SZA responds to body-shaming comments from fans on social media

nme.com:

SZA has hit back at body-shaming comments from fans on social media and recalled the mental toll the COVID-19 pandemic had on her.The comments from the 2024 Glastonbury headliner came after she shared a now-deleted video on social media, reflecting on her time living at her mother’s house during the pandemic in 2020.While numerous fans shared supportive messages following her discussion of mental health, some made remarks about her changing appearance over the years.

One in particular compared the throwback video to the singer now, writing: “aka before she got big and bbl culture like.”SZA soon replied to the comment on X (formerly Twitter), explaining that it was remarks like that that pushed her to create distance between herself and her fans over the years. “Yall say weird shit like this and wonder why I’m different and don’t feel comfortable w yall anymore .

Lol,” she wrote.She continued: “Yall do realize I mean different as in I don’t go on live+ talk and don’t communicate w yall like that anymore lmao, not different as in change my appearance tf.”Yall say weird shit like this and wonder why I’m different and don’t feel comfortable w yall anymore .