For the first time since she testified in the trial against Tory Lanez last year, Megan Thee Stallion is publicly speaking about Lanez’s guilty verdict (Lanez was convicted for shooting Megan in the feet in 2020).
Speaking with Elle, the rapper talked about overcoming the highly-publicized assault and the subsequent mocking at the hands of Lanez’s fans and fellow musicians.
“I don’t want to call myself a victim. As I reflect on the past three years, I view myself as a survivor, because I have truly survived the unimaginable,” she said. “Not only did I survive being shot by someone I trusted and considered a close friend, but I overcame the public humiliation of having my name and reputation dragged through the mud by that individual for the entire world to see.”
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She lambasted the people who “treated [her] trauma like a running joke.”
“First, there were conspiracy theories that I was never shot. Then came the false narratives that my former best friend shot me,” she continued. “Even some of my peers in the music industry piled on with memes, jokes, and sneak disses, and completely ignored the fact that I could have lost my life. Instead of condemning any form of violence against a woman, these individuals tried to justify my attacker’s actions.”
The Grammy-winning artist admitted that dealing with the situation in such a public fashion forced her into a dark headspace.
“The truth is that I started falling into a depression. I didn’t feel like making music. I was in such a low place that I didn’t even know what I wanted to rap about. I wondered if people even cared anymore. There would be times that I’d literally be backstage or in my hotel, crying my eyes out, and then I’d have to pull Megan Pete together and be Megan Thee Stallion,” she said. “It never crossed my mind that people wouldn’t believe me. Still, I knew the truth and the indisputable facts would prevail.”
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