Meghan Trainor would like anyone who has something to say about her recent weight loss to know that she “still don’t care.”
The 31-year-old singer has been the subject of discourse and criticism since March, when she revealed that she shed 60 pounds with the help of Mounjaro, the brand name for the GLP-1 injectable tirzepatide. Trainor told fans via an Instagram post that she began taking the medication after welcoming her second child with her husband, actor Daryl Sabara. She emphasized that she also worked with a dietician, made lifestyle changes, and has a trainer.
But amid the singer’s supporters, Trainor has been receiving flack from people she said have “attacked” her about her new appearance.
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“The the world’s getting crazier and meaner, and they’re louder. I’m literally for the first time ever, after having babies, taking care of my health to the highest level and I’ve never felt better and I look incredible. I feel great,” Trainor told Entertainment Tonight in an interview published on Wednesday. “And that’s when people attack me? I’m like, ‘What?””
Trainor agreed that there’s no way for her to win, considering she’s faced body shaming before her weight loss as well. “I’m like, wait a second, I’m taking care of myself. You don’t like it? Okay, what am I supposed to do?” she added. “I have to find a way to not be affected by that.”
The Grammy winner shared that the release of her latest single, “Still Don’t Care,” and her upcoming album, Toy with Me, is a message to her haters: “Mess with me, I can take it because I’m strong.”
“If I’ll sit there and cry about something, my husband’s the first to be like, ‘Look up… Your life rocks,'” Trainor revealed. “Or if I’m comparing myself, he’s like, ‘Oh, they don’t have Barry and Riley.’ I’m like, ‘You right.'”
Trainor also opened up about the negativity surrounded her weight loss in a recent interview with PEOPLE, in which she admitted, “My page is usually a friendly, happy, mom-loving place, but it took a dark turn.”
“People started commenting about my body, saying I’m too thin, and that they don’t recognize me anymore. And I was like, ‘Oh, I’ve just been focusing so hard on my health and my fitness that I’ve never felt better,'” she recalled. “So, I was confused and sad and was like, ‘Oh, it’s almost worse now.’ I don’t know what happened.”
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The singer shared that she would find herself crying at times after seeing the comments, and turned to her music — like her “Still Don’t Care” single — to reclaim her power.
“Not to be morbid, but I always think about my mom, she always says something that’s really dark but silly. She goes, ‘Well, don’t worry. One day we’ll be dead forever,'” she told the outlet. “And then I’m like, ‘Oh yeah, we have one life.’ At one point, we got to give up and stop caring. That’s my dream. That’s what I’m working on. I’m rewiring my brain to finally believe this. And I know when I sing it a hundred times, I will.”
Toy With Me is set for release on April 24. Watch Trainor’s interview with ET above.