lizo shows off weight loss and swimsuit as she reveals Gap Year from music lizo showed off her weight loss and revealed she is taking a gap year in a candid new Instagram post months after facing multiple lawsuits the singer 36 who shocked fans when she appeared to quit the music industry in March slipped into a swimsuit as she stood on a balcony in the rain and Bali while reflecting on her life the star whose last album special was released in 2022 wrote I'm taking a Gap year and protecting my peace prayer Emoji sick earlier this year lizo seemingly announced her exit from the music business the truth hurts hitmaker admitted that she had grown tired of being the butt of the joke she wrote on Instagram and March I'm getting tired of putting up with being dragged by everyone in my life and on the internet all I want is to make music and make people happy and help the world be a little better than how I found it but I'm starting to feel like the world doesn't want me in it I'm constantly up against lies being told about me for cloud and Views being the butt of the joke every single time because of how I look my character being picked apart by people who don't know me and disrespecting my name I didn't sign up for this as asterisk asterisk asterisk sick however lizo later clarified that she wasn't quitting the music industry she said I quit giving any negative energy attention what I'm not going to quit is the joy of my life which is making music which which is connecting the people cuz I know I'm not alone last year in August the music artist was notably sued by three of her ex dancers Oriana Davis Crystal Williams and Noel Rodriguez who accused her of sexual harassment as well as creating a house to work environment the ex dancers had also accused lizo in the lawsuit filed in August of weight shaming and claimed that they were forced to touch a nude performer while at a strip club in Amsterdam the filing stated that the trio also accused the truth Hurtz hitmaker of allegedly inviting cast members to take turns touching the nude performers inside the club the star whose real name is Melissa Vivan Jefferson allegedly encouraged catching dildos launched from the performers vaginas and eating bananas protruding from the performers vaginas according to NBC News at the time the dancers lawyer Ron zom brano expressed the stunning nature of how lizo and her management team treated their performers scenes to go against everything lizo stands for publicly he continued while privately she wait shames her dancers and demeans them in ways that are not only illegal but absolutely demoralizing in the lawsuit accusations and claims were listed in detail including the Amsterdam Club incident lizo has denied all the allegations the appearance follows lizzo's recent Health Journey where the body positivity Trailblazer now Embraces body neutrality