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Lizzo Responds After Facing Backlash For 'Promoting Diet Culture'

Lizzo Responds After Facing Backlash For 'Promoting Diet Culture'

Hot97 Staff
12/16/2020 12:00 AM EST
Lizzo shared a juice cleanse that she did via TikTok which in returned spark a huge online debate for "promoting diet culture."Lizzo shared a video explaining the reasoning behind her 10 day fast. She shares that she was "afraid and ashamed" to share her experience with the 10-day detox "because I feel like as a big girl, people expect if you are doing something for health, you’re doing it for a dramatic weight loss, and that is not the case." She says, "in reality, November stressed me the f--- out," she continued. "I drank a lot, I ate a lot of spicy things and things that f---ed my stomach up. I wanted to reverse it and get back to where I was. I’m so proud of myself. I’m proud of my results. My sleep has improved, my hydration, my inner peace, my mental stability, my f---ing body, my f---ing skin, the whites of my eyes, I feel and look like a bad b--- — and that’s it.""I’m a big girl who did a smoothie detox and I wanted to share it with you guys," she concluded, before adding, "And every big girl should do whatever the f--- they want with their bodies.”https://www.tiktok.com/@lizzo/video/6906266064821161222?sender_device=pc&sender_web_id=6904711917698500102&is_from_webapp=1Social media users also comes to Lizzo's defense.https://twitter.com/LizOnTheRadio/status/1338636662859911169?s=20https://twitter.com/tylerscokewhore/status/1338633114810191874?s=20https://twitter.com/SweetExoticAng1/status/1338634196290580492?s=20