Cardi B is defending her friend Lizzo after she posted an emotional video saying she was ‘hurt so hard’ by ‘racist’ and ‘fatphobic’ comments over the duo’s video for ‘Rumors.’
“When you stand up for yourself, they claim your problematic [and] sensitive. When you don’t, they tear you apart until you crying like this,” Cardi B tweeted. Cardi, 28, defended Lizzo, 33, saying, “Whether you skinny, big, [or] plastic, they going to always try to put their insecurities on you. Remember, these are nerds looking at the popular table.” Cardi added: “Rumors’ is doing great. Stop trying to say the song is flopping to dismiss a woman[sic] emotions on bullying or acting like they need sympathy. The song is top 10 on all platforms. Body shaming and callin’ her mammy is mean [and] racist as f-ck.”
Lizzo opened up about the negative comments during an IG Live session over the weekend: “On the days I feel I should be the happiest … I feel so down. Like, I hurt so hard.” Lizzo said that people were “saying sh-t about me that just doesn’t even make sense. It’s fat-phobic, and it’s racist, and it’s hurtful. If you don’t like my music, cool. If you don’t like ‘Rumors,’ the song, cool. But a lot of people don’t like me because of the way I look? And I’m like? Sometimes I feel like the world just don’t love me back. It’s like it doesn’t matter how much positive energy you put into the world, you’re still going to have people who have something mean to say about you. And for the most part, it doesn’t hurt my feelings — I don’t care. I just think when I’m working this hard, my tolerance gets lower. My patience is lower. I’m more sensitive. And it gets to me.”
You can check out Lizzo and Cardi B in their video for “Rumors” – here.
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