Lizzo walked back her “I Quit” rage post from Friday and said she wanted to clarify her now-viral post, making it clear that she had no intention of quitting music as some had suggested.
In a video on Tuesday on Instagram, the 35-year-old singer — born Melissa Viviane Jefferson —said she was making the post because she just needed to clarify: “When I say ‘I quit,’ I mean I quit giving any negative energy attention.”
“What I’m not going to quit is the joy of my life, which is making music and connecting to people,” Lizzo told her followers. “And I know I’m not alone. In no way shape or form am I the only person experiencing that negative voice that’s louder than the positive.”
“If I can just give one person the inspiration or motivation to stand up for themselves and say they quit letting negative people, negative comments win then I’ve done even more…
