If you had "Lizzo's ex-boyfriend pivots to motivational fitness influencer" on your 2024 bingo card, congratulations, you're either a time traveler or you just spend way too much time on the internet.
Deuce Bailey, the comedian who briefly dated the "Truth Hurts" singer and became a whole meme during their whirlwind 2023 romance, has resurfaced with a new venture.
He's apparently launching some kind of fitness and lifestyle brand, because nothing says "I've moved on" quite like monetizing your post-fame glow-up.
For those who somehow blacked out the entire saga: Bailey and Lizzo went public in early 2023, he got dragged for some old tweets, they split, he claimed he was blindsided, and then everyone collectively moved on to the next celebrity breakup.
Now he's back, and the reception has been... let's call it "mixed." Some folks are genuinely rooting for the guy.
Others are treating his fitness announcement like he personally insulted their ancestors.
The comment sections are doing what comment sections do best: turning a guy's career pivot into a full-blown cultural referendum on who deserves a second act.
Here's the thing about the internet in 2024: you're either a hero, a villain, or content.
Bailey got sorted into the "content" bucket the moment he started dating a Grammy-winning superstar, and once you're in that bucket, you don't get to climb out.
You just get to decide what kind of content you're going to be.
Fitness influencer is a bold choice, though.
Every guy with a ring light and a dream is out here telling you to wake up at 4 a.m. and eat nothing but chicken and sadness.
Bailey's going to need more than a workout plan to stand out.
He's going to need a personality that doesn't make people reflexively roll their eyes.
The fact that we've all decided we know this guy based on eight months of tabloid coverage and a handful of viral clips.
And characters don't get to be complicated.
Maybe it flops harder than a New Year's resolution by February.
Either way, the discourse will be insufferable.
The only real takeaway here is that fame is a weird, sticky thing.
You can date a celebrity for five minutes and end up with a permanent Google alert and a side hustle you didn't ask for.
Bailey's out here trying to make lemonade, and half the internet is standing around yelling about the lemons.
Final Thoughts
Let the man sell his protein powder or whatever.