Ex-NHL star PK Subban has been slammed online for body-shaming Lizzo live on-air by making a crude comment about the size of her lunch during an ESPN segment on Tuesday night.
Sportsman Subban, 33, shocked fans as he played Game 1 of the Panthers vs. Maple Leafs Stanley Cup Playoff Series – with the furore starting when his co-host John Buccigross joked that Toronto should ‘pack a lunch’ after losing 4-2.
Subban replied, “Maybe they should pack a Lizzo-sized lunch.”
Known as a body-positive advocate and a proud plus-size fashion icon, Lizzo is launching an inclusive shapewear line in 2022.
Subban’s comment saw fans demanding that he apologize to the singer, calling the retired hockey player a ‘clown’ and ‘fatphobic’.
Say what Ex-NHL star PK Subban (left) was slammed online for body-shaming Lizzo live on-air by making a crude comment about the size of her lunch during an ESPN segment on Tuesday night
Music icon: Lizzo is known as a body-positive advocate and a proud plus-size fashion icon — she’s launching an inclusive shapewear line in 2022
One fan wrote, “Sister Pk Subban really just saying “Lizzo-sized lunch?” That is… not acceptable. That’s fat-phobic.
Another typed, “PK Subban saying someone needs a Lizzo-sized lunch? Seems harmful to say.’
One typed: ‘PK Subban randomly dissing Lizzo was NOT on my bingo card for tonight’, while another follower wrote: ‘PK Subban shamed Lizzo big time. Typical Subban clown move. He’s just awful on ESPN.”
Another typed, “did pk subban just make a fatphobic joke about lizzo…..” while another wrote, “PK Subban will have to apologize for making a comment about Lizzo.”
DailyMail.com has reached out to representatives for ESPN and Lizzo for comment.
Last month, an internet troll tried to body-shame Lizzo via Twitter, when a nude photo the singer shared on Instagram in 2021 resurfaced.
The Juice hitmaker shared the post, an unedited photo without any clothing, as part of a self-esteem campaign on social media.
But as it made the rounds on Twitter again, a fan tweeted a photo of herself next to Lizzo’s, trying to shame her by asking “me or Lizzo?”
Comment: Sportsman Subban, 33, shocked fans when he played Game 1 of the Panthers vs. Maple Leafs Stanley Cup Playoff Series analyzed – with the furore starting when his co-host John Buccigross joked that Toronto should ‘pack a lunch’ after losing 4-2
Subban replied, “Maybe they should pack a Lizzo-sized lunch.”
Cheeky:Subban’s comment saw fans demand that he apologize to the singer, labeling the retired hockey player a ‘clown’ and ‘fatphobic’
Many fans seemed to backfire and rallied to support the singer, simply responding with her name instead of the troll’s.
And it seemed that Lizzo herself was eager to cast her vote by simply tweeting her own name as the drama unfolded.
The photo started circulating on Twitter again after two years when a user shared part of an article saying that Lizzo was “changing beauty standards” and wrote above, “Thanks, but my beauty standards remain unchanged.”
This reaction spurred many other trolls to also take a look at the singer, who has spoken proudly about being plus size.
Supporting herself: Lizzo spoke out last month after an internet troll failed while trying to body-shame her by sharing this surfaced nude photo of the singer
Troll: But as Twitter made the rounds again this week, a fan tweeted a picture of herself next to Lizzo’s, trying to shame her by asking “me or Lizzo?”
But it was the comparison tweet that seemed to go viral, with the user posting a photo of herself next to the nude and asking who the public preferred.
In a counterproductive effect, many took to the reply section to show their support for Lizzo, with one replying, “Lizzo every day,” while another added, “Every and EVERY day.”
‘Lizzo. Gal has talents,” added a third.
And in a tweet that seemed too well timed to be a coincidence, the hitmaker himself tweeted “Lizzo.”
Hilariously, this prompted a slew of brands to tweet their own names — including Kikkoman USA’s official page, which wrote, “Soy sauce.”