For the first time since Tory Lanez's guilty verdict, Megan Thee Stallion is addressing the "public humiliation" she endured and eventually overcame in the fallout of her shooting.
Meg detailed to Elle Magazine the vitriol she faced from blogs, social media users, peers, and "friends" who spread false information about the July 2020 shooting.
“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,” the rapper said in Elle's new cover story. “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.”
Meg went on to discuss the emotional toll of Lanez's social media comments.
“For years, my attacker laughed and joked about my trauma. For years, my attacker peddled false narratives about what happened on the night of July 12, 2020,” she said. “For years, my attacker tried to leverage social media to take away my power. Imagine how it feels to be called a liar every day? Especially from a person who was once part of your inner circle.”
The shooting and its aftermath left Megan injured physically and mentally, she revealed to Elle.
“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,” she wrote. “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.”
Megan said she's in a "happier place, but I still have anxiety."
“Talking about being shot still makes me emotional. I’ve started journaling as a way to better process my thoughts, hopes, and fears. Prayer has also played a therapeutic role in my healing, because I can have honest and unfiltered conversations with God without any judgment,” the rapper told Elle.
On Monday (April 17), Lanez’s sentencing was delayed after his attorneys filed a motion to begin a new trial. The initial sentencing was set for January after Lanez was found guilty in December of assault with a semiautomatic firearm; possession of a concealed, unregistered firearm; and negligent discharge of a firearm. His new hearing is set for May 8.
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