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Lizzo has the juice at all sizes.
But after her recent weight loss transformation, Pete Davidson couldn’t help but poke fun at the “About Damn Time” singer during The Roast of Kevin Hart, which premiered on Netflix May 10.
“What’s left of Lizzo is here,” Pete quipped from the podium. “Either that or Eddie Murphy just premiered the newest Klump. Hercules! Hercules!”
And Lizzo took the joke in stride, clapping her hands together and throwing her head back in laughter over Pete’s reference to The Nutty Professor movies, in which an overweight scientist experiments with a slimming serum.
Indeed, the 38-year-old has debuted a thinner appearance in recent months, admitting in June 2025 that she even used GLP-1 medications briefly.
“I tried everything,” Lizzo she said on the Just Trish podcast. “Ozempic works because you eat less food, yeah? So, if you eat right, it makes you feel full. But if you can just do that on your own and get mind over matter, it’s the same thing.”
She ended up ditching the injectables and, instead, made a major change to her eating habits.
“What did it for me is, it was not being vegan,” Lizzo shared. “Because when I was vegan, I was consuming a lot of fake meats, I was eating a lot of bread, I was eating a lot of rice and I had to eat a lot of it to stay full.”
So now that she’s added meat back into her diet, she’s eating less “fake sugar and weird stuff.”
“When I started actually eating whole foods, and eating beef and chicken and fish,” Lizzo said, “I was actually full and not expanding my stomach by putting a lot of fake things in there that wasn’t actually filling me up.”
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But her transformation has prompted a lot of conversations about whether she’s still a body positive role model—with Lizzo emphatically defending her stance.
“Body positivity has nothing to do with staying the same,” she explained to Women’s Health last summer. “Body positivity is the radical act of daring to exist loudly and proudly in a society that told you you shouldn’t exist.”
That’s why the “Truth Hurts” singer advocates for self-love in all forms, noting that, even when it’s hard, “I’ve never regretted a workout. After, I always feel better. I work out for mental health first. Exercise is the best mood enhancer.”
Keep reading to learn more about Lizzo’s weight loss journey…
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Taking a Step Back
Lizzo has shared that she’s been in on “intentional weight release journey” since 2023.
She had also faced a lawsuit that year, filed by several of her former backup dancers who accused her of creating a “hostile, abusive work environment” and weight-shaming, accusations she vehemently denied.
“With passion comes hard work and high standards,” she wrote on Instagram. “Sometimes I have to make hard decisions but it’s never my intention to make anyone feel uncomfortable or like they aren’t valued as an important part of the team.”
“I know what it feels like to be body shamed on a daily basis, she continued, “and would absolutely never criticize or terminate an employee because of their weight.”
In between albums at the time, the “About Damn Time” artist announced in August 2024 that she was taking “a gap year & protecting my peace.”
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Learning How to Love Me
Lizzo admittedly has her ups and downs when it comes to her body.
“I’m not going to lie and say I love my body every day,” she told The New York Times in April 2024. “The bottom line is, the way you feel about your body changes every single day. There are some days I adore my body, and others when I don’t feel completely positive.”
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Looking Good as Hell No Matter What
In a Sept. 18, 2024, TikTok, Lizzo posted her own before and after, showing herself in a black two-piece before the video cut to her in a gray bodysuit.
As she captioned the clip, “Fine both ways.”
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Dust Your Shoulders Off, Keep It Moving
“When you finally get Ozempic allegations after 5 months of weight training and calorie deficit,” Lizzo quipped via Instagram Sept. 20.
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That Power Looks So Good on Her
The Grammy winner stepped out for lunch at Nobu Sept. 27 wearing a sheer black and white dress by Jean Paul Gaultier with a black bodysuit. She topped the look with a leather trenchcoat draped on her shoulders, large silver hoop earrings and black sunglasses.
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Nobody’s Perfect
“I overate yesterday, and I’m feeling really bad about it,” she shared in a Sept. 30, 2024, TikTok while detailing the ups and downs of her journey. “I’m trying to remind myself that my body needs that nourishment and if my body deserves comfort then my brain deserves comfort too.”
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She’s Her Own Inspiration
The singer has been all about TikTok fitspo, including one that explained how she pushes through workouts.
“I was doing Stairmaster today, and I was doing a higher level than normal,” the sweat-drenched star explained in October 2024, noting that in order to avoid quitting early, she dropped down to a lower speed. “Sometimes when you want to give up, it’s really just because you’ve been pushing yourself too hard. Don’t give up, just take it easier on yourself.”
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Goooooal!!
“I did it,” Lizzo shared on Instagram Jan. 25, 2025. “Today when I stepped on my scale, I reached my weight release goal. I haven’t seen this number since 2014! Let this be a reminder you can do anything you put your mind to. Time for new goals!”
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Hair Tossed, Checked Her Nails…
Lizzo looked hella good in Christian Siriano at the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar Party March 2.
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In Her Prime Time
Back in action as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live April 12, 2025.
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Massaging the Numbers
On July 3, 2025, Lizzo shared a before-and-after from her first lymphatic massage with Flavia Lanini vs. her latest.
She credited the treatment, which targets specific areas to move excess fluid away from tissues and toward lymph vessels and nodes to flush out toxins, along with wood therapy, training three times a week, pickleball, dancing, drinking water, consuming less sugar and more protein, a monthly detox and various other lifestyle adjustments for her health transformation.
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Mind Over Matter
Lizzo, here performing at Coachella 2026, shared April 2 that she had just gone two months without drinking alcohol.
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