UPDATE: Kesha releases emails that make Dr. Luke look like a real asshole

Even for people who don’t always take Kesha’s side in her protracted legal war with producer Lukasz “Dr. Luke” Gottwald (like his lawyers or immediate family members), it’s pretty easy to recognize that he rarely comes across as a good guy. That’s to be expected when you get sued by a popular recording artist because you won’t let her out of her contract and also because you allegedly abused her. But every step of the way, Gottwald and his team have made a point to specifically refute every single one of Kesha’s claims as publicly as possible, making him look like the kid on the playground who shouts “nu-uh!” every time another kid says he threw rocks at them. Also, as we noted last week when he claimed that Kesha owes him money, he could easily make all of this stop if he would just let her out of her contract, but apparently all he wants at this point is to bury her—while also producing several albums for her.

Now, Kesha has released a batch of emails between her, her manager Monica Cornia, and Gottwald that—to put it mildly—make him look like a real asshole. As reported by Page Six, most of the emails seem to revolve around Gottwald criticizing Kesha’s weight, like one where he has “a discussion” about seeing her break an “all-juice fast” by drinking a Diet Coke and eating turkey. He also suggests that “A-list songwriters and producers” didn’t want to work with her “because of her weight.”

In another exchange, Kesha suggested changing a line in her song “Crazy Kids” from “You see us in the club sip-sippin’ bub” to “You see us in the streets we da we da freaks” because she doesn’t go to clubs, but Gottwald responded, “I don’t give a shit what you want. If you were smart you would go in and sing it.” Kesha supposedly tried to work this out with Gottwald in the studio, but she “didn’t feel comfortable talking to him.” (For the record, neither line ended up in the final song.)