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Lizzo Opens Up About Toxic Relationship That Resulted In Body Dysmorphia
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Jan. 22 2020, Published 5:58 p.m. ET
Lizzo opened up about a toxic relationship she was in at age 19 that led to her body dysmorphia. Although the “Truth Hurts” singer has become a huge advocate for body positivity, she admitted in a feature interview for Rolling Stone that she used to struggle to love herself.
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Lizzo, 31, revealed she was in a toxic relationship at age 19 where the guy she loved would constantly mention that he wanted a thin girlfriend. “Skinny guys like me,” the singer told Rolling Stone. “But I remember he was like, ‘I’m a little guy. I need a little girl.’”
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The “Truth Hurts” singer said she tried to be more like Zooey Deschanel because of that experience until she realized, “I can’t just wake up and be a white girl.” Lizzo said she started to question, “How can you be in love with someone when you’re not even you?”
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“I’ve come to terms with body dysmorphia and evolved,” Lizzo said. “The body-positive movement is doing the same thing. We’re growing together, and it’s growing pains, but I’m just glad that I’m attached to something so organic and alive.”
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The “Juice” singer stressed that she doesn’t want to be portrayed as “brave” for being confident with her body. “I’m so much more than that. Because I actually present that, I have a whole career,” she added. “It’s not a trend.”
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Lizzo revealed that she later found love with an unnamed Gemini in 2017 after years of finding self-love. Though the pair is no longer together due to bad timing, the singer said that relationship inspired her 2019 album Cuz I Love You. “As f**ked up as it sounds, I needed that heartbreak experience. I’m not sad, because I use the pain so constructively. It’s inevitable. The pain is human experience,” she said.
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Following the breakup and her subsequent skyrocket to fame, Lizzo said she had a breakdown in the middle of her 2018 spring tour, which led her to see a therapist. “That was really scary,” she said. “But being vulnerable with someone I didn’t know, then learning how to be vulnerable with people that I do know, gave me the courage to be vulnerable as a vocalist.”