lizzo revealed she lost her virginity after winning three Grammy Awards in 2020, saying she had made a longtime pact with herself to wait until that milestone. She spoke about the decision on the Friends Keep Secrets podcast with hosts Benny Blanco, Lil Dicky, and Kristin Batalucco. The singer said the choice dated back to promises made when she was younger and that she had long felt embarrassed about lying on the topic.
Lizzo on the Friends Keep Secrets podcast
On the Friends Keep Secrets podcast, Lizzo, singer, said she had been a “late bloomer” and admitted, “I lied about it for a long time. ” She told hosts Benny Blanco, Lil Dicky, and Kristin Batalucco that she had promised herself as a younger person she would not have sex until she won a Grammy, and that when she won three Grammys in 2020 she eventually did have sex soon after — though not on the night of the awards themselves.
Key details and direct comments
lizzo described how the admission lifted a burden she had carried: she said she used to tell people she had had sex and that sharing the truth felt like “a weight off of my chest. ” She recalled an earlier college moment in which friends asked if she was a virgin and she lied, and she said she did not have her first kiss until age 21 in part because of a pact made in her church youth group to wait.
When asked on the podcast whether she would have stuck to the pact if she had not won a Grammy, Lil Dicky, Friends Keep Secrets podcast host, posed the question directly; Lizzo replied simply, “Who knows. ” She also said the night she first had sex was not the Grammys night but came soon after the wins, and that the experience itself was upsetting — she described a New Year’s Eve encounter in which the other person “forced it on me, ” leaving her angry that her first kiss was ruined.
Quick context
lizzo won three Grammy Awards in 2020: Best Pop Solo Performance for “Truth Hurts, ” Best Urban Contemporary Album for the deluxe version of Cuz I Love You, and Best Traditional R&B Performance for “Jerome. ” The singer released the album Love in Real Life last year and took a self-described gap year in 2024 before returning to music.
What’s next
Listenership for the Friends Keep Secrets episode has put Lizzo’s personal reveal back in the public eye; viewers and interviewers may press for follow-up comments as she continues her music comeback. Expect further interviews and public appearances to explore both her personal accounts and her ongoing work in music as reactions unfold around her revelations about waiting until after her Grammy wins.
