Lizzo in London in February 2023.Photo:David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images
David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images
Lizzo told host, 31, that she went to the bar, which features “exotic performers,” on her own.
One of her dancers, whom she said is also her “friend,” was at a birthday dinner for one of the background singers and she asked what Lizzo was doing since they allegedly had “nowhere to go.”
“I was like, ‘What? It’s your birthday. You in Amsterdam. You got nowhere to go, come through,'” Lizzo said.
The “Truth Hurts” singer claims she didn’t know who exactly was coming. “They were like, 17 of us wanna come. I was like, ‘Oh, OK. Pull up.’ That’s my nature,” she recalled.
The “Water Me” performer said that dynamic “was happening all night.”
“There were moments where there was some wild stuff that happened, but everybody had a great time,” said Lizzo.
She also claimed that there “was no mandatory invitation” to the revue and alleged that only two of the three dancers in the lawsuit attended the Amsterdam club.
“I have to stress how consensual it was because this bar has been like this since 1945,” said Lizzo. “If they were doing things non-consensually, they would have been sued.”
Lizzo in Beverly Hills in September 2023.Johnny Nunez/Getty Images
Johnny Nunez/Getty Images
The full complaint accused Lizzo of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment. The suit alleged sexual, religious and racial harassment, disability discrimination, assault and false imprisonment, among other charges. Lizzo has denied all claims.
In anexclusive interview with PEOPLEin August 2023, Rodriguez said she “was uncomfortable” during that night at the Amsterdam club when Lizzo allegedly “began leading a chant” to get Davis to touch one performer’s breast, despite her desire not to do so, per the suit.
“I was sick to my stomach for Arianna and the embarrassment I saw because she clearly did not want to do it,” Rodriguez told PEOPLE. “But I totally understand how somebody in a position of power could have that power over somebody to make her feel like she had to. When your job is constantly dangled in front of your face every day — and you’re being threatened for termination for these different reasons or accusations that aren’t true — of course you’ll want to make somebody happy and make them feel like, ‘I am a team player.’ I saw how uncomfortable she was and was even the one that was like, ‘You know what, Ari? Let’s go.'”
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The dancers alleged in their complaint that “Lizzo began inviting cast members to take turns touching the nude performers, catching dildos launched from the performers’ vaginas, and eating bananas protruding from the performers’ vaginas.”
Allegedly, the"About Damn Time"hitmaker then “began pressuring” Davis to touch the breasts of one of the nude performers, despite the dancer “expressing her desire not to touch the performer.”
Lizzo in Los Angeles in April 2024.Steve Granitz/FilmMagic
Steve Granitz/FilmMagic
Per the suit, the dancers claimed that Lizzo “badgered the security guard to get on the club’s stage until he submitted to her demands” that night.
“When he got on the stage, his pants were pulled down, exposing his buttocks. Lizzo then began yelling, ‘Take it off!’ while a club performer hit the security guard with whips,” the complaint alleged.
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source: people.com
