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Beyoncé appeared to skip over Lizzo’s identify as she carried out “Break My Soul (Queen’s Remix)” at a live performance in Boston on Tuesday, following the information that Lizzo is being sued by three former dancers alleging harassment and hostile work setting.
Usually, Lizzo’s identify seems within the lyrics of “Break My Soul (Queen’s Remix),” alongside the likes of Nina Simone, Lauryn Hill and Nicki Minaj, as a part of Beyoncé’s music celebrating Black girls within the leisure business.
However a number of movies posted on social media confirmed Beyoncé showing to omit Lizzo’s identify from the music throughout her efficiency on Tuesday, as an alternative repeating Erykah Badu’s identify 4 instances, at the same time as Lizzo’s identify flashed up on the display behind her.
Lizzo had posted a video of herself on Instagram in June watching the identical set at a earlier present on Beyoncé’s “Renaissance” tour, saying, “I consider what all of us imply to folks and the way cyclical it’s. We’re all so infinitesimally and maximally linked and vital. It’s an honor. Thank You Beyoncé.”
Beyoncé’s obvious omission got here following the announcement earlier on Tuesday that Lizzo, who is understood for her uplifting messages and physique positivity advocacy, is being sued by three former dancers who declare they had been subjected to a hostile work setting and harassment whereas they had been members of the Grammy-winner’s dance crew.
The grievance, filed in Los Angeles Superior Courtroom on Tuesday and obtained by CNN by way of an lawyer for the plaintiffs, additionally names her manufacturing firm Huge Grrrl Huge Touring, Inc. (BGBT) and an individual described as “dance solid captain” as defendants within the swimsuit.
Among the many claims outlined within the swimsuit, one of many three plaintiffs stated she was inspired by the singer to “take turns touching the nude performers” whereas out at a membership in Amsterdam’s pink mild district whereas on tour in February.
One other plaintiff claims that her dedication to her position on the dance crew was questioned by the singer, who expressed “thinly veiled” considerations in regards to the plaintiff’s “weight achieve,” based on the lawsuit, ensuing within the plaintiff feeling pressured to “clarify her weight achieve and disclose intimate private particulars about her life so as to preserve her job.”
CNN reached out to a consultant for Lizzo and Huge Grrrl Huge Touring, Inc. on Tuesday, looking for touch upon the grievance.
