Lizzo Trashed For Calling Chris Brown Her 'Favorite Person In The Whole F--king World' Despite His History Of Abuse & Violence Against Women
Oct. 4 2021, Published 3:16 p.m. ET
Lizzo might be the only person on Earth who's benefiting from the fact that two of the most widely used social media platforms are down right now.
But Twitter is still working, and her critics have come out in droves.
A video showing the 33-year-old Truth Hurts hitmaker meeting Chris Brown – seemingly for the first time – is making its rounds and casting the flute-playing, self-proclaimed "bad b---h" in a bad light.
It was backstage at The Millennium Tour – which took place Friday night at The Forum in Inglewood, California – that a fan captured the moment Lizzo saw the 32-year-old R&B singer, ran up to him excitedly and gushed, "Can I get a picture with you, cuz you my favorite person in the whole f--king world!"
Brown obliged, as the video showed, before her friends joined in for a group photo. Lizzo was in attendance as a fan and not a performer.
Still, the backlash was instant, as many critics wondered how she could hold in such high regard a man whose public past includes a felony charge for domestic violence against Rihanna, an aggravated rape accusation and numerous other assault allegations.
The reactions include but are not limited to:
"LIZZO NO BABY"
"Like pause?????"
"Not Lizzo asking this man for a picture. Yikes."
"Now Lizzo......"
"Lizzo look at me, LIZZO LOOK AT ME, you're better than this, please this isn't like you lizzo."
"Taking a picture with chris brown in 2021 lizzo....."
"This is the first embarrassing thing I've done Lizzo do. that's your fave? Ew."
"Lizzo said in 1080p that chris brown is her favorite person in the world so I can say with my chest that [her song] rumors is trash. "
"Not good sis Lizzo being a Chris Brown fan... if she wasn't 'Lizzo' he wouldn't let her in his section, she doesn't meet the domestic abuser's criteria."
"So lizzo Normani and Chloe all follow dababy and lizzo jumping at the site [sic] of Chris brown.... It's looking real bad for the girls wtf."
Some chalked the singer's overzealousness up to admiration that may have predated Brown's actions. Others insisted she was simply drunk.
"Lizzo can like whoever tf she wanna like idgaf. Majority of y'all would still f--k CB in a heartbeat. Twitter is so performative," argued one person, while another added, "Lizzo was drunk!! I was there."
Though Brown's history of abuse and violence spans over a decade, it was his attack on his then-girlfriend, Rihanna, in 2009 that truly caught the world by storm.
Brown left Rihanna's face bloodied, bruised and swollen beyond recognition during an argument that got physical on Grammy night that year.
The 33-year-old Fenty Beauty billionaire was subsequently hospitalized, while the Deuces singer was charged with felony assault and making criminal threats.
He ended up accepting a plea deal that involved five years' probation, domestic violence counseling and community service.