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Frankie Muniz Hitting On Lizzo Is Not Cute
Frankie Who-niz? Like everyone else with half a brain, the Nickelodeon throwback star is clearly thirsty for Lizzo. Muniz hit on Lizzo with some suggestively kinky tweets, including a drawing of his fantasy. A lot of praise is being heaped on Muniz for “shooting his shot,” but when you break it down this is actually just creepy. First of all, Lizzo’s response was a little less than engaging. Hitting on someone when you know there is an audience applies unfair pressure for them to respond positively, especially for women who often get backlash if they tell off some guy who is “just being nice.” Second, Muniz is engaged, so you have to ask yourself what his end goal is here since it’s probably not actually to date Lizzo. Muniz is flirting with her like it’s a meme he can tweet out to seem relevant, as if his attraction to Lizzo is just a joke. Fat black women are often subjected to objectification and fetishization like this, especially at the hands of white folks; this falls into a similar category as people who refer to Lizzo as their spirit animal (she’s not an animal and also it’s 2019, we don’t say that.) Lizzo is not here to be a fetish fantasy ,and Muniz definitely doesn’t deserve praise for his actions. Overall, gross Frankie, just gross. —Rachel