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Lizzo got everyone talking about her last week when she went to the Lakers vs. Timberwolves game wearing a dress that was actually a shirt that had the back cut out, leaving her ass visible, a thong, and fishnets. Lizzo knew what she was doing, of course, and when people came for her, she was ready with a comeback. Some of them were sizest jerks, yes, and some of them were people who would reasonably prefer to not see anyone’s ass hanging out of clothes at a basketball game. Sigh Celebitchy and Kaiser talked on the podcast about the backlash against Lizzo that’s developing. They think that maybe if she took a step back for a bit, people would likely leave her alone.
Lizzo is doing just that, though not by choice: She’s been struck by the flu, and has been forced to cancel two shows in Boston:
The 31-year-old “Good As Hell” singer was forced to cancel two recent performances after coming down with the flu. Lizzo was originally scheduled to perform in Boston at the KISS 108 Jingle Ball on Sunday, and then in Hartford for the Hot 93.7 Jingle Jam on Tuesday.
“To my Hartford fans and Hot 93.7, I am so sorry I have to cancel my performance tomorrow due to the flu. I hate letting my fans down more than anything. I hope that you all can forgive me while I recover and I promise we are doing everything we can to make it up to you. ❤️,” Lizzo said in a statement on Monday, according to NBC Connecticut.
She also asked her fans for some support on Twitter. “Y’all I’ve never been this sick please pray for me,” she wrote.
Lizzo has been tweeting to keep fans updated on her recovery. Monday, she tweeted a photo of herself holding a thermometer displaying a temperature of 99.9 degrees. She wrote, “Finally got out the 100’s! 99.9 temperature ain’t bad “ People has screenshots from her Instagram story, including from a video of a doctor swabbing the inside of her mouth. On Tuesday, Lizzo tweeted that her fever had broken, and she thanked fans for their support.
It sucks that Lizzo got the flu, and I hope she’s feeling better soon. It also isn’t great that rather than reschedule the Hot 93.7 Jingle Jam, it was cancelled entirely, which means that the other artists also lost out on the chance to perform. My guess is that it would have been very difficult to reschedule the artists at the same time. I also hope that Lizzo is able to beat back this backlash. It’s possible to be body-positive, to be confident, to support others, and to love yourself, all without knowingly causing drama. Also, get your flu shots!
Y’all I’ve never been this sick please pray for me
— Feelin Good As Hell (@lizzo) December 16, 2019
Sounds like more than the flu. So much fame, so fast. Take the time you need, Lizzo.
Why is your immediate go-to that it’s “more than the flu”?
Have you ever actually had the flu? It is miserable. People still die from it! In 2019!
It bugs me that people are doubting that Lizzo has the flu. The actual factual flu makes you really sick. People totally still die from it.
Don’t like Lizzo? Fine, leave her for those of us who do. But, dude. She was in the hospital with a high fever. She’s legit ill. Lay. Off.
I had “just the flu” six months after vaccination (the vaccine wanes) late last spring, when flu season should have been over.
In spite of probably having a weaker flu response due to lingering vaccine response, I still ended up hospitalized.
The flu alone kills thousands of people. “Just” the flu can be deadly.
Vaccinate and educate yourself.
I almost died from the flu in 2010. I got it this year and I was in bed for 2 1/2 weeks. The flu can kill. It’s very dangerous, and even if you get the vaccine, there’s no guarantee that a different strain won’t break out worldwide than in the vaccine and be stronger. Still, it’s important to get it every year because even if you do get the flu, it will be a less intense case because they’re still parts of the vaccine that can minimize the intensity of it. I was hospitalized because the doctors I saw thought I didn’t need to go to the hospital. When I did get to the hospital, they put me in the ICU and almost intubated me. Ppl, get second opinions!!! The negligence of two doctors almost ended my life.
As for Lizzo, I actually think she would be receiving more of a backlash if she wasn’t a body positive plus size woman. As in, yeah there will always be sizest jerks, but people are willing to defend her and go easy on her because they see all criticism as triggered by how she looks & her body. It doesn’t matter if it was a Victoria’s Secret model doing what she did, it’s tacky, vulgar and it’s gross hygienically. The Uber Eats person I felt so bad for – she did nothing wrong, it was Lizzo’s mistake, but she put her on blast to millions who LITERALLY sent death threats – over that. Over That. Psychotic. It was over the top.
The criticism has Nothingto do with her body and ironically it’s a shield in a way.
Maybe don’t purposefully expose sensitive parts of your body to extremely germy surfaces in public.
Points for common sense.
Oh, man… I had influenza A once, maybe 15 years ago. I have never been sicker- 104.5 fever, needing nebulized albuterol, mucous plug blocking a section of my lung so I felt like I couldn’t get enough air. The body aches & headache are so frickin’ miserable… just horrible.
I have never missed flu vaccination since. I hope she recovers soon.
*edit* this was supposed to be a response to Janet Ferber.
Apologies.
Co-sign.
The actual flu is no joke. It is not just a bad cold. I feel like anyone who says “oh the flu shot gave me the flu” has never really had the flu.
I was in bed for 4 solid days. Not in bed watching tv, eating soup and blowing my nose. I was in bed passed out, sweating, shivering and in pain from the body aches.
Anyway, I got my flu shot this year. 😷
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I thought I had the worst flu of my life last summer… but after two weeks, the aches didn’t get better and the fever didn’t drop below 103. Turns out I was in septic shock because my *entire* ovaries were filled with massive abscesses.
After a week in the hospital (they weren’t sure I’d make it because it took 4 days to be stable enough for surgery) and a month with a PICC line (injecting myself with strong antibiotics every day)… I am lucky to be alive. And guess what… I went to the doctor twice and urgent care three times during those two weeks. Everyone told me it was just a really bad flu.
This is my cautionary story for all of you. Get yourself to a hospital if your “flu” seems weirdly intense. I avoided it bc I didn’t want to be dramatic or end up with a big bill… but I’d rather be paying it off a year later than dead.
Holy cats! Glad you’re ok. The flu is bad enough as it is!
Wow! What a scary ordeal. Glad you’re okay.
I have had it twice in my life and I truly thought I was going to die. I get the flu shot every year now. I’m lucky that public health sets up clinics for mass immunizations every year.
Two men from my hometown died from influenza last winter, both men in their 40s with no other health issues.
I hope Lizzo recovers soon and well.
Influenza is no joke. Get your shot if you can.
I work with HS students, and they are always in my office spreading their germs, and constantly touching everything on my desk, so I make sure I get the flu shot every year myself.
@Ali says:
Actually, my boss had the flu last year, and it was all due to the flu shot. Now, he might have had the systems in his body, but the shot made them 100 times worse, so much so, that he was hospitalized for four days with very high fevers.
Oh wow, that’s scary!
I was thinking most people, like my brother, get a stuffy nose or mild fever, and swear off the flu shot not realizing how much worse the actual flu is than a cold.
After I got sick twice in one year I started doing the flu shot 4 years ago. I don’t quite come down with the flu, just a sort of pseudo flu that is just as misery inducing minus the fever. Ugh. It usually takes me two weeks to get my wind and energy back.
Wonder if she will have to cancel out of SNL this Saturday.