{"id":446519,"date":"2026-05-26T19:29:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T19:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/446519\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T19:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T19:29:12","slug":"lizzo-fires-back-at-claims-she-has-been-sh-t-talking-taylor-swift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/446519\/","title":{"rendered":"Lizzo Fires Back At Claims She Has Been \u2018Sh-t Talking\u2019 Taylor Swift"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lizzo went on record on Friday to reject accusations that she had said negative things about Taylor Swift<\/a>. The Grammy-winning rapper and singer took the dispute directly to X after a user publicly leveled the claim against her.<\/p>\n

She denied the accusation, stating plainly that she had never criticized Swift<\/a> or any other artist. Fans of both musicians paid close attention to the exchange, and Swift did not respond publicly.<\/p>\n


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\n\t\t\tAbout Damn Time: Lizzo\u2019s Net Worth Is Hitting Platinum Status
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Lizzo’s net worth is fueled by revenue streams from music sales, sold-out tours, and multi-million-dollar endorsement deals.<\/p>\n

The Viral Streaming Debate<\/p>\n

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On Friday, an X user put up a graphic comparing<\/a> streaming numbers for recent music releases. The post listed “The Life Of A Showgirl + MY FACE HURTS FROM SMILING \u2014 4.005M” against “ICEMAN + MAID OF HONOUR + HABIBTI \u2014 683k.”<\/p>\n

The first line combined the streaming figures for Swift’s latest album and Lizzo’s 2025 mixtape, totaling 4.005 million. The second grouped three Drake<\/a> singles together, a combination that reached only 683,000 streams by comparison.<\/p>\n

The post also featured a clip from Lizzo’s STFU music video, though the Truth Hurts singer did not share it herself. Lizzo reshared the graphic and<\/a> asked, “Can someone explain what this means?” One user supplied an answer that turned the post into a controversy, writing, “it means all that s–t talking you did about Tay finally caught up to you.”<\/p>\n

Lizzo’s Clap-Back On X<\/p>\n

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Lizzo replied directly and did not hold back. “Are you well? First of all I have never talked s–t about Taylor Swift, also while we on the subject I’ve never talked s–t about any artist. Just because I mention an artist by name does not mean I’m talking s–t\u2014 grow tf up pls.”<\/p>\n

Lizzo’s rebuttal drew a clear line between<\/a> mentioning an artist and criticizing one, and killed the narrative before it could spread.<\/p>\n


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\n\t\t\tLizzo Reveals She Was A Virgin Until She Won A Grammy
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Lizzo confessed on a podcast that she was a virgin until she won a Grammy and admitted she had lied about her sexual experience as a teenager.<\/p>\n

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The accusation landed poorly, given the context. One week earlier, on the May 15 episode of Genius Verified, Lizzo had spoken warmly about Swift while<\/a> promoting her new song BITCH. She revealed that the track interpolates Meredith Brooks’ 1997 hit of the same name and made clear she wanted credit to go where it was due.<\/p>\n

“Shout-out to Meredith Brooks. I want the whole world to know that this is her record.” She then explained her own decision to flag the creative lineage publicly, saying, “I feel like that would’ve gotten lost in translation a little bit. I was like, ‘This is Lizzo’s version.'”<\/p>\n

The reference to Swift followed naturally. “You know how it’s like, ‘Taylor’s Version?’ It’s like, ‘Bitch (Lizzo’s Version).'”<\/p>\n

Taylor Swift Comparison<\/p>\n

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Lizzo’s admiration for Swift goes back well before the 2026 exchange. In a 2022 appearance on The Breakfast Club radio show, the Grammy-winning rapper drew a direct parallel between herself and Swift, rooting it in their shared approach to songwriting. “I’m Black Taylor Swift. I really am, I’m trifling.”<\/p>\n

She went on to describe how she writes about former<\/a> partners without reducing them to villains. “I don’t talk too badly about [an ex’s] character, it’s just what he do. I’ll be like, ‘He’s a good person, but this is what he did. Am I tripping?’ They’d be like, ‘You’re not tripping, you’re not tripping.'” The comparison pointed to a mutual creative instinct, not rivalry.<\/p>\n


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\n\t\t\tLizzo Attempts To Avoid Millions In Damages By Having Toxic Workplace Lawsuit Dismissed
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The singer has denied allegations of racism and body shaming from three former back-up dancers who’re currently suing her. <\/p>\n

About Lizzo<\/p>\n

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Lizzo’s first major-label extended play, Coconut Oil, came out in 2016. Turning to pop, she broke into the mainstream with her third studio album, Cuz I Love You, which peaked at number four<\/a> on the US Billboard 200.<\/p>\n

Lizzo<\/a> has also pursued acting, voicing the character Lydia in the 2019 animated film UglyDolls and appearing in the 2019 crime comedy-drama film Hustlers, which starred Jennifer Lopez<\/a> and earned over $157 million at the global box office.<\/p>\n

She is also the host of the Amazon Prime Video reality television series Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls, for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award<\/a> for Outstanding Competition Program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lizzo went on record on Friday to reject accusations that she had said negative things about Taylor Swift.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446520,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-446519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}