{"id":2455461,"date":"2026-06-11T23:32:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T23:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2455461"},"modified":"2026-06-11T23:32:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T23:32:28","slug":"lizzo-says-she-felt-annoying-as-a-child-it-was-a-huge-insecurity-of-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/lizzo-says-she-felt-annoying-as-a-child-it-was-a-huge-insecurity-of-mine\/","title":{"rendered":"Lizzo Says She Felt &#8216;Annoying&#8217; as a Child: &#8216;It Was a Huge Insecurity of Mine&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lizzo described her childhood insecurities and &#8220;bad flute playing&#8221; in an interview with the <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Grammy winner reflected on the criticism she faces as an adult, calling it fatphobic, racist, and sexist<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lizzo said she&#8217;d rather be &#8220;annoying than invisible&#8221; and laughed off public jokes about her<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/lizzo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Lizzo;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Lizzo&quot;}\">Lizzo<\/a> is opening up about what life was like when she was a child.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I grew up feeling very annoying,&#8221; the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/lizzo-reclaim-term-bitch-new-album-11959757\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:&quot;Bitch&quot;;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;&amp;quot&quot;}\">&#8220;Bitch&#8221;<\/a> singer, 38, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/music\/story\/2026-06-10\/lizzo-bitch-backlash-sza-interview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:told the Los Angeles Times;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;told the Los Angeles Times&quot;}\">told the <em>Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/a> in a new interview. &#8220;It was a huge insecurity of mine. I&#8217;m the baby in the family, and I played probably the most annoying instrument to be bad at. Hearing someone be bad at the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/lizzo-plays-flute-surprise-performance-incubus-8349270\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:flute;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;flute&quot;}\">flute<\/a> is a nightmare. And I was bad for at least two years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Lizzo plays the flute on &#8216;Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen&#8217;<br \/>Credit: Charles Sykes\/Bravo<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But as Lizzo (born Melissa Jefferson) said, there&#8217;s something &#8220;powerful&#8221; about overcoming those insecurities. &#8220;I&#8217;ve had that anxiety shadow me my whole life, and I think I&#8217;m healing something in myself \u2014 in my inner child \u2014 that I didn&#8217;t even realize I&#8217;m healing,&#8221; she explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Looking back on the criticisms she gets, &#8220;I&#8217;ve heard everything I could possibly hear about me, so nothing can bother me now,&#8221; she said, sharing that she&#8217;s seen <em>all<\/em> the memes and jokes. &#8220;I&#8217;ve seen myself mashed up with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Kamala Harris;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Kamala Harris&quot;}\">Kamala Harris<\/a>. I&#8217;ve seen me as a mannequin dummy. I&#8217;ve seen <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/lizzo-recreates-chili-s-baby-back-ribs-jingle-with-flute-solo-11983370\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Chili's baby back ribs;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Chili'&quot;}\">Chili&#8217;s baby back ribs<\/a> slathered across my face,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The general public, nine times out of 10, they think they&#8217;re laughing at me. I&#8217;m like, &#8216;Honey, I&#8217;m laughing with you laughing at me all the way to the bank.&#8217; &#8220;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But on a serious note, Lizzo is aware that, as an outspoken Black woman, she faces public disparagement. &#8220;Black women get it even worse,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I think that most of the criticisms and dislike for me are fatphobic and racist and sexist.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Lizzo performs on 'Today' in NYC on June 5, 2025.Credit: GC Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/_GMzKbRtQEcRetQ2t2OexQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/fc03be0c42352e841141d1b629b108a8\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Lizzo performs on &#8216;Today&#8217; in NYC on June 5, 2025.<br \/>Credit: GC Images<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for\u00a0<\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/forms.dotdashmeredith.com\/people-news-inline\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:PEOPLE's free daily newsletter;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;PEOPLE'&quot;}\"><strong>PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0to stay up to date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I&#8217;m a fat Black woman and I&#8217;m existing outside the parameters in which society thinks I should exist,&#8221; the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/lizzo-kept-grammy-virginity-promise-waited-until-2020-11938722\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Grammy winner;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Grammy winner&quot;}\">Grammy winner<\/a> explained. &#8220;I&#8217;ve always been a little too much \u2014 that&#8217;s my personality. But I&#8217;m like, &#8216;Am I too much or are you not enough?&#8217; &#8220;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Now, Lizzo says, &#8220;I&#8217;d rather be annoying than invisible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/lizzo-says-she-felt-annoying-as-a-child-bad-flute-playing-11995890\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:People;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;People&quot;}\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source malaysia.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW Lizzo described her childhood insecurities and &#8220;bad flute playing&#8221; in an interview with the Los Angeles Times The Grammy winner reflected on the criticism she faces as an adult, calling it fatphobic, racist, and sexist Lizzo said she&#8217;d rather be &#8220;annoying than invisible&#8221; and laughed off public jokes about her Lizzo is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2455462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[304565],"class_list":["post-2455461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-lizzo"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Lizzo-Says-She-Felt-Annoying-as-a-Child-It-Was.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2455461"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2455463,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455461\/revisions\/2455463"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2455462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2455461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2455461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2455461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}