Twitter user Sarah Fields got it right:
She’s talking about Lizzo, the buxom songstress and flute player who has made a big splash in pop music as a fat woman who allegedly loves her big, beautiful body. Like most leftist Hollywood types, though, the self-confidence evaporates when a more tempting prize comes into view: sympathy and outrage.
Lizzo found herself parodied on the long-running South Park, probably the most irreverent adult cartoon ever made. Creators Trey Park and Matt Stone are equal-opportunity piss-takers, as the Brits say. They have punctured the pretensions of preachy vegans, lazy hippies, trans surgery advocates (don’t forget when Mr. Broflovski got dolphin-affirming care), and now they’re turning their sights to Lizzo.
In a performative bit of anger-reacting, Lizzo sat down in front of her phone camera to watch the recent cartoon clip that pokes fun at her. In the episode, Sharon tells her friend Sheila that she just doesn’t have the willpower to lose weight the old-fashioned way by cutting calories and exercising. So she turned to the new wonder drug “Lizzo.” Written like a pharmaceutical commercial, Sharon tries “FDA-approved Lizzo,” which “makes you feel good about your weight.”
Give her reaction a watch below:
The faux weight loss drug Lizzo is a play on the diet drug Ozempic. But instead of cutting your cravings, new Lizzo just makes you not “give a f—” about your weight. Sharon says “I’ve lowered my standards and my expectations!”
Unsurprisingly, the real Lizzo is none too pleased with this on-the-nose commentary on her “body positivity” gimmick. The singer may be displeased, but social media users are having a blast.
User Tanner X Rubicon hit the nail on the head:
That’s the thing with celebrities in the age of woke. They want to be ridiculous and never be called on the carpet for it. If modern stars developed a sense of humor about themselves the public would probably find them at least 50 percent less insufferable.
Of course, there’s always one person who can’t wait to twist the knife one more turn:
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