Lizzo says monogamy scares her and she wants love with 'no rules'

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By Asiya Ali

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Lizzo has revealed that she doesn't believe in traditional relationships and that she can love someone forever with "no rules".

The 34-year-old singer appeared on the Breakfast Club Power 105.1 FM hosted by DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God, and Angela Yee on July 15 and said that although she is not polyamorous, she does not believe in monogamy.

"I think a traditional relationship scares me for 10 years, but love is forever. I can love somebody forever," the 'Truth Hurts' singer said on the radio show. "Monogamy, I think to me, is a little claustrophobic - I think because there [are] the rules."

"I think a love relationship that's not monogamous has no rules," Lizzo – whose real name is Melissa Viviane Jefferson – continued. "I think people who do poly and all that stuff - there's still rules. I don't want any rules."

Watch her interview below (starts at 23:55): 

Host Yee then asked: "What if [her boyfriend] was like, 'I just want us to be in a monogamous relationship — just me and you. I don't want you to be with anyone else,'" to which Lizzo replied: "We can still have that - just not call it monogamy."

Charlamagne then questioned further what she'd call the relationship and she said that their connection is purely based on their love for each other: "Just love. 'I just love you.' I'm not worried about nobody else."

"I'm not worried about anybody else sexually, romantically, emotionally. I'm just worried about you. I'm just thinking about you," the 'Juice' singer stated.

Lizzo also opened up to the popular show about her friendships since gaining stardom, and expressed that she has "the most genuine people" around her, who "don't give a s*** about 'Lizzo' with the chain on. They care about 'Melissa'".

The singer also opened up about her current partner, Myke Wright, who she knew before becoming famous. She said that the pair were friends, adding that it "hit different when they knew you before 2019".

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Lizzo and her boyfriend Myke Wright. Credit: Lizzo's instagram (@lizzobeeating).

The Grammy-winning singer also discussed how love "saved her life" – not literally, but because it helped alter her perspective on things.

"Saving your life can also mean your life was headed in one direction and now it's going in this direction which is a much better healthier, safer, happier place because of love," Lizzo said.

While the 'About Damn Time' singer said her A-list status is hard to navigate, back in April, she told Andy Cohen on his SiriusXM's Radio Andy show that her fame is "not even a factor" in her relationship with Myke.

"If you have the right person, no, not at all," she said. "It should be mutually supportive no matter what that person does."

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