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Lizzo, the Self-Appointed Queen of Fat People, Faces Lawsuits

from Free Lizzo | The Tim Dillon Show #355 · #355

16 min

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Tim unpacks the Lizzo dancer lawsuit alleging weight-shaming, religious harassment, and a bizarre Amsterdam strip club incident with bananas and dildos, riffing on the dangers of declaring yourself "queen" of any group and his own philosophy on hiring and mocking fat employees.

In this bit11 moments
  • Lizzo has made herself the queen of fat people, which Tim argues is inherently unstable.
  • Tim describes the body positivity movement Lizzo represents: big is beautiful, don't shame me, I am what I am.
  • Tim's personal stance on fat employees: he respects them but doesn't sleep with them and watches them closely for sloth and lack of motivation.
  • Lizzo's show 'Watch Out for the Big Girls' featured backup dancers she hired specifically because they looked like her.
  • The backup dancers turned on Lizzo, claiming they were weight-shamed by her despite all being fat.
  • When too many fat people are grouped together, they police each other's weight and behavior like crack addicts in a house judging who's using too much.
  • Tim argues that diversity requires a sprinkling of different people; you can't have every fat person in the world on one tour bus.
  • Three of Lizzo's former dancers sued, accusing her of sexual harassment, weight shaming, and creating a hostile work environment.
  • In Amsterdam, Lizzo allegedly pressured dancers to touch nude performers and eat bananas protruding from their vaginas at a strip club.
  • Tim concludes that Lizzo's mistake was embracing the role of queen and virtue-signaler rather than simply living her life.
  • Declaring yourself the queen is always a mistake, Tim argues, because it sets you up for a fall.
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LizzoMeghan MarklePrince HarryDavid DobrikOberlin College

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