Singer Lizzo is facing backlash and a lawsuit after news has gotten out of the alleged treatment towards her former backup dancers. The former dancers Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams, and Noelle Rodriguez claim that she pressured them to touch nude dancers in Amsterdam.
The lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court against Lizzo, her production company, Big Grrrl Big Touring and her dance captain, Shirlene Quigley. Within the lawsuit, They state that they were heavily questioned about their weight and how they were weight shamed and pressured to disclose the reasoning behind the weight gain.
“Lizzo and Ms. Scott questioned whether Ms. Davis was struggling with something as she seemed less committed to her role on the dance cast. Lizzo and Ms. Scott pressed Ms. Davis for an explanation why she seemed less bubbly and vivacious than she did prior to the tour starting. In professional dance, a dancer’s weight gain is often seen as that dancer getting lazy or worse off as a performer,” the lawsuit stated.
continuing it reads: “Lizzo’s and Ms. Scott’s questions about Ms. Davis’ commitment to the tour were thinly veiled concerns about Ms. Davis’ weight gain, which Lizzo had previously called attention to after noticing it at the South by Southwest music festival.”
it also adds that though Lizzo never directly said those things, Arianna Davis felt that “she needed to explain her weight gain and disclose intimate personal details” to keep her job. The lawsuit also mentioned how Shirlene Quigley
The suit also accuses Quigley of shaming those who engaged in premarital sex and “oversharing her masturbatory habits and sex life with her husband.”
As of now, Lizzo has yet to address the situation or speak on it but has been very active on social media.
