Lizzo introduced gentle to her lawsuit scandal on the most recent episode of Keke Palmer-hosted podcast “Child, This Is Keke Palmer.”
Final August, the “Pink” singer was sued by three of her ex-dancers, Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams, and Noelle Rodriguez, for sexual harassment, racial harassment, and breeding a hostile work atmosphere, claiming that their working circumstances have been “insupportable” due to harassment that was “so extreme or pervasive.”
The next month, Lizzo was sued by her former stylist, Asha Daniels, for bullying, harassment, and racial discrimination. Whereas Daniels continues to be pursuing authorized motion in opposition to Lizzo’s Massive Grrrl Touring Inc. and her payroll firm, the 4-time Grammy winner has been dismissed as a defendant within the harassment swimsuit. She’s now free to inform her facet of the story on “Child, This Is Keke Palmer,” which went reside on Thursday, December 19.
Across the 4-minute mark of the video under, Lizzo, actual title Melissa Jefferson, informed Palmer that she was “blindsided” by the claims of her former dancers. “I used to be actually residing in my dream, after which the [Special] tour ended, and three ex-dancers simply fully, like, blindsided me with a lawsuit,” she stated.
The singer added, “I used to be very deeply harm as a result of these have been three ex-dancers, so that they weren’t on the tour. They didn’t end the tour out with us. However even no matter that, these have been those who I gave alternatives to.”
Lizzo stated she “favored and appreciated them as dancers” and even “revered them,” however was shocked by their allegations. “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 attempting, nicely, I don’t know what they’re attempting to do, however these are the sorts of issues that the media can flip into one thing that it’s not,’” she continued.
The 36-year-old ended up planning to set higher intentions within the office. “I was like, ‘Why it is like that? It do not gotta be like that. We are able to all be household, and hang around and have time.’ However now I see why,” she stated. “And I believe this expertise taught me how you can set these sorts of boundaries, not simply to guard them, however to guard myself.”
“Let’s be clear, I did nothing improper,” Lizzo continued. “So I’ve no regrets, however I do have now this discovered expertise that’s making ready me for the boss that I’m turning into. This expertise hasn’t stopped me from being me, and I believe it may have simply achieved that … I wasn’t even enjoying the position of the hero, so why would I begin enjoying the position of a villain? I am simply me and I am gonna proceed to be me.”
The singer would later share that she plans to dismiss all of the claims, seemingly alleging that the lawsuit was an extortion try. “I nonetheless imagine girls. I nonetheless imagine victims as a result of this occurred to me, it isn’t going to alter that,” she informed Palmer. “However folks shouldn’t be capable of simply say something about someone, and put it within the media, and ask for cash. You should not be capable of do these issues. So I am preventing.”