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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Abené Clayton

Lizzo says she’s tired of ‘being dragged’ by online critics: ‘I quit’

Woman in brown dress on red carpet
Lizzo at the Vanity Fair Oscars party in Beverly Hills earlier this month. Photograph: Christopher Polk/Variety/Getty Images

The Emmy and Grammy award-winning performer Lizzo seems to have announced her departure from entertainment via a post on her Instagram that ended with: “I QUIT.”

“I’m getting tired of putting up with being dragged by everyone in my life and on the internet,” the singer and flautist wrote. “All I want is to make music and make people happy and help the world be a little better than how I found it. But I’m starting to feel like the world doesn’t want me in it.

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