𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 -- 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐳𝐳𝐨
The View's Sunny Hostin has admitted she 'believes' the allegations of harassment and bullying that have been made against Lizzo this week - hours after the singer vehemently denied the claims.
During Thursday's episode of the ABC show, the panel discussed the claims made by three of Lizzo's former backing dancers, as well as the Good As Hell hitmaker's statement, in which she insisted the allegations are 'outrageous' and untrue.
Plaintiffs Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams and Noelle Rodriguez have accused the Grammy winner – as well as the Big Grrrl Big Touring and dance team captain Shirlene Quigley – of creating a 'sexually charged and uncomfortable' work environment in their lawsuit.
During Thursday's episode of the show, Sunny, 54, voiced her support for Lizzo's accusers, saying she is 'so disappointed' in the singer.
She also slammed 'the hypocrisy of the bullying that goes on' in the industry while referencing separate claims made against Lizzo by documentary film maker Sophia Nahli Allison.
Sophia branded Lizzo a 'narcissistic bully' in a shocking Instagram post and claimed the singer 'creates an extremely toxic work environment' as she shed some light about what she allegedly experienced while working with the chart-topper on a documentary back in 2019.
However, The View's 𝙒𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙥𝙞 𝙂𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙜 reminded Sunny and everyone watching at home that they're still just allegations at this point and urged people to 'wait until you get all the information'.
Sharing her thoughts on the claims, 𝘼𝙡𝙮𝙨𝙨𝙖 𝙁𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙝 𝙂𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙣 told the panel: 'I have to check my bias just because I'm such a Lizzo fan. If I'm having a bad day, she's my hype girl, I put on Lizzo and I love her music, I love her energy and body positivity.
'I read her statement, she was outright, [she] did not acknowledge any of this. She didn't accept any of the allegations. I think one thing did stand out to me because some of the allegations were about they were out at a club and asked to do some inappropriate things.
'That stood out to me where I think it is an area where Lizzo can accept some accountability because I'm sure she went out like, "I'm with my friends, my dancers are my friends", but there's a power imbalance because she is their boss and so they don't feel like they can say "no".
'So that stood out to me, I love her and I want to see her come back from this so I think acknowledging some accountability on anything's that's true, but also it's so hard with these things to know...' Alyssa, 34, added.
𝙅𝙤𝙮 𝘽𝙚𝙝𝙖𝙧 chimed in and said: 'It's the fat shaming that seems hypocritical because it's all about body positivity and if it's true, we don't know if it's true, we'll see what happens when they go to court.
'But if you're gonna go out there and say you love your body, and then you start fat-shaming others, that's not kosher. People don't like that, that's the hypocrisy of it,' she added.
Mother-of-two Sunny was keen to have her say and said: 'The hypocrisy of the bullying that goes on in this industry, in the music industry and the TV industry and Hollywood where thin is everything and she was the one person that was like, "no, it's not", and so I think that's why I'm so disappointed.'