Lizzo: Beyoncé omits her usual shout-out in ‘Break My Soul’ remix

CNN
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Beyoncé appeared to skip over Lizzo’s identify as she carried out “Break My Soul (Queen’s Remix)” at a live performance in Boston on Tuesday, following the information that Lizzo is being sued by three former dancers alleging harassment and hostile work surroundings.

Normally, Lizzo’s identify seems in the lyrics of “Break My Soul (Queen’s Remix),” alongside the likes of Nina Simone, Lauryn Hill and Nicki Minaj, as a part of Beyoncé’s track celebrating Black ladies in the leisure business.

But a number of movies posted on social media confirmed Beyoncé showing to omit Lizzo’s identify from the track throughout her efficiency on Tuesday, as a substitute repeating Erykah Badu’s identify 4 instances, at the same time as Lizzo’s identify flashed up on the display screen behind her.

Lizzo had posted a video of herself on Instagram in June watching the identical set at a earlier present on Beyoncé’s “Renaissance” tour, saying, “I think of what we all mean to people and how cyclical it is. We are all so infinitesimally and maximally connected and significant. It’s an honor. Thank You Beyoncé.”

Beyoncé’s obvious omission got here following the announcement earlier on Tuesday that Lizzo, who is thought for her uplifting messages and physique positivity advocacy, is being sued by three former dancers who declare they had been subjected to a hostile work surroundings and harassment whereas they had been members of the Grammy-winner’s dance crew.

The grievance, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday and obtained by CNN via an legal professional for the plaintiffs, additionally names her manufacturing firm Big Grrrl Big Touring, Inc. (BGBT) and an individual described as “dance cast captain” as defendants in the go well with.

Among the claims outlined in the go well with, one of many three plaintiffs mentioned she was inspired by the singer to “take turns touching the nude performers” whereas out at a membership in Amsterdam’s crimson mild district whereas on tour in February.

Another plaintiff claims that her dedication to her position on the dance crew was questioned by the singer, who expressed “thinly veiled” considerations in regards to the plaintiff’s “weight gain,” in response to the lawsuit, ensuing in the plaintiff feeling pressured to “explain her weight gain and disclose intimate personal details about her life in order to keep her job.”

CNN reached out to a consultant for Lizzo and Big Grrrl Big Touring, Inc. on Tuesday, looking for touch upon the grievance.