The 'I Need a Girl' rapper offers an explanation after he's accused of discrimination and fat-shaming for stopping Lizzo from dancing on Instagram Live, telling people to 'stop looking for the negative.'

• Apr 14, 2020

AceShowbiz - Sean "P. Diddy" Combs is not against Lizzo's twerking. The hip-hop mogul has made this clear after he faced criticism for seemingly cutting off the raptress when she twerked during his Team Love Dance-A-Thon on Easter Sunday, April 12.

As they appeared a on split screen from their own homes, Diddy appeared to be shocked when Lizzo began twerking on the camera. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, Let's play something that's a little bit family friendly," he told the "Truth Hurts" hitmaker, prompting her to apologize.

But a few hours later when Draya Michele appeared as the guest during the fundraising event, the Bad Boy Entertainment founder let the actress/model twerk to Juvenile's "Back That Azz Up" without interruption.

Fans then took to social media to accuse Diddy of discrimination and fat-shaming. "When Lizzo was twerking it's not 'family-friendly' but when a skinny girl does it, it's all fun & games," one person wrote on Twitter. Another user claimed, "P Diddy ain't S**T. When Lizzo started twerking he brought that to an end with the quickness but had nothing to say to Draya when she was shaking bum."

Diddy has now clarified this on his Instagram Stories, stating that his objection wasn't about Lizzo's twerking, but the curse-filled lyrics of the song that played in the background. "There's one thing I want to make clear. My queen, my sister Lizzo when I stopped the music it's because it had a lot of curses in there. Not because she was twerking," he wrote on Monday.

"She's one of the best twerkers in the world. Ok, lets keep that clear. It wasn't about twerking, you're allowed to twerk on Easter," he continued. "It was about, it was a lot cursing in the record and I don't need child services knocking on my door right now. You understand. That's why we stopped the record."

"Lizzo we love you," the 50-year-old father of six gave a shout-out to the Grammy Award-winning artist, before hitting back at the critics, "Everybody stop looking for the negative."

The virtual dance party was hosted to raise money for coronavirus relief through Direct Relief, a humanitarian aid organization improving the health and lives of people affected by poverty or emergencies. The event, which also featured Oprah Winfrey, Jennifer Lopez and her fiance Alex Rodriguez, Kylie Jenner, DJ Khaled and Naomi Campbell among others, raised over $4 million, with Michelle Obama and Madonna among those tuning in.