Lizzo has been under fire in recent days after several of her former backup dancers filed a lawsuit accusing her of sexual harassment and claiming she fat shamed some of them.
Yet those allegations didn’t give Gwyneth Paltrow pause when she included a song by Lizzo in a newly released playlist shared with subscribers to her Goop newsletter.
The 50-year-old actress-turned-entrepreneur shared a ‘summer walk playlist’ this week featuring an older Lizzo song, 2019’s Tempo, which features a guest verse and a co-writing credit from Missy Elliott.
Paltrow was grooving along to the Cuz I Love You track even as the attorneys for the three backup dancers suing Lizzo claimed that six more dancers have come forward to them with fresh allegations that fit in with the earlier complaints.
The trio of plaintiffs — Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams and Noelle Rodriguez — were ‘completely dishearten[ed]’ after Lizzo denied their claims in a statement and in turn accused the three dancers of having displayed ‘inappropriate and unprofessional’ behavior while they worked for her.
Odd timing: Gwyneth Paltrow, 50, revealed her current ‘summer walk playlist’ includes a Lizzo song, just days after the singer and rapper was sued by former backup dancers for sexual harassment; seen July 15 in the Hamptons
Old school: She included Lizzo’s 2019 single Tempo on a playlist in her Goop newsletter. She denied her former dancers’ claims and accused the three of displaying ‘inappropriate and unprofessional’ behavior while they worked for her; seen in June in Somerset, UK
The three women responded to Lizzo’s denial in a statement to DailyMail.com from their attorney, Ron Zambrano.
‘Lizzo has failed her own brand and has let down her fans. Her denial of this reprehensible behavior only adds to our clients’ emotional distress,’ he said. ‘The dismissive comments and utter lack of empathy are quite telling about her character and only serve to minimize the trauma she has caused the plaintiffs and other employees who have now come forward sharing their own negative experiences.’
He continued: ‘While Lizzo notes it was never her intention “to make anyone feel uncomfortable,” that is exactly what she did to the point of demoralizing her dancers and flagrantly violating the law.’
In addition to Gwyneth’s oddly timed inclusion of a Lizzo single on her brief playlist, the Royal Tenenbaums actress also selected Tyler, the Creator’s single Igor’s Theme, from his Grammy-winning 2019 album Igor, as well as the Belgian artist Stromae’s 2021 song Santé, Rotos by the British singer Ona Mafalda and True Love by the American duo Hovvdy.
Paltrow has been known to share her somewhat unexpected musical influences before on Goop. She once revealed that she was a big fan of the song Bad A** Strippa, the debut single by the English rapper Jentina.
The song was a minor hit, reaching number 22 on the UK Singles Chart, but it was a surprise favorite for Gwyneth, as the song didn’t originally have a US release.
In addition to sharing the songs that she’s grooving to at the moment, Gwyneth also gave her Goop fans a tour of her favorite things to stock her fridge with earlier this month.
Lizzo’s troubles appear to be mounting after the number of dancers making allegations against her allegedly tripled.
On Wednesday, Ron Zambrano, the attorney representing Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams and Noelle Rodriguez, told NBC News that six new dancers who claimed to have toured with Lizzo or worked on her Amazon series made allegations that Lizzo had created a ‘sexually charged environment’ and that she had failed to pay some employees.
Didn’t see that coming: Paltrow has been known to share her somewhat unexpected musical influences before on Goop. She once revealed that she was a big fan of the song Bad A** Strippa, the debut single by the English rapper Jentina
Triple the complaints: Six new women claiming to be former dancers for Lizzo have allegedly shared new complaints about her behavior with attorneys representing three former dancers suing her for sexual harassment; seen in October 2022 in Austin, Texas
Having their say: Lizzo’s former back-up dancers (L–R) Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams and Noelle Rodriguez claim Lizzo pushed them to interact with nude performers at clubs in Amsterdam and Paris; seen with attorney Ron Zambrano
Among the original trios claims is that Lizzo allegedly invited her dancers to a Red Light District stop in Amsterdam where they were made to feel uncomfortable.
Once there, the women claim that the rapper pestered them to do things that made them uncomfortable, including ‘catching dildos launched from the performers’ vaginas, and eating bananas protruding from the performers’ vaginas.’
They also claimed that Lizzo invited them to a nude cabaret bar in Paris, without first informing them that the performers would be unclothed.
They claim that her lack of a warning before they arrived at the cabaret ‘robbed them of the choice not to participate.’
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