‘Love, Lizzo’: Grammy Winner On Authenticity, Living Life Fully & Introducing Her Partner To Fans – Contenders TV: Docs + Unscripted

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Lizzo opened up like never before in her HBO Max documentary Love, Lizzo from director Doug Pray —even going so far as introducing viewers to her partner Myke Wright, who appears in the film.

Going into this project, the four-time Grammy winner admits that she didn’t plan out what she was willing to share, saying “it would have been a disservice to the film.” “I didn’t really have a story in mind; I was just living,” Lizzo said during a panel for the Apple TV+ series at Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted event. “It was important that I move as if there are no cameras here, that I live my life and be authentically myself because these are memories for me.

Who wants to look back at all this footage and see that I was faking it or I was holding back? That’s not even fun for me to watch.

I really want to applaud Doug for turning this into a story because there was so much life happening. … [The team] did such a great job of turning this into something succinct and poignant and masterful, so I’m really proud of it.” RELATED: Contenders Docs + Unscripted Deadline’s Complete Coverage When Pray met Lizzo in 2020, he already was familiar with her music thanks to his daughter — a huge fan — who “forced” him to listen to her hits.