Lizzo’s boyfriend, Myke Wright, taught her a valuable lesson.
During an appearance on On Purpose with Jay Shetty on Monday, April 7, the “Special” singer opened up about her “weight release” journey — and how her boyfriend changed her perspective.
“My man, he’s so funny. He was the one that brought it to my attention at first. Because at first I was like, ‘Oh my gosh I lost five pounds’ and he was like, ‘Where did it go?'” Lizzo, 36, began.
She continued, “I was mad at him, I was like, ‘Why would he say that?’ but he was like, ‘Where did it go?'”
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Further elaborating, Lizzo said she realized she didn’t want to “lose anything” — she wanted to “win.”
“I want to be very intentional about the words that come out of my mouth because there’s young people who are watching me and they’re experiencing what I’m putting into the world,” the “About Damn Time” singer said. “They’re applying it to their own experience and their own life just like I did when I was a kid.”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
When Lizzo was growing up, she noticed “how the media treated people who gained and lost weight” — and that impacted her “brain chemistry.”
“Be careful with your words because it can affect somebody in ways you don’t even know,” she concluded. “Even me releasing the weight has affected people and I take that seriously. I take that responsibility. And because of that I want to transmute it into something that makes people feel comfortable and less afraid of it.”
Lizzo has been open about her “weight release” journey for over a year. In March 2024, the Grammy-winner spoke to The New York Times about wanting to be “methodical” and consistent when it comes to her weight loss process.
“I’m taking the time every day to put some love into my body,” she said. “There is never a day when I regret taking a walk or doing some Pilates.”
“I’ve been methodical, losing weight very slowly,” she added, before responding to critics who argue that her losing weight goes against her former body-positivity stance. “My body is nobody’s business.”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
As for her relationship with Wright, Lizzo confirmed she was dating him an April 2022 interview with Andy Cohen on his SiriusXM series Radio Andy.
In December 2022 appearance on The Howard Stern Show, she said, “I am very much in love with Myke. 100 percent. There’s nobody else I’m going to be with for the rest of my life.”
