Lizzo said Instagram effects 'freak' her out and told her fans they have 'no-filter beauty'

• Lizzo shared a video of herself using an Instagram beauty filter and said that they "freak" her out.
• The Grammy Award-winning singer, who often takes to social media to talk about self-love, shared the video via her Instagram story on Saturday.
• She showed what her skin looked like using the effect, then zoomed in on her natural skin, saying: "But y'all, I look like this."
• "If you're watching this I want you to know you got that no-filter beauty," she said to fans on Instagram.

Lizzo told her fans that they don't need Instagram filters to be beautiful.

The Grammy Award-winning singer shared a video of herself using a beauty effect on her Instagram story on Saturday. The "Truth Hurts" singer told fans that filters that alter users' faces or change their features make her uncomfortable.

"Look at this y'all, these filters freak me out," she said in the video. "If you're watching this I want you to know you got that no-filter beauty." The singer added that she doesn't see a problem with beauty filters, but said that she wants people to know it's OK to not have the blemish-free skin and exaggerated features that many of the effects portray.

"The beauty that these filters give you is a nice thing — its cute, but if your skin don't look like this, if your nose don't look like this, if your lips don't look like this, if your eyes don't look like this — that's OK," she said.

As the video ended, Lizzo moved closer to the camera to show her natural, no-filter face.

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"But y'all, I look like this," she said while grinning at the camera.

Lizzo is known for sharing messages about confidence and self-love. In June, the singer called out TikTok users who were using her name as an insult in comments on plus-sized women's videos.

"To the people who be putting my name in the comments, thank you," she said on TikTok. "Because you know what? If every time you see a big girl on this app loving herself, and putting herself out there, and being confident and loving her body, you think of me, or you think she looks like me — b----, that is a compliment."

In July, she fired back at body-shamers by posting a workout video on TikTok, saying that she doesn't work out to achieve anyone's "ideal body type" except her own.

"I'm working out to have my ideal body type. And you know what type that is? None of your f---ing business," she said in her workout video.

"So next time you want to come to somebody and judge them, whether they drink kale smoothies or eat McDonald's... how about you look at your own f---ing self?" Lizzo continued on TikTok.

Representatives for Lizzo did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

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