Offset is the latest celebrity to come to Lizzo’s defense after she was the target of vicious online attacks, according to reports by TMZ.
Captured on camera in Beverly Hills, Offset had some words for anyone who was body-shaming and trolling the “Truth Hurts” singer for her appearance.
“Let these beautiful Black women be great, stop judging,” he said. “We work hard to be entertainers for the world. Let us be.”
The Migos rapper also gave kudos to Facebook for deleting the comments from their platform.
As Blavity previously reported, Lizzo gave an emotional response on Instagram to fatphobic comments she received after the release of her latest single “Rumors,” which features Cardi B.
"People saying s**t about me that just doesn't even make sense,” she said in the post. "It's fatphobic, and it's racist and it's hurtful. If you don't like my music, cool. If you don't like 'Rumors' the song, cool. But a lot of people don't like me because of the way I look."
this broke my heart y'all need to leave Lizzo alone she literally doesn't do sht to anyone wtf pic.twitter.com/oo7k8449LL
— CARDITOWN ➹ (@CARDIxTOWN) August 15, 2021
Lizzo spoke candidly about the abuse she’s received while wanting to be an agent of change with her music.
“It's like it doesn't matter how much positive energy you put into the world, you're still going to have people who have… something mean to say about you,” she continued. “And for the most part it doesn't hurt my feelings; I don't care. I just think when I'm working this hard, my tolerance gets lower. My patience is lower. I'm more sensitive and it gets to me."
Cardi B, Chloe Bailey and many others took to social media to encourage and affirm Lizzo’s beauty and greatness.
Lizzo received a timely letter from Missy Elliot who offered some empowering words in her moment of difficulty.
“Once every few decades, someone breaks the mold. And you are one of those people,” Elliot wrote. “Continue to shine and be blessed through your next journey."