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*Last week, Lizzo responded to criticism from Dr. Boyce Watkins that she skyrocket into stardom because she’s the poster child for America’s “obesity epidemic.”
“#Lizzo popular is because there is an obesity epidemic in America,” he said. “Rather than encouraging people to do better, we are simply lying to them and telling them that they are just fine the way they are… Unfortunately, Many of these people are dying from diabetes and heart disease.”
The “Truth Hurts” singer fired back with, “I’m popular because I write good songs and I’m talented and perform high energy hour and a half shows filled with love,” she wrote in response to his statement. “The only person who needs to do better is you. Keep my name out ya mouth & look in the mirror before you come for me. Here’s the attention you ordered.”
She added: “Here’s the attention you ordered.” Peep her post below.
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Dr. Watkins responded to her clap back by tweeting, “This lady is an embarrassment to the entire Black community… one butter biscuit away from a heart attack. A clown.”
He also defended his comments in a Youtube live video on Dec. 26 (see below).
“Lizzo is a pretty big Black woman. I would say she is obese – morbidly obese – and she brags about it. So it’s not an insult to say that she is obese,” Watkins said during an interview with renowned scholar, activist and author Dr. Claud Anderson on his YouTube Channel on Thursday, via SandraRose.com.
Watkins also noted that Lizzo changed her act over time “to get more attention” from white people “and the attention started when she started fulfilling the mammy role.”
Dr. Anderson blames the lack of a “code of conduct” among black folks for the reason why Lizzo and her supporters encourage and celebrate buffoonery.
Watch Dr. Watkins’ interview with Dr. Claude Anderson below:
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