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Lizzois sharing her thoughts on “cancel culture.”
In a tweet shared on Sunday, the “About Damn Time” singer-songwriter spoke about the widely-used term and how it’s developed within public consciousness since its origin.
“This may be a random time to say this but it’s on my heart..cancel culture is appropriation,” wrote Lizzo, 34.
“There was real outrage from truly marginalized people and now it’s become trendy, misused and misdirected,” continued the Grammy winner’s post. “I hope we can phase out of this & focus our outrage on real problems.”
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Lizzo isn’t the only celebrity to speak publicly about “cancel culture” as of late. In an October 2022 interview with PEOPLE, comedianAmber Ruffinexplained how canceling a celebrity for something controversial doesn’t always impact their career in the way some would expect.
“I think, most of the time, people get canceled because that is the consequences for their actions,” she said at the time. “And, you know,we’re saying cancel, but that’s not true.”
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“Ain’t nobody being canceled except maybe Kanye. Geez,” she said. “He might be the only one true canceling, cause damn.”
But even in the comedy community, those canceled don’t stay down too long, Ruffin said. She referencedLouis C.K., who was “canceled” in 2017 aftersexual misconduct allegationsagainst him surfaced. However, despite public outrage at the comedian’s behavior (which helater admitted toand apologized for), he has since re-entered the comedy scene.
“A lot of those people that we canceled a minute ago, they’re [on] tour and s—, she continued. “Louis C.K. is on tour, people are fine. These cancellations, these cancelings are not sticking. So I think people are experiencing consequences for their actions and then they’re moving on.”
source: people.com
