Lizzo Talks Eddie Murphy Movies, Auditioning For ‘The Little Mermaid’ & The Challenges Of Fame

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Lizzo isn’t going to let anyone bring her down. The 33-year-old singer is on the new cover of Variety and in the issue, opens up about everything from Eddie Murphy movies to having fans tell her, “I get tired just looking at you perform.” “I don’t think they’re doing it maliciously,” Lizzo says. “I definitely think they’re conditioned to believe that bigger bodies don’t have enough stamina to perform at the level that I do.

For decades, we have been depicted on television and in movies as ‘lazy,’ and huffing and puffing while the other thinner characters are jogging.

It’s fine. It’s a stereotype. I ain’t new to stereotypes. But what I’m trying to do is dismantle every stereotype that I have the power to do.

I’m destroying them by just living and being incredible all the time.” READ MORE: Lizzo Bares It All While Teasing Powerful New Track Discussing body representation, Lizzo shares how she was affected as a kid by Eddie Murphy movies like “The Nutty Professor”. “It’s funny, because I’m the biggest Eddie Murphy fan of all time.