Lizzo Put a Man Named Dwayne on Blast for a Rude Comment About Her Weight Loss

I’m once again asking: Stop commenting on women’s bodies! Or you may end up like Dwayne, the man that Lizzo put on blast after he rudely insinuated that her weight loss was attributed to either “ozempic or coke.”

Lizzo was simply minding her business on Instagram, sharing photos of her latest look—drawstring leather shorts; a cotton bodysuit by her shapewear brand, Yitty; lace-up platform sneakers; and fresh braids—when along came Dwayne. According to Lizzo’s screenshots, he wrote in the comments, “did she use ozempic or did she snort coke.”

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The 36-year-old addressed his comments in a September 21 follow-up post, which she captioned sarcastically, “‘oZeMpIc oR cOkE?’ – a fan 😭😭😭😭.” In the carousel, the “Juice” singer shared a video of herself lounging in a silk robe along with a text overlay reading, “when you finally get the ozempic allegations after 5 months of weight training and calorie deficit.”

The third slide of the carousel is a screenshot of his comment, to which she had replied, “whyyyy do you follow me?” The fourth slide is a photo of Dwayne’s profile, which is private. I will not share his identifying information, because Lizzo already did that, but let Dwayne’s mistake be a lesson to us all.

As mentioned by others in the comments, there’s no need to shame Ozempic users—that’s not the issue here. The issue is the need to speculate about women’s bodies, period. You don’t know why or how someone lost (or gained!) weight, and just because you noticed a person’s changing body does not mean that you are owed an explanation. A reminder for all the fans who may have formed a parasocial relationship with Lizzo: She’s a stranger! You don’t know her like that! She’s not obligated to share anything with you.

Some may argue that Lizzo’s role as a champion of body positivity means that her weight is fair game for discussion. To that I’d say the opposite is true. Her advocacy for fat girls is not nullified if she loses weight, and she is by no means obligated to maintain a certain size. Also, in her own words, Lizzo still identifies as fat. (Well, “fhick”—a portmanteau of “fat” and “thick,” as she calls it.)

Unfortunately, diet culture has ingrained this idea that it’s perfectly normal to discuss a person’s body in public, or to speculate about their health the way an amateur meteorologist might speculate about the possibility of rain. It’s time to change that. Don’t be like Dwayne.