Megan Thee Stallion Returned To The Stage Just Three Weeks After Taking Her Mom Off Life Support

This article mentions topics of grief and depression.

Megan Thee Stallion got extremely vulnerable in her new documentary Megan: In Her Words, as she opened up about the pain of losing her best friend, her mom Holly Thomas.

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The intimate look inside her life, which premiered on Halloween (Oct. 31) on Prime Video, explores the fun-loving persona Megan created, as well as the grief, bouts of depression, PTSD, and suicidal ideations she dealt with behind the scenes. From the loss of her mother to a highly publicized shooting involving Tory Lanez, the rapper held nothing back.

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The Houston hottie jumped on the scene with undeniable confidence, a voice that commands your attention, and an infectious personality that keeps you wanting more. But just as Meg began to skyrocket to fame, she was forced to make a traumatic decision involving her mother's life, and she's been living with that pain ever since.

In March 2019, Megan's mom Holly died of a cancerous brain tumor, recalling that she would have “back-to-back seizures” that left Meg "in shambles."

"They had to put her under. She was just brain dead,” Megan said in the documentary. “So I stayed up there every day. I was spending the night at the hospital. I just was praying that she could shake back from it.”

“Once I realized she wasn't coming back, I was just like, 'Damn, I can't keep her like this.' Because I know she wouldn't have wanted to stay like this," Megan explained as she cried. "So I had to make the decision to pull the plug, and she just passed the next day."

Holly, a rapper who went by the stage name Holly-Wood, inspired Meg to get into the music business. She also served as her daughter's manager.

Knowing her mother wouldn't want her to sit around being sad, Meg revealed she returned to the stage just three weeks after making that life-altering decision.

"Ya'll know that 2019 has been really tough for me. I don't wanna cancel none of my shows, and I didn't want to stop going, because that's not what my mama would want me to do," she said from the stage in a documentary clip. "She was my number one fan, through all the ass-shakin' and cussin'."

“When my mama passed away, I think I really forgot who I was and I lost a lot of confidence," she says. "I was so used to my mama telling me what to do and when life started getting crazy I didn’t have her. I wouldn't be the woman I am today without Holly Thomas. So, mommy, I love you."

Sending so much love and light to Meg as she continues to live out her dreams with so much weight on her shoulders.

Have you watched Megan's documentary yet? If so, what are your thoughts on it and the emotional revelations she's made? Share them with me in the comments.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness helpline is 1-800-950-6264 (NAMI) and provides information and referral services; GoodTherapy.org is an association of mental health professionals from more than 25 countries who support efforts to reduce harm in therapy.