Lizzo Has Broken Her Silence On All The Fan Backlash After She Used An Ableist Slur In ‘GRRRLS’

Lizzo has broken her silence on the backlash she’s been facing following the release of her new song “GRRLS”, which featured an ableist slur. Lizzo acknowledged the word is harmful and revealed she’s listened to fans and removed it from her song in a statement

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— FOLLOW @YITTY (@lizzo) June 13, 2022

Hey @lizzo please remove the word "spaz" from your new song because it's a slur and really offensive to the disabled community

From a disappointed fan

— Shelby (@Shelbykinsxo) June 10, 2022

should

It’s been very alarming to me the way (predominately) white women have talked about Lizzo and the lack of grace given to a marginalized woman vs the way we talk about white *and* thin celebrities who make mistakes.

Very alarming indeed. https://t.co/Br3gjvaZM4

— Chanea (sha-nay) or The Madwoman in the Classroom (@heymrsbond) June 13, 2022

Sometimes we CALL OUT

and sometimes we call IN. This is a classic calling in moment & I’m not shocked that y’all can’t see that. But I am kind of hurt. Because I have been damn near thrown out when I should have been called in. And it’s always ALWAYSS misogynoir. — Tinu (@Tinu) June 13, 2022

I haven't asked my aalies to go & drag @Lizzo. The reason is complex

& has to do with Black American culture & American misogynoir. https://t.co/nVtoJiGvZ4

— Tinu (@Tinu) June 13, 2022

Idk, "I'm disappointed in Lizzo" sounds a bit unforgiving to me if you take into account how she was likely unaware that the word was offensive. We can educate without incriminating, especially when its Lizzo, a known advocate for minority groups who demonstrably means well. https://t.co/guJQc3Ip27

— Katherine MSN (@katherineawrn) June 12, 2022

Harry Styles

But some of y’all sit READY to look down on someone, particularly a Black woman, who messes up and act like they are the worst person in the world for not having it all together or immediately knowing everything. The question is…do you know it all? Do you even know it all now?

— autumn chicken | she/they/he (@dthadirector) June 12, 2022

did

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