Lizzo’s former dancers who filed a lawsuit against her alleging a hostile work environment and sexual harassment say abuse against background dancers is an industry-wide issue which they hope they're starting a movement to change.
say abuse against background dancers is an industrywide issue and they hope they're starting a movement to change it.
Rodriguez said Lizzo was right to characterize the lawsuit's claims as"outrageous" because what the dancers experienced on her team was just that.“We were shocked by all of these things that happened to us," she said."Unfortunately this treatment by management, artists, it’s normal in the entertainment industry but it sounds so outrageous because I feel this is the first time something like this is being brought to light so publicly.
Williams expressed her disappointment with Lizzo's statement, saying it"is just confirming the pattern of every time somebody speaks up or advocates for themselves, like we’re doing now, we get victim-blamed, we get gaslighted, and she likes to point the finger instead of addressing the issues that are brought up."Since filing the lawsuit, the women said they've seen other dancers come forward.
"Before, people were just silent about it, they didn’t feel comfortable enough, they didn’t feel protected enough to call these artists out, call these management teams out and let them know ‘Hey, what you’re doing is wrong.’"
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