Ariana Grande Shares an Inspiring Message From Lizzo After Clapping Back at Body-Shamers

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You’re so special! Ariana Grande shared an inspiring message from pal Lizzo after clapping back at body-shamers who criticized her small frame.

The “Thank U, Next” singer, 29, took to social media on Thursday, April 13, to post a video of the “Good as Hell” songstress, 34, speaking on musical artists having to deal with comments about their body image.   “THIS BODY IS ART,” Grande captioned the clip via her Instagram Stories, adding an “ILYSM [I love you so much]” and tagging the rapper.

In the video, which was posted in January, Lizzo addressed the camera while lounging in a bikini poolside.   “The discourse around bodies is officially tired,” she explained. “I have seen comments go from, ‘Oh my gosh, I liked you when you were thick why’d you lose weight?’ to ‘Oh my gosh, why did you get a BBL I liked your body before’ to ‘Oh my gosh, you’re so big you need to lose weight but for your health’ or ‘Oh my gosh, you need to get ass or titties or something’ to ‘Oh my gosh, why did she get all that work done it’s just too much work.’ Are we OK?”   In order to view the video, please allow Manage Cookies The Grammy winner then asked her followers if they saw the “delusion” that comes from commenting on people’s bodies. “Do we realize that artists are not here to fit into your beauty standards?

Artists are here to make art. And this body is art. And I’m going to do whatever I want with this body,” she said before noting that “we’re f–king wasting on the wrong thing.”   Grande, for her part, posted a rare video via TikTok earlier this week asking fans to lead with kindness after receiving a deluge of negative remarks about her own physique.   “I don’t do this often.