One other particular person has stepped ahead with allegations in opposition to singer Lizzo within the wake of a sexual harassment and hostile office lawsuit from former backup dancers.
Documentary filmmaker Sophia Nahli Allison, an Oscar nominee for her 2019 documentary brief, A Love for Latasha, alleged on social media at present that she was “handled with such disrespect” by Lizzo that it brought about her to stroll away from the challenge.
Allison claimed that she left the documentary challenge after two weeks of shadowing the singer due to “smug, self-centered, and unkind” conduct from Lizzo. Allison added she was “thrown right into a sh*tty scenario with little assist.”
The publish references the lawsuit in opposition to Lizzo and her manufacturing firm, Large Grrrl Large Touring, filed Tuesday by three former backup dancers. The plaintiffs alleged a sample of sexual, spiritual, and racial harassment from Lizzo and members of her manufacturing firm.
“I normally don’t touch upon something popular culture associated,” Allison wrote on Instagram and Twitter. “However, in 2019, I traveled a bit with Lizzo to be the director of her documentary. I walked away after about two weeks. I used to be handled with such disrespect by her. I witnessed how smug, unkind, and merciless she is. I used to be not protected and thrown right into a sh*tty scenario with little assist. My spirit mentioned to run as quick as you f*cking can, and I’m grateful I trusted my intestine. I felt gaslit and deeply damage, however I’ve healed.
“Studying these studies make me notice how harmful of a scenario it was. This type of abuse of energy occurs far too typically. A lot love and assist to the dancers.”
A documentary titled Love, Lizzo was launched on HBO Max in November 2022. It was directed by Doug Pray, whose different initiatives embody 2009 movie Artwork & Copy and 2008 movie Surfwise.
Allison additionally mentioned on social media that she has heard from others who went by means of comparable experiences with Lizzo. She mentioned the star “creates a particularly poisonous and hostile working setting and undermines the work, labor, and authority of different black and brown womxn within the course of.
“Discover how the movie ended up being directed by a cis white man,” Allison wrote, earlier than additional calling Lizzo “a narcissistic bully” who “has constructed her model off lies.
“I used to be excited to assist and shield a Black lady by means of the documentary course of, however rapidly discovered her picture and ‘message’ was a curated facade,” she continued.
