{"id":578741,"date":"2026-04-01T14:57:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/578741\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T14:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:57:15","slug":"i-lied-about-it-for-a-long-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/578741\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I lied about it for a long time\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lizzo<\/a> must have been thinking \u201cit\u2019s about damn time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The singer has confessed that she was in her 30s before she lost her virginity, honoring a pact she made two decades earlier.<\/p>\n

\u201cI promised myself when I was younger that I wouldn’t have sex until I won a Grammy,\u201d she revealed on the Friends Keep Secrets podcast, shocking hosts Benny Blanco, Lil Dicky, and Kristin Batalucco.<\/p>\n

Lizzo, now 37, won her first Grammy in 2020. She took home three awards that night: Best Pop Solo Performance (\u201cTruth Hurts\u201d), Best Urban Contemporary Album (deluxe version of Cuz I Love You), and Best Traditional R&B Performance (\u201cJerome\u201d).<\/p>\n

She didn\u2019t make good on her promise the night of the Grammys; however, it wasn\u2019t long after.<\/p>\n

But before she marked the milestone rite of passage, \u201cI lied about it for a long time,\u201d admitted Lizzo. “I feel a weight off of my chest right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Recalling her college days at the University of Houston, the singer shared an embarrassing moment among her friend group.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were all girling one night, and it was like, \u2018Wait, Lizzo, are you a virgin?\u2019 And I remember being like, \u2018No!\u2019\u201d\u00a0she said. “I was remember it was so embarrassing. I said, ‘I love the D\u2019\u2026 And it held me over for a little while.\u201d<\/p>\n

The self-admitted late bloomer also didn\u2019t share her first kiss until she was 21.<\/p>\n

The delay was \u201creligious,\u201d Lizzo explained. \u201cLike, when we were teenagers at my church, we all made a pact that we wouldn’t do anything before marriage. And then, I was just so scared. Like, nobody wanted to kiss me.\u201d<\/p>\n

When someone finally did, it was \u201cterrible,\u201d she complained.<\/p>\n

\"Lizzo<\/p>\n

Lizzo with her boyfriend Myke Wright in 2026
Credit: Amy Sussman\/Getty<\/p>\n

\u201cI was actually very upset about it,\u201d Lizzo told Blanco, \u201cbecause it was like a New Year\u2019s Eve thing, and he like forced it on me. I was really mad, and I was like, \u2018My first kiss is ruined.\u2019 I was so mad.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Since 2021, she’s dated comedian Myke Wright, who she first met back in 2016 when the pair hosted the MTV music series Wonderland, but there were no sparks at the time, she said.<\/p>\n

“I have this rule where it\u2019s like if I\u2019m working with a guy\u2026 it\u2019s closed,” she said.<\/p>\n

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