On Tuesday, Lizzo was hit with a lawsuit from three of her former dancers, who allege that they faced a hostile work environment while employed by the singer. The suit, which also names Lizzo’s production company and her dance captain Shirlene Quigley, includes numerous complaints about sexual, racial, religious, and disability harassment, as well as assault.

The news is particularly disappointing for fans of Lizzo, given her purported commitment to social justice issues and to empowering plus-size women of color. Prior to the suit, Lizzo was outspoken against racism, publicly criticized anti-abortion and anti-trans laws, and made headlines for clapping back at trolls who fat-shamed her. Two of the plaintiffs, Arianna Davis and Crystal Williams, were hired in 2021 through Lizzo’s Emmy-winning Amazon Prime show Watch Out For The Big Grrrls, a competition show in which winners got jobs dancing in her tour. Like Lizzo’s dancers, the contestants were all plus-size, and many were women of color. Their journeys to self-acceptance provided key plot lines for the series. “Girls that look like me don’t get representation,” Lizzo said in the series’ trailer. “Time to pull up my sleeves and find them myself.”

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