Lizzo Says She Was ‘Shocked’ By The Lawsuit Towards Her

Lizzo has opened up relating to the sexual harassment lawsuit filed in opposition to her final yr.

The “Fact Hurts” singer was accused of harassment final August by three of her backup dancers — Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams, and Noelle Rodriguez — however the singer was dismissed from the case. Her firm, Massive Grrrl Massive Touring, Inc., remains to be named within the lawsuit.

The dancers accused Lizzo of forcing them to the touch nude performers and eat “bananas protruding from the performers’ v-ginas” at Bananenbar, a membership in Amsterdam, whereas on tour.

In response to PEOPLE, Lizzo opened up in regards to the lawsuit throughout an episode of “Child, This Is Keke Palmer” on Thursday. The “Boys” singer mentioned she wanted time to course of the allegations.

Lizzo had simply completed her “Watch Out for the Massive Grrrls” tour when she was “blindsided” by the lawsuit.

“I used to be actually dwelling in my dream, after which the tour ended, and three ex-dancers simply fully, like, blindsided me with a lawsuit,” she recalled, including that she was “fully shocked.”

Lizzo additionally mentioned that she was “deeply harm” given the chance she’d supplied the dancers with.

“I used to be very deeply harm as a result of these had been three ex-dancers, in order that they weren’t on the tour. They did not, like, end the tour out with us. However even no matter that, these had been people who I gave alternatives to,” she mentioned.

Lizzo revealed that she did not even invite the dancers to the Bananenbar bar, and the expertise has resulted in her having extra boundaries the place her workers are involved.

“I’ve been that means to get this off my chest,” she famous, including that she initially went to the membership alone earlier than others joined her. “I did not take them wherever. They got here to the membership I used to be at, and it was no necessary invitation,” she mentioned. “I did not even know that these two explicit dancers had been coming thoughts, you. Solely two of them got here, although all three of them mentioned they did, it was solely two I did not even know they had been coming.”

In response toPEOPLE, Lizzo was accused of encouraging the dancers to catch dildos despatched flying from the v-ginas of performers on the Bananenbar. She was additionally accused of encouraging the dancers to take turns “consuming bananas protruding from the performers’ v-ginas.”

Lizzo went on to say that the night was enjoyable however “all the things was consensual.” 

Lizzo added that she’d completed “nothing improper,” and he or she appreciated the three dancers previous to the lawsuit. She was notably offended by the sexual harassment declare.

“These had been people who — I appreciated them and appreciated them as dancers, revered them as dancers,” Lizzo mentioned.

“So I used to be like, what? However then I heard all the opposite issues like sexual harassment, and I used to be like, they’re making an attempt effectively, I do not know what they’re making an attempt to do, however these are the sorts of issues that the media can flip into one thing that it isn’t… Let’s be clear, I did nothing improper.”

Lizzo denied the accusations on Instagram again in 2023 and referred to as the allegations “false.”

“These previous couple of days have been gut-wrenchingly tough and overwhelmingly disappointing. My work ethic, morals and respectfulness have been questioned,” she wrote.

The Grammy Award winner additionally mentioned that the accusations had been “sensationalized”

“My character has been criticized. Often I select not to answer false allegations however these are as unbelievable as they sound and too outrageous to not be addressed. These sensationalized tales are coming from former workers who’ve already publicly admitted that they had been advised their habits on tour was inappropriate and unprofessional.”

Lizzo was additionally sued in September of 2023 by her former wardrobe stylist, Asha Daniels. Daniels claimed that the “Rumors” singer harassed and bullied herself, the dancers and background singers whereas on tour with the artist.

“I used to be witnessing myself, the dancers and the background vocalists and my native staff in each metropolis be harassed and bullied frequently,” Daniels mentioned.

“A decide noticed this, and within the courtroom of regulation, he appeared on the proof and mentioned, ‘OK. We will not permit this to undergo,'” mentioned Lizzo, noting that she was dismissed from the lawsuit, however the criticism stands.

Daniels’ lawyer, Ron Zambrano, famous that the lawsuit remains to be energetic and doesn’t absolve the singer from wrongdoing.

“The lawsuit remains to be very energetic and has not been dismissed,” he mentioned. “The ruling was not for lack of proof, however quite on procedural jurisdictional grounds. It under no circumstances absolves Lizzo of the egregious claims that occurred on her watch.”