--- title: Lizzo Responds to Fans After Lakers Game Outfit Controversy description: Lizzo was still feeling good as hell after critics sounded off about a controversial outfit choice at a recent Lakers game. canonical: https://time.com/5748306/lizzo-has-a-message-for-the-haters-about-her-outfit-your-criticism-has-no-effect-on-me/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-12-11T16:45:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-14T08:49:50.004Z og:title: Lizzo Has a Message for the Haters After Outfit Criticism og:description: "Your criticism has no effect on me" og:url: https://time.com/5748306/lizzo-has-a-message-for-the-haters-about-her-outfit-your-criticism-has-no-effect-on-me/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b6669c252be35cb/698a074722fb85873de2a47f/Lizzo-Lakers-game-response.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: 102.7 KIIS FM Jingle Ball – SHOW og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Lizzo Has a Message for the Haters After Outfit Criticism twitter:description: "Your criticism has no effect on me" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b6669c252be35cb/698a074722fb85873de2a47f/Lizzo-Lakers-game-response.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Lizzo Has a Message for the Haters About Her Outfit: 'Your Criticism Has No Effect on Me' > Sponsored content. 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She talks to TIME about her role models, nude photos and a dream career.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Dec 11, 2019 4:45 PM UTC [Lizzo](https://time.com/5738714/mini-valentino-bag/) is still feeling good as hell despite criticism for the dress with a cutout detail that she wore to a Lakers game last weekend. The [_Cuz I Love You_](https://time.com/5568320/lizzo-music-album-review/)singer, who’s up for eight Grammy nominations in 2020 and was named TIME’s [“Entertainer of the Year,”](https://time.com/entertainer-of-the-year-2019-lizzo/) wore a black midi dress with a cutout strategically placed on her posterior, which was shown to great effect when she began dancing to her song “Juice” during a game interlude. As might be expected, the look attracted its fair share of detractors, which Lizzo addressed on her Instagram on Monday night, essentially telling haters to take a hike. “Who I am, and the essence of me and the things I choose to do as a grown -ss woman, can inspire you to do the same,” she said during an Instagram live. “You don’t have to be like me. You need to be like you. And never ever let somebody stop you or shame you from being yourself. This is who I’ve always been. Now everyone’s lookin’ at it, and your criticism can just remain your criticism. Your criticism has no effect on me. Negative criticism has no stake in my life.” Wise words from the patron saint of self-love herself. See Lizzo’s full statement’s below. ## Transcript [00:02] Everybody dead silent. [00:04] Oh, Wolf. [00:06] Hollywood, you got to in. [00:10] Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow! [00:12] Do you own it? [00:14] Ha ha. [00:19] Know. [00:21] 2019 is the year of Lizzo. [00:24] He's been compared to some of the greatest singers of our time. [00:35] How do what you country. [00:43] Do or what were your films of 2019? [00:47] Oh, my. [00:49] The Popeye's Chicken sandwich. [00:52] I didn't even. [00:53] I didn't eat the Popeye's chicken sandwich. [00:55] I was so excited about all the women in 2019. [00:58] Being a black woman is popping, but like right now in mainstream culture, [01:02] like we're finally getting a little bit more respect and getting our due. [01:06] I've always been singing about the same shit. [01:09] I just think that people were ready to hear [01:10] and they're also ready to receive it from someone like me. [01:14] So to be one of those women out there speaking up for us is really incredible [01:18] and being heard. I love you. [01:23] You are beautiful. [01:25] Seeing the beauty in your naked body is really important. [01:28] I think that naked bodies are artful, you know, masterful. [01:32] Like you are a work of art. So I take nudes. [01:36] There was this one nude. [01:37] I think that it was just so beautiful. [01:39] I couldn't not post it. [01:41] And it received so much positive attention. [01:44] And I was like, Oh, beautiful. [01:46] And now celebrating that is something that I share [01:50] with the Internet because I think everybody should. [01:54] And if that encourages one person to take a picture of a body and be like, [01:58] Damn, my body look beautiful today, then I've done my job. [02:03] My goals have always been like, I want to sell out Madison Square Garden. [02:06] I want my album to connect with people and I want to make really good music [02:11] and also writing and directing. [02:13] I'm really into like sci fi, so don't be surprised if I don't make like [02:17] sci fi fantasy, historical fiction, [02:20] romance, novel, tons of alien sex [02:27] pop up. Mm. [02:32] I lied about everything. 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