In video footage shared on Twitter over the weekend, Lizzo was seen meeting fellow singer Chris Brown backstage at a concert.
Lizzo is facing backlash across social media, after video emerged of her posing with Chris Brown, as she called him her “favorite person” in the world. In a video shared on Twitter over the weekend, the “Truth Hurts” singer was seen greeting Brown backstage during a stop on the Millennium Tour, which features such performers as Omarion, Bow Wow, Soulja Boy, and Ying Yang Twins. Singer Lizzo approached Brown, who was among a host of surprise performers on the tour’s Los Angeles stop, and asked him: “Can I get a picture with you? Because you’re my favorite person in the whole f****** world.” The footage showed Brown happily obliging, as Lizzo—real name Melissa Viviane Jefferson—joked with her friend about getting a picture alone with the R&B star. Lizzo’s brief and friendly interaction with Brown led to widespread backlash on social media, not least because of the numerous incidents of violence involving women he has been associated with in the past, including his violent altercation with then-girlfriend Rihanna back in 2009. Reacting to the footage, one Twitter user wrote: “lizzo, my baby, look at me.
