Lizzo is tired of defending her body. In a new interview with People magazine published Wednesday (March 2), the 33-year-old Grammy-award winning performer discussed her time in the entertainment industry and her desire to create a new beauty standard. Click inside to find out what she said… “I think I have a really hot body!
I’m a body icon, and I’m embracing that more and more every day,” Lizzo told the outlet. “It may not be one person’s ideal body type just like, say, Kim Kardashian might not be someone’s ideal, but she’s a body icon and has created a modern-day beauty standard,” she added. “And what I’m doing is stepping into my confidence and my power to create my own beauty standard.
And one day that will just be the standard.” The “Rumors” singer went on to describe the stereotypes she’s faced due to her size, telling the mag: “The funny, fat friend.
I played that trope in high school. Or the friend who is gonna beat your a– ’cause she’s big. Or it’s the big girl who’s insecure ’cause she’s big.
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