{"id":47227,"date":"2025-08-06T05:55:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T05:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/47227\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T05:55:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T05:55:10","slug":"lizzo-discusses-weight-loss-journey-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/47227\/","title":{"rendered":"Lizzo Discusses Weight Loss Journey, Depression"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tLizzo<\/a> is releasing herself from the weight of worrying about how other people perceive her weight. In a recent interview with Women\u2019s Health,<\/a> the musician detailed her experience acclimating to her recent physical changes. \u201cI like how I look now. I still think I\u2019m big,\u201d Lizzo said. \u201cI\u2019m still wearing plus-size clothing. I have the same rolls. I got the same belly, the same thighs \u2013 I think I\u2019m just a smaller version. Body positivity has nothing to do with staying the same. Body positivity is the radical act of daring to exist loudly and proudly in a society that told you you shouldn\u2019t exist.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the past, Lizzo has struggled with disordered eating and intense depression during a particularly dark period. \u201cIt got to the point where I was like, \u2018I could die,’\u201d she said. \u201cI never attempted to kill myself or thought about it, but I did think, If everyone hates you and thinks you\u2019re a terrible person, then what\u2019s the point?\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tA portion of the backlash came nearly two years ago, when three of Lizzo\u2019s former dancers leveled a lawsuit against her <\/a>that is still active in court. The dancers alleged a toxic work environment and sexual harassment by Lizzo and her staff through inappropriate and coercive language and strip club outings. The public response to the suit was fueled, at least in part, by pre-existing criticism. Lizzo told Women\u2019s Health that she has endured \u201cbacklash my entire career\u201d for her weight and race.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI got very paranoid and isolated,\u201d she said. \u201cI used to walk into glam and be like, \u2018Oh, let me tell you about this crazy shit that happened last night!\u2019 I couldn\u2019t do that anymore. I pushed everyone away. I wasn\u2019t even talking to my therapist. I wasn\u2019t present. I wasn\u2019t open. I wasn\u2019t myself anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tShifting her focus toward her health and weight loss journey gave her something else to fight for and restored a sense of control. She considered surgeries to lose weight, but decided against undergoing any procedures. \u201cIf I did all of this on Ozempic, if I did all this with surgery, I would be just as proud of myself, because this shit is hard,\u201d Lizzo said. \u201cEveryone who\u2019s ever been in a bigger body in this current version of society knows that this shit ain\u2019t easy. Existing isn\u2019t easy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tLizzo is proud of the work she put into shedding weight, but is still adjusting to her new reality, just as she had to come to love her body before. \u201cIt\u2019s radical to fuck with yourself,\u201d she said. \u201cI had to fight for that [to love myself]. And now I\u2019m fighting again.\u201d She added: \u201cIt\u2019s okay to release weight. It\u2019s okay to gain weight after you\u2019ve released weight, because what you\u2019re not going to do is shame me if my body changes again and I get bigger.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tLizzo recently released the surprise rap mixtape My Face Hurts From Smiling.<\/a> The project is a reflection of the fear she shed of offending people and overthinking. \u201cBeing bullied for being fat on the internet for five years straight, being the butt of every fat joke, having my pictures turned into bombs blowing up the world and shit \u2014 you can\u2019t really hurt my feelings now,\u201d Lizzo recently told Rolling Stone.<\/a> \u201cAnd I\u2019m not afraid to hurt your feelings, because you clearly aren\u2019t afraid to hurt mine. So that\u2019s what this relationship is going to be. I\u2019m going to say what I want to say and you\u2019re going to say what you want to say.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lizzo is releasing herself from the weight of worrying about how other people perceive her weight. In a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47228,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,26443,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-47227","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-gb","10":"tag-lizzo","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}