Beyoncé confirmed some love for Lizzo throughout her Renaissance gig in Atlanta on Monday evening (Aug. 14). After beforehand showing to go away the “About Rattling Time” singer out of the lyrics to the “Break My Soul (The Queens Remix)” earlier on the tour after Lizzo was hit with a lawsuit from three former dancers accusing her of making a hostile surroundings and sexual harassment, Bey slotted Lizzo again in and added a shout out over the past of three gigs at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
“Lizzo. I really like you, Lizzo!” Beyoncé shouted through the efficiency of the tune that finds her ticking off an inventory of legendary feminine artists together with Bessie Smith, her sister Solange, Erykah Badu, Janet Jackson, Lauryn Hill and plenty of others.
Only a week after being hit with the lawsuit from the previous dancers — which additionally included allegations that they had been pressured to the touch nude dancers throughout a stay intercourse present — the lawyer representing the three dancers mentioned final week that “now we have acquired not less than six inquiries from different folks with related tales since we filed the grievance.”
The unique grievance overlaying alleged harassment that allegedly occurred between 2021-2023, was filed on behalf of dancers Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams and Noelle Rodriguez. It accused Lizzo (born Melissa Jefferson) and her Huge Grrrl Huge Touring Inc. of a variety of authorized wrongdoing, together with racial and spiritual discrimination. In addition they included allegations that the captain of Lizzo’s dance group, Shirlene Quigley, pressured her spiritual beliefs on the plaintiffs and took repeated actions that made them uncomfortable, together with commenting on their virginity and simulating oral intercourse on a banana in entrance of them.
Lizzo denied the preliminary allegations in a press release, wherein she wrote that they’re “false” and “sensationalized tales,” including, “I’m not the villain that individuals and the media have portrayed me to be these previous few days. I’m very open with my sexuality and expressing myself however I can’t settle for or enable folks to make use of that openness to make me out to be one thing I’m not.”
She mentioned that the allegations that she and her firm created a hostile work surroundings had been “unbelievable as they sound and too outrageous to not be addressed.” Beyoncé had pointedly left Lizzo’s title out of the stay efficiency of the “Break My Soul” remix throughout an Aug. 1 present in Massachusetts, repeating Badu’s title 4 occasions as a substitute; she reportedly slotted the singer’s call-out again into the tune throughout a present in Maryland on Aug. 7. Bey’s mom, Tina Knowles, mentioned the obvious Lizzo miss was not accomplished on goal, mentioning that the singer additionally unnoticed former Future’s Little one member Kelly Rowland’s title that evening, whereas followers have famous that not each title within the remix makes it into each efficiency.
Lizzo has saved a low profile for the reason that lawsuit was filed and one of many solely reveals she had on her upcoming roster, a headlining slot at this 12 months’s Made in America pageant in Philly (Sept. 2-3), was pulled final week when organizers unexpectedly cancelled the occasion — which was additionally slated to characteristic SZA as a headliner — on account of “extreme circumstances outdoors of manufacturing management.”
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