures, saying: “After seeing all of the videos, I’m sure you realise how sensitive and private the dialogue was for the talent involved. This was supposed to be a safe space to express and share with the Principal talent [Lizzo], so by sharing this unauthorised footage to the public without their approval/permissions, has truly exploited these women and violated the emotional safety they had in those moments.”
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