{"id":2209782,"date":"2024-03-30T16:21:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T20:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lizzo-announces-shes-leaving-music-on-the-heels-of-biden-fundraising-performance\/"},"modified":"2024-03-30T16:21:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T20:21:34","slug":"lizzo-announces-shes-leaving-music-on-the-heels-of-biden-fundraising-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lizzo-announces-shes-leaving-music-on-the-heels-of-biden-fundraising-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Lizzo shocks fans by announcing her departure from music following Biden fundraising show"},"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\">26<\/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%2Flizzo-announces-shes-leaving-music-on-the-heels-of-biden-fundraising-performance%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=2209782&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--><p>Musician Lizzo announced her departure from the\u200b music industry due \u2064to harsh online criticism. The\u2063 spotlight\u2062 on\u2063 her increased after former dancers\u200c accused her of\u200d sexual harassment and body shaming. \u200bCriticism intensified following her performance at President Biden&#8217;s fundraiser. Lizzo expressed her feelings on Instagram, stating her desire\u200d to spread joy despite feeling unwelcome in \u2063the world.\u2063 Lizzo, the musician, recently made headlines \u200dby announcing her decision to leave the \u200cmusic industry. Her choice was influenced\u2063 by the heavy online criticism she faced. This negative attention heightened after allegations of sexual\u200c harassment and body shaming \u2063from her former dancers emerged.\u200c The scrutiny further magnified following her appearance at President Biden&#8217;s fundraiser. Through her Instagram post, Lizzo conveyed \u2062her aspiration\u2064 to spread happiness, even amidst feelings of being unwelcome in\u200d the world.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Musician <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1403412\/watch-lizzo-plays-james-madisons-over-200-year-old-crystal-flute-at-dc-concert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Lizzo\">Lizzo<\/a> announced she\u2019s quitting the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Lizzo\">industry<\/a> over criticism she\u2019s received <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/social-media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Lizzo\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lizzo has been in the spotlight since her background dancers filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against her. These former dancers, Arianna Davis, Noelle Rodriguez, and Crystal Williams, also claimed Lizzo shamed them for their weight. Criticism online renewed after Lizzo\u2019s performance at President Joe Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2944728\/six-standout-moments-biden-star-studded-fundraiser-obama-clinton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$25 million fundraiser<\/a> at New York City\u2019s Radio Music Hall Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll 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\u2019m starting to feel like the world doesn\u2019t want me in it,\u201d Lizzo wrote on Instagram. \u201cI\u2019m constantly up against lies being told about me for clout &#038; views . . . being the butt of the joke every single time because of how I look\u2026 my character being picked apart by people who don\u2019t know me and disrespecting my name.\u201d <\/p>\n<blockquote data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C5HVa0hS-VD\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t sign up for this s***. I QUIT,\u201d her post ended.<\/p>\n<p>The pop star rose to fame in 2019 after releasing her third studio album, \u201cCuz I Love You.\u201d Ever since she has made political statements in her performances. Last year, she invited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/537961\/lizzo-pushes-back-on-tennessee-ban-and-performs-with-20-drag-queens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"drag queen background dancers\">drag queen background dancers<\/a> to her concert in Tennessee, where there was a ban on the \u201cadult-oriented\u201d performance in public places. <\/p>\n<p>Lizzo denies the allegations made by her former dancers. She currently does not have any tour dates listed on her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lizzomusic.com\/tour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"website\">website<\/a>. Her last album came out in 2022. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton were also present at Thursday\u2019s event. Biden\u2019s fundraising event followed a reported $42 million money grab in January, bringing his total cash reserves to an <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/election-2024-biden-campaign-fundraising-b108bb7e26ec765917ec2f6d6a04bcda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">estimated $156 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Writer and actress Mindy Kaling shared some remarks at the event following Lizzo\u2019s performance. Singer and actor Ben Platt also offered a performance. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lizzo stuns fans with news of leaving music due to online criticism. The spotlight intensified since her dancers filed a harassment lawsuit. Former dancers Arianna Davis, Noelle Rodriguez, and Crystal Williams alleged weight shaming by Lizzo. 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