Lizzo Claps Back After Seeing A ‘Fat Joke’ Online: ‘Your Body Will Never Be Good Enough for Them’

Lizzo isn’t holding her tongue when it comes to online trolls.

On Thursday (Dec. 4), the Grammy-winning “About Damn Time” singer took to her official Instagram page to sound off against critics making jokes about her body.

“Today I saw a fat joke about me — in 2025 — and it was viral,” she wrote in the caption of a picture of herself lounging in a yellow-and-black snakeskin bikini. “It was a dumb joke, and they were just laughing at me because I’m fat… Let me be a reminder to everyone to NEVER let anyone shame you for what you choose to do with your body. Because when you’re big, they talk s–t; when you’re small, they talk s–t. Your body will never be good enough for them because it’s not FOR them. It’s for you.”

Lizzo, who’s earned a pair of Hot 100 chart-toppers, has battled body-shaming trolls and critics for the entirety of her mainstream pop career. Earlier this year, on an episode of Trisha Paytas’ Just Trish podcast, Lizzo revealed that she tried Ozempic — and ultimately settled on changing her diet for her personal weight loss journey.

“If I get a BBL, mind [your] business; if [I] lose 100lbs, mind [your] business,” she concluded her caption. “If I gain every pound back and then some… mind [your] f—ing business. Anyways… my fat a— stays living with a paid off mortgage in y’all b—es heads.”

Lizzo’s cheeky response to her trolls comes just a few days after she made headlines with a Substack essay she published on Monday (Dec. 1), under the title, “Cancel Me (Again): A ‘Cancelled’ Woman’s Take on Why Everyone Should Get Cancelled at Least Once.”

“Not everybody liked my most recent essay, and that’s exactly why I wrote it,” she wrote in a follow-up post on Wednesday (Dec. 3). “I deserve to be able to express myself like everyone else. I’m human, I’ve earned the right to be wrong — to be prickly and unlikable sometimes. It’s liberating for a recovering chronic people pleaser like me. Thank you for your comments and criticisms. I welcome it all.”

It’s been a relatively rocky year for Lizzo, but she’s also continued to share new music. In June, she dropped her My Face Hurts from Smiling mixtape, which features collaborations with Doja Cat and SZA, as well as a buzzy remix of PLUTO & YK Niece’s viral hit “Whim Whamiee.” A few months later she appeared on Cardi B’s Am I the Drama? (“What’s Goin On”) and Monaleo’s Who Did the Body (“Freak Show”).

Read Lizzo’s full response to her trolls below.