Lizzo Gifted Her Dress to This Writer to Wear to the Out100 Party

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Lizzo Gifted Her Dress to This Writer to Wear to the Out100 Party

Thanks to the "About Damn Time" singer, 2022 Out100 honoree Aurielle Marie will be serving looks at this year’s celebration!

Aurielle Marie is one of the honorees in this year's Out100 for her accomplishments in the literary and publishing fields.

To attend the official Out100 party, Marie took to social media and asked none other than Grammy-winning popstar Lizzo to borrow a dress that they could wear for the celebration. But it was a "cold call," of course, because what were the chances that Lizzo would see this request and would send out such a dress to someone she didn't yet know on a personal level?

Well... it worked! This week, Marie received a package at their house containing the dress that she wanted to borrow from Lizzo. The writer documented the entire process in a TikTok video that has now gone viral on various social networks.

Marie wrote in the caption:

"I might've gotten a few tears on your dress Lizzo, my bad babe! Words don't suffice, and thank you isn't enough. But THANK YOU! I'm speechless. Y'all! A b*tch is certified LIZZO SIZED!!!!!! And LOOK AT THIS GOWN! Out Magazine here I come!"

As a poet and essayist, Marie said in their Out100 profile that they "couldn't imagine some words on a thin page doing as much liberatory work as our protesting or grassroots organizing." Now, Marie is one of the most important LGBTQ+ voices in the literary world.

Not only will Marie have a great night at the Out100 party for being one of the honorees, but she now also has an incredible story behind the dress that they're wearing for the event.

Lizzo is the best - and we're so excited for Marie to have the night of her life!

Bernardo Sim is the deputy editor of Out, as well as a writer and content creator. Born in Brazil, he currently lives in South Florida. You can follow him on Instagram at @bernardosim.

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Mey Rude is a journalist and cultural critic who has been covering queer news for a decade. The transgender, Latina lesbian lives in Los Angeles with her fiancée.

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This 'Glee' episode was Kevin McHale's 'actual breaking point'

The actor said, "I remember when that number came up. I was like, 'What are we doing?'"

Kevin McHale has opened up about the Glee episode he calls his "actual breaking point."

The actor starred as Artie Abrams, one of the members of William McKinley High's glee club — the New Directions — in all six seasons of the show. And yet, McHale opened up even more in the latest episode of his Glee recap podcast cohosted alongside Jenna Ushkowitz (who played Tina Cohen-Chang on the show).

The two cohosts of And That's What You REALLY Missed podcast discussed an episode from season 5 of Glee titled "Previously Unaired Christmas" — with McHale revealing that this episode was his "actual breaking point" while working on the show.

Many fans consider this to be one of the most outrageous episodes in Glee history. For instance, this episode includes Rachel, Kurt and Santana inhaling helium to sing "Christmas Don't Be Late" before getting robbed by a sexy Santa; Marley, Unique, and Tina singing The Supremes' "Love Child" with Unique dressed up as pregnant Virgin Mary; and a live nativity scene where Becky, a student with Down syndrome, played Jesus as a baby.

McHale offered an apology to anyone who was on set while he was filming the Nativity scene in particular.

"My mustache was causing some sort of allergic reaction, and I was itchy and upset, and it was late at night," he said. "[I'm] not proud, but I remember when that number came up, I was like, 'What are we doing?'"

The episode was presented as a Glee episode that was "too problematic" to air, before being recut into the version that aired.

Ushkowitz pointed to the version of Harry Belafonte's "Mary's Boy Child" that she performed alongside Marley and Unique in the episode as a low point.

"It was like… you had to commit so hard, because it was so bad. That's what I felt like in this number," the actress said.

"But that's the thing: I don't think it's supposed to be bad," McHale said. "It's supposed to be controversial… But I mean, bad is good when it's funny. But I didn't think this was good… this just felt like being controversial for controversial."

Ushkowitz added that she "hated this song so much." She also hated "everything in this episode."

"I was so angry in everything in this episode," the actress revealed. "But yet like, watching it, I'm like, 'This is ridiculous,' and it's so funny to me; I couldn't stop laughing during 'Mary's Boy Child.' And I hated the number so much. I didn't want to be there, but I had fun doing it… because the stakes were so low at that point, right?"

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Lizzo Gifted Her Dress to This Writer to Wear to the Out100 Party

Thanks to the "About Damn Time" singer, 2022 Out100 honoree Aurielle Marie will be serving looks at this year’s celebration!

Bernardo Sim

Deputy Editor

Mey RudeMey Rude is a journalist and cultural critic who has been covering queer news for a decade. The transgender, Latina lesbian lives in Los Angeles with her fiancée.

The actor said, "I remember when that number came up. I was like, 'What are we doing?'"

Mey Rude
Mey Rude is a journalist and cultural critic who has been covering queer news for a decade. The transgender, Latina lesbian lives in Los Angeles with her fiancée.