Lizzo’s former doc director says she’s ‘dangerous’ amid lawsuit
She was not feeling good as hell.
Amid the shocking lawsuit against Grammy winning rapper Lizzo, 35, a former documentary director has come forward with new allegations.
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Sophia Nahli Allison, 36, shared her alleged experiences with Lizzo on social media.
“In 2019, I traveled a bit with Lizzo to be the director of her documentary,” she posted on X, formerly known as Twitter.
“I walked away after about two weeks. I was treated with such disrespect by her. I witnessed how arrogant, self-centered, and unkind she is.”
The documentary she referred to, “Love, Lizzo,” came out in 2022 on Max and – ironically, because of the topic of this lawsuit – dealt with body positivity, among other subject matter.
“My spirit said to run as fast as you f–king can and I’m so grateful I trusted my gut,” said Allison.
“I felt gas lit and was deeply hurt, but I’ve healed.”
On Tuesday, the news broke that three of Lizzo’s former dancers — Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams and Noelle Rodriguez — are suing the Grammy winner, as well as Big Grrrl Big Touring and dance team captain Shirlene Quigley. They allege that they were subjected to weight-shaming, sexually denigrating behavior and pressure to participate in disturbing sex shows.
The plaintiffs claim that they ended up in Amsterdam’s Red Light District in February while touring with Lizzo.
“… things quickly got out of hand,” according to the lawsuit, claiming that Lizzo allegedly “pressured” Davis into touching a nude performer’s breast.
“Lizzo began inviting cast members to take turns touching the nude performers, catching dildos launched from the performers’ vaginas, and eating bananas protruding from the performers’ vaginas.”
The plaintiff’s attorney, Ron Zambrano, blasted Lizzo in a statement.
“The stunning nature of how Lizzo and her management team treated their performers seems to go against everything Lizzo stands for publicly, while privately she weight-shames her dancers and demeans them in ways that are … absolutely demoralizing,” he said.
Hours after this bombshell lawsuit became public, Lizzo’s former creative director, Quinn Whitney Wilson, and dancer Courtney Hollinquest also came forward and claimed that they experienced similar treatment.
“For clarification, I’m not a part of the lawsuit – but this was very much my experience in my time there,” Hollinquest wrote on her Instagram Story. “Big shoutout to the dancers who had the courage to bring this to light.”
Wilson shared a screenshot of Hollinquest’s statement to her own social media page, saying she was “echoing” everything that was already said.
Seemingly reacting to the news, in her concert Tuesday night, Beyoncé appeared to have left Lizzo out of the song “Break My Soul (The Queens Remix),” which originally included a shout-out to Lizzo in the lyrics.
“Reading these reports made me realize how dangerous of a situation it was,” Allison said. “This kind of abuse of power happens far too often. Much love and support to the dancers.”
Reps for Lizzo did not reply when The Post reached out for comment.
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