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Liam O'Dell
Apr 12, 2023
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It turns out the “Truth Hurts” for conservative tweeter Cassandra – known on Twitter as ‘CassyWearsHeels’ – as she called on users of the social media platform to choose “me or Lizzo”, and they obviously chose the hugely successful popstar.
The now deleted tweet, which saw a picture of Cassandra in a bar with a drink in her hand alongside a picture of a naked Lizzo holding a mug, was posted to Twitter on Monday morning.
While it wasn’t made clear on what grounds we had to choose between the two women - though many suspected it was beauty – a large number of people still backed the “Good As Hell” singer over an online commentator with 74,000 followers.
Lizzo, who is a body positivity campaigner alongside being a talented musician, has previously spoken out about fat-shaming, body dysmorphia and online trolls.
In 2019 she clapped back at one Twitter user who claimed she is popular “because there is an obesity epidemic in America”.
The singer replied: “I’m popular because I write good songs and I’m talented and perform high energy hour and a half shows filled with love. The only person who needs to do better is you.
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“Keep my name out ya mouth & look in the mirror before you come for me. Here’s the attention you ordered.”
Back in October, she told Vanity Fair: “If I lost weight, what would happen? Is my music and my weight so intrinsically connected that if I were to lose weight, I’d lose fans or lose validity? I don’t care!
“I lead a very healthy lifestyle – mentally, spiritually, I try to keep everything I put in my body super clean.”
Fortunately, many Twitter users had Lizzo’s back when Cassandra decided to come for her:
\u201cSo...@CassyWearsHeels thought she would be cute and challenge the Queen @lizzo. It didn't go as she had planned, big shock\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23. So of course she deleted it. She got roasted like the Thanksgiving Turkey. If you come for the Queen....Byeee Cassy. Go and take your heels with you.\u201d— Target On Our Backs (@Target On Our Backs) 1681309727
\u201cCassandra thinks she\u2019s onto something with this post. The only thing she\u2019s doing is broadcasting her insecurities. To attempt to pit yourself against someone who doesn\u2019t know you and is simply existing to be fatphobic says everything about her. And nothing about Lizzo.\u201d— Portia J. (@Portia J.) 1681244581
\u201cSeeing this lady post about Lizzo makes me think of this:\n\nYou'll never be criticized by someone who is doing more than you. You'll always be criticized by someone doing less. Remember that.\u201d— Charli Huxley (@Charli Huxley) 1681253892
\u201c... Lizzo. Not even close lmao\u201d— Twice Blaked Potato (@Twice Blaked Potato) 1681262804
\u201cShe really thought she did something here.\n\nLizzo all day!\u201d— AskAubry \ud83e\udd9d (@AskAubry \ud83e\udd9d) 1681247259
\u201c@CassyWearsHeels Lizzo. I don\u2019t know you but Lizzo is a publicly kind and inspiring individual. Loving yourself and others should be the basis of humanity. She preaches that. I can only assume you\u2019re terrible.\u201d— The Truth \u2696\ufe0f (@The Truth \u2696\ufe0f) 1681219056
\u201c@CassyWearsHeels One has four Grammys and is classically trained on the flute. The other just posted a six year old blurred picture of herself drinking wine with ice from a straw.\n\nLizzo. Truth hurts.\u201d— Tony Posnanski (@Tony Posnanski) 1681271773
\u201c@CassyWearsHeels To do what? You need to be more specific.\n\nTo hang out with and have fun? Lizzo every single damn day.\n\nTo clean out my garage? I guess you might be okay for that.\n\nIt's all in the details, "Cassy."\u201d— Tim Williams (@Tim Williams) 1681249796
Since deleting the tweet, Cassandra has only doubled down on her stance, writing: “Just like men are not women, obesity is not beauty.”
Replies are turned off, of course, to save herself any further embarrassment.
Meanwhile, without context, Lizzo simply tweeted her own name on Tuesday evening, which some have taken to be a response to Cassandra's tweet:
\u201cLizzo.\u201d— FOLLOW @YITTY (@FOLLOW @YITTY) 1681270492
Iconic behaviour. Protect Lizzo at all costs.
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