Sophia Michaels
Former hockey star P.K. Subban is facing backlash after making an unnecessary and “fatphobic” comment about Lizzo’s weight during a live broadcast on ESPN. While chatting with the other panelists about the Toronto Maple Leafs’ round one loss to the Florida Panthers, Subban suggested that the team could improve for Game 2 by “packing a Lizzo-sized lunch.”
The comment caught many viewers by surprise and they turned to Twitter to share their frustrations. “Sis Pk Subban really just say ‘Lizzo sized lunch?’ That’s… not acceptable. That’s fatphobic,” one upset viewer wrote. Lizzo’s fans were quick to call out the analyst for his “fatphobic” comments, with one fan tweeting, “PK Subban being fatphobic and the worst panelist I’ve ever seen in my life… pick a struggle.”
The hitmaker — who is a known advocate for body positivity and the plus-sized community — recently begged people to stop making comments about her body. She said on her Instagram Story last month, “Do we realize that artists are not here to fit into your beauty standards? Artists are here to make art?” After sharing some of the nasty comments she has received about her weight, she added, “I wish that comments costed [sic] y’all money so we can see how much time we’re f–king wasting on the wrong thing. Can we leave that s–t back there, please?”
Just a few months earlier, the songstress got candid about how people’s opinions about her body have impacted her career. She told Vanity Fair, “People have been calling me fat my entire life, but that was the first time seeing an insult of how I looked, who I am, and my music wrapped into one, and it really hurt me. And if one person says it, then another person says it, it multiplies like a f–king virus.”
Yet it’s not just internet trolls that have tried to body-shame the Grammy winner. Just last year, Lizzo had to clap back at numerous celebrities — including Aries Spears and Kanye West — for making
