Lizzo Said She’s ‘Taking A Gap Year’ Following Harassment Lawsuit Drama

Lizzo announced that she’s taking a hiatus from the limelight after multiple lawsuits were filed against her last year by former employees. 

“I’m taking a gap year & protecting my peace,” she captioned a video clip of herself standing in the rain while closing her eyes. Lizzo shared three other posts to Instagram over the weekend, telling followers she was in Bali. “Unfortunately I’ll be posting way too many bikini pics,” she wrote in another update. 

 

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The recording artist also posted clips of herself doing a jump rope workout while in Bali to Instagram Stories.

Previously, Lizzo told fans that she was feeling happier. 

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“I’m the happiest I’ve been in 10 months,” the singer shared in an update posted in May. “The strange thing about depression is you don’t know you’re in it until you’re out of it. I’m definitely not all the way as carefree as I used to be. But the dark cloud that followed me every day is finally clearing up. My smile reaches my eyes again and that’s a win.”

This update came two months after she called out followers for criticizing her.

“I’m getting tired of putting up with being dragged by everyone in my life and on the Internet,” Lizzo said in March. “All I want is to make music and make people happy and help the world be a little better than how I found it. But I’m starting to feel like the world doesn’t want me in it.”

The celeb said, “I’m constantly up against lies being told about me for clout & views… being the butt of the joke every single time because of how I look… my character being picked apart by people who don’t know me and disrespecting my name. I didn’t sign up for this sh** — I QUIT.”

Shortly after, she confirmed that she wasn’t quitting music forever, but was rather leaving behind “negative energy.” 

“I just need to clarify — when I say I quit, I mean, I quit giving any negative energy attention,” she said. “What I’m not gonna quit is the joy of my life, which is making music, which is connecting with people. I know I’m not alone. In no way, shape or form am I the only person who is experiencing that negative voice that seems to be louder than the positive … I’m going to keep moving forward, I’m going to keep being me.”

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These updates all come after three of Lizzo’s former backup dancers sued her for creating a toxic work environment and sexual harassment. The original lawsuits were filed in August 2023. Later, six additional employees came forward with allegations of sexual harassment, per Page Six.

‘Don’t F*** S*** Up’: Quentin Tarantino Says Kamala Risks Losing If She Takes Questions

Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino believes Kamala Harris could “f*** s*** up” if she gives in to pressure to hold a news conference or agrees to a sit-down interview during the race for the presidency.

Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, has been criticized for avoiding the media since being tapped as the Democratic Party’s new presidential candidate.

The “Pulp Fiction” director talked politics with Bill Maher during a recent episode of his “Club Random” podcast. 

The host pointed out that Harris would never talk to him, to which Tarantino replied that there was “no reason” for the Democratic nominee to appear on Maher’s show before the election.

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Quentin Tarantino joins the list of Democrats saying Kamala shouldn’t take questions because it could hurt her chances of winning — which raises the question, how incompetent or extreme do they think she is that answering questions could make her lose?
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Maher shot back, saying he represents the middle-ground voters who Harris should be targeting because the far-Left Democrats are already voting for her.  

Tarantino said this isn’t a “normal election cycle” where “you have a year to set your case”

He said, “I think they’re just all about winning the f***ing election, all right, and the easiest path to winning the election. Look, you can talk about maybe she should have had more guts about this or that and the other but we’re the f***ing president. And Trump’s not the president, and we’re the f***ing president, and now it’s gonna be about this.”

“This is about f***ing winning,” Tarantino says again. “What most people don’t give the Democrats enough credit for, but we give the Republicans credit for, is like no, sometimes it’s just about f***ing winning. And it doesn’t matter how we look at this moment.”

“It’s a mad f***ing dash and she is running, and she’s not stopping to stumble. … I’m gonna vote for her f***ing anyway, no matter what she says in a stupid f***ng interview, so don’t f*** s*** up,” Tarantino added.

The interview clip started circulating on X, with many users reposting and wondering why Harris’s supporters are so terrified of her going off script or taking questions, even from journalists on her side.

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“Quentin Tarantino joins the list of Democrats saying Kamala shouldn’t take questions because it could hurt her chances of winning — which raises the question, how incompetent or extreme do they think she is that answering questions could make her lose?” Outkick writer Ian Miller wondered.