Lizzo has denied she has split from boyfriend Myke Wright following a two year romance – in the wake of shocking sexual harassment and abuse claims against the singer.
The Juice hitmaker, 35, and Wright, who started dating in 2021 after hosting MTV live music show Wonderland together in 2016, were hit by split claims after the pair unfollowed each other on social media with Lizzo deleting all their photos together.
However a spokesman for the star has told DailyMail.com there is ‘no truth’ in claims the pair have gone their separate ways.
Lizzo has previously branded Wright the ‘love of my life’ and just last month posted a romantic snap with the hunk captioned: ‘Selfie with my favorite artist.’
The selfie, which was shot from the chest on up, shows the Detroit native wearing just a plunging pink bra and headband placed around her hairline, all while she flashed a look of pure contentment.
No way: Lizzo has denied she has split from boyfriend Myke Wright following a two year romance – in the wake of shocking sexual harassment and abuse claims against the singer (pictured February 2023)
A source had told the US Sun: ‘Lizzo has taken the past few weeks very hard and her relationship has suffered. They had a big falling out and she is really upset.
‘Both of them have thought of themselves as soulmates, so for it to end has been hard on them.
‘Those close to them are hoping they will make up.’
The couple has been publicly linked since October 2021, according to People, with the Good As Hell singer confirming their relationship during an appearance on Radio Andy in April 2022.
In June 2022, the two made their first public debut at an event for Lizzo’s Amazon Prime Video show, Watch Out for the Big Grrrls.
And then, this past December, Lizzo came out and declared her love for Wright during an appearance on The Howard Stern Show.
At one point during the interview, Stern asked about her love life, and whether she and Wright are exclusive that prospective daters shouldn’t waste their time hitting on the her.
July 2023: The Juice hitmaker, 35, and Wright, started dating in 2021 after hosting MTV live music show Wonderland together in 2016
‘Listen, don’t waste your time honey, I am very much in love and Myke,’ she told Stern, adding that she’s ‘absolutely’ in love, ‘100 percent.’
Explaining how she has always put her career first, the Goos As Hell star went on to reveal that she and Wright resorted to only beingfriends in the past.
‘I had a lot of s**t to do, and I was still very much in my, “I feel unloveable place”, and I was still not where I wanted to be career wise,’ she said of their past platonic relationship.
But she recognized something different when it came to Wright and their chemistry.
‘With [Wright] it was different because when you love something and you let it go and if it’s meant to be, it comes back to you. And we both let it go because we both had a lot going on in our lives,’ she explained.
‘And then when the time was right we came together and we just recently we were like, “We together.” This is official because I’m very traditional about certain things. We need to have the talk. It needs to be discussed.’
She went on to make it clear neither of them is ‘playing any games with each other anymore; we’re very much locked in.’
Split denied: However a spokesman for the star has told DailyMail.com there is ‘no truth’ in claims the pair have gone their separate ways (pictured February 2023)
When asked if she thought the romance was headed towards marriage and children, Lizzo announced: ‘There’s nobody else I’m going to be with for the rest of my life,’ just as she burst out into laughter.
Lizzo has been under fire in recent days after several of her former backup dancers filed a lawsuit accusing her of sexual harassment and claiming she fat-shamed some of them.
The trio of plaintiffs — Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams and Noelle Rodriguez — were ‘completely dishearten[ed]’ after Lizzo denied their claims in a statement and in turn accused the three dancers of having displayed ‘inappropriate and unprofessional’ behavior while they worked for her.
The three women responded to Lizzo’s denial in a statement to DailyMail.com from their attorney, Ron Zambrano.
‘Lizzo has failed her own brand and has let down her fans. Her denial of this reprehensible behavior only adds to our clients’ emotional distress,’ he said. ‘The dismissive comments and utter lack of empathy are quite telling about her character and only serve to minimize the trauma she has caused the plaintiffs and other employees who have now come forward sharing their own negative experiences.’
Too late? Lizzo’s team is ‘trying to save her sinking ship’ after Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams and Noelle Rodriguez (seen on GMA) sued the singer for sexual abuse and fat-shaming
Lizzo’s statement in full: The singer addressed all the claims and said her morals and values have been called into question
He continued: ‘While Lizzo notes it was never her intention “to make anyone feel uncomfortable,” that is exactly what she did to the point of demoralizing her dancers and flagrantly violating the law.’
Lizzo’s troubles appear to be mounting after the number of dancers making allegations against her allegedly tripled.
On Wednesday, Ron Zambrano, the attorney representing Arianna Davis, Crystal Williams and Noelle Rodriguez, told NBC News that six new dancers who claimed to have toured with Lizzo or worked on her Amazon series made allegations that Lizzo had created a ‘sexually charged environment’ and that she had failed to pay some employees.
Among the original trios claims is that Lizzo allegedly invited her dancers to a Red Light District stop in Amsterdam where they were made to feel uncomfortable.
Once there, the women claim that the rapper pestered them to do things that made them uncomfortable, including ‘catching dildos launched from the performers’ vaginas, and eating bananas protruding from the performers’ vaginas.’
They also claimed that Lizzo invited them to a nude cabaret bar in Paris, without first informing them that the performers would be unclothed.
They claim that her lack of a warning before they arrived at the cabaret ‘robbed them of the choice not to participate.’
Lizzo has been dropped from Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show consideration.
Now, an NFL insider exclusively tells DailyMail.com that the ensuing backlash over the allegations has prompted the organization to immediately drop Lizzo from Super Bowl Halftime Show contention – having previously had her name in the mix as one of the front-runners for the 2024 spectacle.
‘Talks of Lizzo being a part of the Halftime festivities, or performing the National Anthem, are dead now that she is surrounded by scandal,’ the source said in the wake of the accusations – which Lizzo vehemently denies.