Why Lizzo Waited Until After a Grammy Win to Lose Her Virginity
Lizzo, 37, drops a bombshell, revealing she lost her virginity in her 30s after vowing to abstain until she won a Grammy — and admits she lied about it for years.
File this under celebrity confessions I did not have on my 2026 bingo card: Lizzo says she waited to have sex until she won a Grammy — and she stuck to it.
The reveal
On the Tuesday, March 31 episode of the 'Friends Keep Secrets' podcast (hosted by Benny Blanco and Lil Dicky), the 'About Damn Time' singer, now 37, said she lost her virginity in her 30s. The timing? 2020. She called herself a late bloomer and admitted she covered it up for years with little white lies. Honestly, a pretty bold vow to make — and actually follow.
'I promised myself when I was younger that I wouldn't have sex until I won a Grammy.'
The Grammys that changed everything
Lizzo didn't just win a Grammy in 2020 — she walked away with three. Here's what she took home:
- Best Pop Solo Performance for 'Truth Hurts'
- Best Urban Contemporary Album for 'Cuz I Love You' (her third studio album)
- Best Traditional R&B Performance for 'Jerome'
She was clear on one detail: this wasn't an awards-night hookup scenario. It happened soon after, not the night of the show.
So why wait that long?
Lizzo connected it back to how she grew up. As a teenager in church, she and her friends made a pact not to do anything before marriage. She even said her first kiss didn't happen until 21 — and she hated it. It was a New Year's Eve moment, the guy pushed it on her, and she walked away feeling like her first kiss had been wrecked. That kind of early experience explains a lot about her personal rules later.
The part she used to hide
Before she finally had sex, the '2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)' singer said she faked it with friends to avoid the awkwardness. She remembered a college hang where the group pressed her about being a virgin. She blurted out a very not-subtle line about loving the D to sell the lie — and then cringed about it for years. She said it feels like a weight off her chest to finally say what really happened.
What Benny, Dicky, and Kristin asked
Benny Blanco was stunned. Lizzo doubled down and said she meant what she promised. When Lil Dicky wondered if she would have eventually broken the vow without the Grammy, she shrugged it off with a very honest 'who knows' energy. And when Dicky's wife, Kristin Batalucco, asked if she felt like she needed the Grammy just to have something to look forward to, Lizzo said she wasn't planning her life around that at all — she didn't even think it was in the cards for her until it happened.
Is this a wild benchmark to set for your sex life? Absolutely. But it's also very Lizzo: personal, intentional, and a little defiant of what anyone expects from a pop star.