What’s up?
It’s Emile Ennis Jr. here with Clevver News
and #LizzoIsOverParty was trending on Twitter
after some One Direction fans accused Lizzo
of sexualizing Harry Styles.
It's a complicated situation though with others
calling the hashtag problematic, so let's
break it down.
Alright so, here’s what’s been going down
on Twitter.
A clip of Lizzo and Harry Styles from January
is going around and it shows Lizzo and Harry
on stage playing off each other’s energy.
What bothered some people about this clip
is that at one point Lizzo pretends to grab
Harry's butt.
Some people have been calling Lizzo out for
sexualizing Harry and grabbing at him in a
"non-consensual" way, but if you watch the
clip all the way through, you'll see that
Harry playfully pretends to grab her right
back.
I mean since they were performing and Lizzo
was going along with what her lyrics say,
this was likely rehearsed, like most things
on stage are, but either way the video has
caused some online drama.
Here’s the clip in question…
Of course other fans took issue with Lizzo
eating a popsicle while watching Harry perform,
going as far as calling it "predatory."
Some One Directioners were also upset because
Lizzo has also made some comments about the
other 1D members calling Louis Tomilson “fine”
and she’s openly flirted with Niall Horan.
And according to this tweet that’s been
circulating, some BTS Army members were also
in the mix trying to cancel Lizzo for making
a joke about wanting to sleep with all of
the BTS members before saying that she was
“kidding.”
These angry One Direction and BTS fans were
tweeting things like “Stop saying she's
just "expressing her sexuality".
Men talk to women like this everyday and it's
disgusting, it should be the same anger and
disgust for a woman talking like this of a
guy.
#LizzoIsOverParty”
Another person wrote “See this is the problem
with today’s feminism If a male artist (black
or not) said the exact same words about other
female artists we all would chop his head
off! yes she is friends with Harry but she’s
not with Louis or Niall or BTS.
Stop defending her!
#LizzoIsOverParty”
And this person was just tweeting the hashtag,
“This isn't for Lizzo's body, it's for her
actions.
She's sexualizing every single man and that's
so fuckin' disgusting.
Why can't you understand the reason of this
hashtag.
If you support her you're sick.
PERIODT #LizzoIsOverParty”
But many fans were actually using the hashtag
to talk about why these people trying to cancel
Lizzo for these moments is problematic.
Fans have been pointing out that the #LizzoIsOverParty
could be coming from a place of racism and
misogyny.
One person tweeted saying “if harry had
a problem with lizzo he would have stopped
being friends with her.
you misogynistic directioners just want another
excuse to cancel a successful woman.
stay mad, lizzo is beautiful.
#LizzoIsOverParty”
Another fan added “friendly reminder that
harry and lizzo are friends and y'all just
hate black women.
i just wanna know if y'all had this energy
when camille was moaning his name on ig or
if it only applies to black women #LizzoIsOverParty”
This person chimed in with “interesting
how y’all cancelling this woman for idk
what but have been hating her cause she’s
black and not the same size as you.
idk it’s a lil fishy to me but ok #LizzoIsOverParty”
And this Twitter user wrote “you bitches
HATE black women & I'm tired of it, leave
Lizzo alone she did NOTHING wrong #LizzoIsOverParty”
And in case any of you weren’t familiar
with Lizzo and Harry’s friendship, they’ve
actually been friends for a while now.
Harry has performed Lizzo’s songs, they’ve
performed together, and shared posts for each
other’s birthdays.
They even shared this playful, flirty moment
at the Brit Awards.
“Wait you said you were jealous.
Jealous of what.”
And none of the members of One Direction or
BTS have said that Lizzo has made them uncomfortable.
Niall actually even shouted out Lizzo’s
banter with him on The Tonight Show.
“I was like oh lovely to meet you gave her
a big hug.
Your voice is incredible, your songs are amazing,
you’re absolutely smashing it.
And literally without missing a beat she just
went ‘you can smash this.’
(clapping) And I was just like, she’s fast,
I was just like fair play.”
And Lizzo doesn’t seem to be bothered by
any of this Twitter drama as she’s still
posting supporting BTS on her IG stories.
And Harry has been using his platform to bring
awareness to the bigger issues in the world
like the crisis in Lebanon.
So it seems like this is more of a battle
between fans rather than the stars themselves.
And if you want more on Lizzo and another
1D member, click right over here for another
Clevver video.
Also, let us know down in the comments what
you think about the Lizzo Is Over Party hashtag,
do you think it was problematic?
I’m your host Emile Ennis Jr., bye guys!
