{"id":1993177,"date":"2023-08-07T14:05:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T18:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grimes-voices-support-for-lizzo-amid-sexual-harassment-lawsuit-loyalty-matters\/"},"modified":"2023-08-07T14:06:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T18:06:00","slug":"grimes-voices-support-for-lizzo-amid-sexual-harassment-lawsuit-loyalty-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grimes-voices-support-for-lizzo-amid-sexual-harassment-lawsuit-loyalty-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Grimes backs Lizzo amidst harassment lawsuit: &#8216;Loyalty counts&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgrimes-voices-support-for-lizzo-amid-sexual-harassment-lawsuit-loyalty-matters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1993177&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Singer Grimes Supports\u2063 Lizzo Amid Sexual Harassment Lawsuit<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Singer Grimes came out publicly in support of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/lizzo\">Lizzo<\/a> \u200bas she faces a\u200d sexual harassment <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/lawsuit\">lawsuit<\/a> \u200cbrought \u200cagainst \u200dher by three former\u200d backup dancers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/celebrities\">Grimes<\/a> shared on X, formerly Twitter, that she\u2019s had nothing\u200b but positive \u2064experiences with Lizzo for years. \u201cI love Lizzo. Not \u200bsaying\u2062 I don\u2019t believe ppl when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-have-to-get-to-the-bottom-of-what-happened-president-trump-speaks-out-on-the-2020-election-in-newsmax-interview-video\/\" title=\"\u201cWe Have to Get to the Bottom of What Happened\u201d \u2013 President Trump Speaks Out on the 2020 Election in Newsmax Interview (VIDEO)\">bad things happen<\/a>, but\u200c I had dancers mistreated on my\u200b watch in ways I \u2063didn\u2019t find out about until way later. Mebe sh** is bad,\u201d the 35-year-old\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grimes-voices-support-for-lizzo-amid-sexual-harassment-lawsuit-loyalty-matters\/\" title=\"Grimes backs Lizzo amidst harassment lawsuit: 'Loyalty counts'\">pop singer\u200c wrote<\/a> on social \u200cmedia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut loyalty \u2063matters to\u2062 me. Lizzo was \u200bkind to me and others\u200c for a decade before she was \u2018cool,\u2019 and she checked in on me when no one \u2063cared. \u200cI\u2019ve only ever seen exemplary \u2063behavior from \u200dher, especially when everyone was hating on me and\u200b she was on top of the world. There\u2063 was no reason for her \u200dto check in, besides\u200b to\u2062 be a good person. \u2063Just my two cents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI recall when \u200cshe first blew up \u2064being so happy because I\u2019d never known such an\u2062 admirable person \u200bto find fame in the \u2062music industry. I struggle to believe \u2062she \u2062would have \u2064so radically changed tired of a \u200bculture that seeks to\u200c destroy it\u2019s greatest virtues. Lizzo is\u2062 amazing,\u201d \u200cGrimes added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I love Lizzo. Not \u200dsaying I don&#8217;t\u200c believe ppl when bad things happen, but I had \u200cdancers mistreated on my watch in ways I\u200c didn&#8217;t find out about until way later. Mebe shit \u200bis bad. But loyalty \u2064matters\u200c to me. Lizzo was kind \u2064to me \u200cand others for a\u2062 decade before she was &#8220;cool&#8221;, and\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud835\udd0a\ud835\udd2f\ud835\udd26\ud835\udd2a\ud835\udd22\ud835\udd30 (@Grimezsz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grimezsz\/status\/1688163533761241088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, \u200c2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Lawsuit Allegations and\u200d Lizzo&#8217;s\u2063 Response<\/h3>\n<p>On August 1, dancers \u200bArianna\u200c Davis, Crystal Williams, and Noelle Rodriguez filed a lawsuit against Lizzo and\u200d Big Grrrl \u2062Big \u200bTouring \u200bInc. that included\u200d accusations of\u2062 body-shaming,\u200b racial and religious discrimination, and being pressured to \u2063interact with nude dancers\u2063 during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arkansas-womens-shelter-will-host-family-friendly-drag-queen-show-with-headliner-crystal-methyd\/\" title=\"Arkansas Women\u2019s Shelter Will Host \u2018Family-Friendly\u2019 Drag Queen Show With Headliner \u2018Crystal Methyd\u2019\">live sex show<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Lizzo issued a statement in response to the accusations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsually I choose \u2063not to respond to false allegations \u2062but \u200dthese are as\u200b unbelievable as \u2064they sound\u200d and too \u200coutrageous to\u2063 not be addressed,\u201d the rapper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/lizzo-responds-to-outrageous-lawsuit-alleging-sexual-harassment-body-shaming\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cThese sensationalized stories are coming from former employees\u200b who have already publicly\u200d admitted that\u2062 they \u200dwere told their behavior on tour was \u200binappropriate \u2064and \u2063unprofessional.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very open with my sexuality and expressing myself but\u2063 I cannot accept or allow people \u2064to use that\u2062 openness to make me out\u200d to be something I\u200b am not,\u201d Lizzo continued. \u201cThere \u200cis \u2064nothing I take more seriously than the respect we\u200c deserve as \u200dwomen in the world. I know what it feels like to be body\u200c shamed on \u200ba daily basis and \u200cwould \u2064absolutely never criticize or\u200d terminate an\u2063 employee\u2064 because \u200cof\u2063 their\u200c weight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m hurt \u2064but \u200dI \u200dwill not let the good work I\u2019ve done\u2063 in the world be overshadowed by this,\u201d she\u200d said \u200bin conclusion. \u201cI want \u2064to thank everyone who has reached\u200c out\u200b in support to lift \u2063me up during this difficult \u2062time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singer Grimes publicly supports Lizzo amid a sexual harassment lawsuit by three ex-backup dancers. Grimes, on X, expresses years of positive experiences with Lizzo. 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