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“Gave my mom a brand new Audi”

Lizzo surprises her mother with a new car for Christmas: “Gave my mom a brand new Audi”

Lizzo shared a sweet video of her mother reacting to the surprise

Lizzo's mom has a new car!

On Sunday, the 32-year-old “Good as Hell” singer surprised her mother Shari Johnson-Jefferson with a brand new car for Christmas. “Gave my mom a brand new Audi for Christmas 🎄,” Lizzo wrote on Instagram alongside a sweet video of her mother emotionally reacting to the surprise gift.

In the footage, Johnson-Jefferson can be seen breaking down in tears when she finally sees the car, then turning around and hugging her daughter.

“I remember crying in my car when my dad died. I had no job, no money, no place to stay and wished I could provide for my family one day,” Lizzo added in the caption. “I couldn't do it for my dad so I'm going to spoil mommy. Happy holidays everyone.”

Lizzo/Instagram

Lizzo/Instagram

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In January, the “Truth Hurts” rapper spoke about the death of her father and told CBS this morning that she was a student at the University of Houston at the time and dropped out of college shortly thereafter.

“I kind of gave up on it,” she said. “I was depressed. I had no purpose, I felt like there was no point in being a musician or anything. So it became 'Oh, can I sleep on your couch?' and eventually I felt really guilty. So all I had was this car. It was a Subaru.”

“That was my home for a while. I spent Thanksgiving in that car and I remember crying myself to sleep,” Lizzo recalls.

Eventually, she picked herself up again. “I took everything that happened to me and made myself stronger,” Lizzo said.

Since then, the star has won three Grammy Awards, as well as a Billboard Music Award, a BET Award and an iHeartRadio Music Award. In 2019, she was also named “Entertainer of the Year” by TIME.