Lizzo Says 'Cancel Culture Is Appropriation'; Suggests Focusing On 'Real Problems'

Lizzo shared her thoughts on the trend of cancel culture in Hollywood, noting that people need to focus more on the real problems instead.

The singer clarified that she is discussing "cancel culture" randomly without pointing at any particular incident. She recalled the time when real outrage used to come from "truly marginalized people" but now, it is being "misused and misdirected."

"This may be a random time to say this but it's on my heart.. cancel culture is appropriation," the 34-year-old singer tweeted Sunday. "There was real outrage from truly marginalized people and now it's become trendy, misused and misdirected."

She added, "I hope we can phase out of this & focus our outrage on the real problems."

Writer and producer Christopher Ballinger's wife, Jessica Ballinger agreed with Lizzo's tweet and commented, "Absolutely. There are very real issues that warrant outrage... I sometimes wonder if cancel culture stems from people feeling impotent against those bigger issues, so they go after simpler targets to feel better about themselves like they did something."

YouTuber Jon Kung also agreed with Lizzo and wrote, "They did the same with 'woke,'" hinting at the Black Lives Matter movement.

Lizzo's tweet on cancel culture came two days after posting a video from her vacation on Instagram. The singer posted a video of herself in a two-piece bikini and shared what kind of comments she received on social media.

"The discourse around bodies is officially tired," she said in the video posted on Instagram over the weekend. "I have seen comments go from: 'Oh my gosh, I liked you when you were thick."

She went on to recall more comments, "Why did you lose weight?'; to 'Oh my gosh, why did you get a BBL [Brazilian butt lift]? I liked your body before'; to 'Oh my gosh, you're so big. You need to lose weight, but for your health'; to 'Oh my gosh, you're so little."

She continued. "Are we OK? Do you see the delusion? 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."

Lizzo wrote in the caption of the video that if social media users had to pay money for writing comments, then they would "think before they type."