Yung Miami was discussing Lizzo’s weight loss on a podcast. Then things got awkward
Don’t talk about Lizzo behind her back. Period.
Yung Miami found that out the hard way while appearing on the “Club Shay Shay” podcast with Shannon Sharpe last week.
The City Girls rapper and former NFL player were discussing how women often bend to societal pressures and try to look perfect. Yung Miami used the “Birthday Girl” singer — who recently lost about 50 pounds reportedly through diet and exercise — as an example.
“Everybody was like, ‘Oh my God, she’s so fat.’ She look so good now. Now it’s like, ‘Oh my God, eww,’” the Opa-Locka native born Caresha Brownlee said. “Like, pick a side. What do you want?”
Boom. The next thing you know Lizzo phoned in to the livestream. The mildly tense encounter was captured by The Shade Room and posted to Instagram.
“What is the eww?” asked Lizzo (real name Melissa Jefferson). “I have to know!”
The 305 singer immediately clarified, saying that she was actually defending Lizzo and bashing her critics, not disparaging her new body.
“Before, like, your weight loss, people used to be like, Oh my God, she needs to lose weight, she’s too thick,” Yung Miami began to explain, slightly stammering. “That’s what I was pertaining to.”
“Oh, got you,” Lizzo responded. “Actually, I thought you were saying I got too little.”
Sean Combs’ ex continued her defense.
“It’s damned if you do, damned if you don’t,” YM said. “Everybody say you look good, but then you’ll have the little 5 percent that’s like, ‘She looked better when she was fat’....You can’t make nobody happy. They always got something to say when it comes to women’s bodies. Why? I don’t know.”
And with that, the slightly awkward conversation ended.
Most commenters on the TSR post agreed that Yung Miami meant no disrespect and that Lizzo was being a little oversensitive.
“There truly was nothing to clarify. She was not hating at all.”
“She wasn’t coming for you. Was literally on your side, but OK!”
“Read the room, Lizzo. She wasn’t being mean or malicious at all. She was being nice and complimentary.”
This story was originally published March 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM.
