Lizzo Doesn't Care That You're Mad About Her Thong Dress

the world wide web was set ablaze yesterday (December 9) once footage of Lizzo twerking in a "thong dress" on the jumbotron at the Lakers game made its rounds. Unsurprisingly, the outfit received criticism online from people who called it "attention seeking" and "tasteless." Although as diehard fans of the singer know, she's never been one to let other people's perceptions stop her from wholeheartedly embracing who she is. And throughout a recent Instagram Live session, the "Truth Hurts" songstress addressed the haters head-on.


"This is who I've routinely been," Lizzo mentioned before explaining that her self-love and self-confidence predates fame. "Your criticism has no effect on me. Negative criticism has no stake in my life, no control over my life, over my emotions." The singer-rapper-flautist also went on to mention that she's currently the happiest she's ever been in her whole life. "I'm surrounded by love, and I just aspire to spread that love as well as spread these cheeks," she added.


The "Good As Hell" singer didn't stop there, reassuring fans that a couple of negative comments online won't break her spirit. "I just want you guys to know, it is irrelevant what goes on on the world wide web. Nothing really breaks my joy," she mentioned before addressing the negative comments about her body, specifically. "I'm a really solid, grounded person, and I know that I'm shocking because you've never seen, in a long time, a body like mine doing whichever it wants to do, dressing the way that it dresses, and moving the way that it moves."


What the haters need to realize, though, is that Lizzo's not going to begin liking herself much less because of fearless keyboard warriors who attack her from in back of a computer screen. As an alternative, she's just going to continue being the same confident, positive force that she's routinely been. "I don't ever wish to censor myself because I’m suddenly well known, and I don't wish to censor myself because everyone's looking at me right now she explained. "I'm not going to quiet myself. I'm not going to shrink myself because somebody thinks that I'm not sexy to them."


The rapper also had some inspiring words to share with her loyal fans about embracing who they are. "You don't have to be like me. You should be like you," she mentioned. "And never, ever let somebody stop you or shame you from being yourself." And as for the haters, well, she had another inspiring message: "If you really, really don’t like my ass, you could kiss it."