Britney Spears Reportedly Still ‘Hurt’ By Lizzo’s Comments

The “Reality Hurts” singer claimed that the Princess of Pop does a Janet Jackson “impression,” angering followers and inflicting some dangerous blood within the course of.

Throughout an April 1 look on the Sibling Rivalry podcast, the “Juice” singer addressed a 2021 Twitter post the place she known as Jackson because the “Queen of Pop.” Most followers confer with Madonna because the Queen of Pop, not Jackson.

Trying again on that tweet, Lizzo claims that “folks got here for me on the Web,” however doubled down on her stance, saying: “Right here is why I mentioned Janet Jackson is the Queen of Pop: Britney Spears is doing a Janet impression, and she or he mentioned it.”

“Janet is her diva,” she continued. “There have been no things like pop divas earlier than Janet.”

“Janet was first. She was well-known when Madonna was a child, watching her on tv. And I am simply placing it on the market. It isn’t as a result of somebody is best than the opposite. She was simply first, and she or he is Janet. She invented this sh-t,” Lizzo mentioned whereas nonetheless acknowledging that “Madonna is the pop icon.”

She defined that she “felt like I used to be simply preventing for my life as a result of folks have been dragging me by my ankles” over her previous feedback. Nevertheless, this time it was followers of Britney Spears, not Madonna, who determined to name out Lizzo for her feedback.

Many customers took to X, the social media platform previously often called Twitter, to make their outage identified.

“No one thinks of THE Britney Spears as a Janet Jackson impersonator. She actually crafted her personal sound and imagery at 16 and have become the blueprint for each new pop lady,” one fan wrote. “Fear about your profession lasting one summer time and your newest tweet not even crossing 100 likes @lizzo.”

One other fan mentioned that Britney was a “scholar” of Janet Jackson, however admitted that there was a definite distinction between their two types. “She has graduated and succeeded in her OWN lane to change into a blueprint herself,” they wrote, including, “Lizzo achieved misplaced her d-mn thoughts.”

“Woke as much as LIZZO dragging THE Britney Spears? I feel the f-ck not,” a 3rd fan wrote on X.

In an article revealed on Might 9, an insider reportedly instructed Life & Stylethat Britney simply desires “to be left alone” following Lizzo’s controversial feedback.

“Britney is a big fan of Janet, she’s at all times mentioned she was an enormous affect over her type and even her sound, however for Lizzo to say she was ‘doing an impression’ of Janet appears like a dig, as a result of it implies that she didn’t have any originality,” the insider claimed.

The supply mentioned that Britney paid tribute to Jackson throughout a number of performances and at all times thought that she was “the deepest and brightest lady on the identical time,” and somebody she’s going to “look as much as for the remainder of her life.”

It’s unclear how Britney stumbled upon Lizzo’s feedback, however the “Poisonous” singer doesn’t perceive what she did that brought on Lizzo’s “dig.”