now, the $64,000 question is will she settle this thing quickly or let it play out? the longer this thing lingers, the more potential victims and, again, we don t know for certain if these are are victims, but they ve alleged to be the more that can come forward. and that s a potential huge issues. we ve seen so many hollywood stars, singers, actors, people like that, the longer these lawsuits linger, the more people that can come forward and further damage her reputation. molly: the attorney representing lizzo s former dancers reacted to her statement, what lizzo had said, saying this: 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. your thoughts on this, their reaction, and how lizzo is handling the situation. look, she s entitled to defend herself, and i think the
when she won an award, she pointses and nods to them. how much can this affect her reputation? i think it s really damaging to her reputation, you know? she has a reported $40 million net worth, and a big part of that comes from the perception she has as a highly progressive, non-body-shaming individual. the allegations in this complaint are absolutely devastating, and it reads like a fabio novel. i mean, you guys just touched the tip of the iceberg. it s serious, serious stuff. now, you can allege anything you want in a complaint. if these allegations end up being true and proven, i think her reputation s going to the take a gargantuan hit. pol moll you know, lizzo s not apologizing, she calls them former employees who have already publicly admitted they were told their behavior on tour was inappropriate and unprofessional. and it s not just one person making the allegation, there are three. your thoughts on that. yeah, absolutely. the more people making these allegations, the wor
disappears. i m not sure there s any deal at this point that can satisfy or give the public confidence that this is being treated fairly. griff: we shall see. we ve got to leave it there. william jacobson, thank you for taking the time on a saturday. great, thank you. molly: superstar lizzo a chasing her biggest challenge as her music sales plummet followed by a damaging lawsuit filed by some of her dancers that claim discrimination and even is sexual harassment. next.
plaintiffs lawyer wants her to sit back and simply become a punching bag. of that s not going to happen. molly, i think what s really interesting though is when the same allegations that have been made against male stars in hollywood, right, and people who have been canceled, guys like kevin space i, you know, matt lauer, whether the same thing will happen to lizzo. i don t know the answer to that, these are just allegations, so i think everybody needs to take a deep breath and before she gets crucified, let s see if the actual allegations are true. molly: yeah, there s a report in the daily mail that she lost a few thousand instagram followers, but she has 13 plus million. we ll see what happens. you talk about the allegations, really graphic stuff in all honesty, but some of the accusations also claim that lizzo raised thinly-veiled concerns about her dancers weight gain. is that particularly problematic given, you know, her body positivity image? that s it. i mean, that is a sho
she proceeded to say, you know, dancers get fired for gaining weight. you should basically be grateful to be here. you go are from preaching about sisterhood to turning around and saying it s a privilege that you know us by name. molly: lizzo saying in part, usually i choose not to respond to false allegations, but these are as unbelievable as they sound and too outrageous to not be addressed. these sensationalized stories are coming from former employees who have already publicly admitted were told their behavior on tour was inappropriate and unprofessional. for more on story, we are joined by attorney andrew stoltman. thank you so much for giving us a little bit of your saturday. i, when you look at this story, you know, lizzo, the big thing about lizzo is she s an icon cantic figure that sticks up fos up for women of a larger size. she has a whole show dedicated to finding background dancers of a larger size, the big girls as she would say.