Megan Thee Stallion Recovering, Describes Scary Moments Being Rushed To Hospital In Middle Of Broadway Performance.

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Speaker 1: Hey, the folks, it is Wednesday, April first, and we're just getting an update that Megan's the Stallion.

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Speaker 2: Is out of the hospital. With that, welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ. Rohopes.

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Speaker 1: This is an important update we got. We just wanted to hop on and let everybody know. But this was a scary situation. Megan the Stallion, Grammy winning rapper, Hollywood excuse me, Broadway star Robes, this was scary to hear. She stopped a performance. She had to leave mid performance of Mulan Rouge, and we didn't know what was going on.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and you knew it had to be something serious because this is a big deal.

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Speaker 4: This is her Broadway debut in Mulan Rouge.

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Speaker 3: She has a crucial role and is the first female to ever play the role of Zidler. So you know, she wasn't just going to walk away mid performance. She's a performer, she's a professional, sure, regardless, but she obviously was pushed to a point where she was afraid she could not continue. So in the middle of the show, Yeah, they had to tell the audience, hold up for a second, we're taking a pause here, and then they had to get her understudy on stage while she was rushed to the hospital.

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Speaker 4: And we're now hearing what happened.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and again folks, we are just this is as we're recording, This is just after lunchtime. But really from last night until this morning, we didn't have any indication of exactly what was going on with her. But like you said, Robes, that's very serious to stop a performance and she had to leave. So all we were told initially is that she fell very ill, very ill, or even the words, but I know she was taken to the hospital, but they were using words like.

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Speaker 4: Rushed, rushed to the hospital.

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Speaker 2: It sounded scary.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it certainly did. And look, she's on a limited eight week series.

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Speaker 3: You know she's pushing it. She wants to she wants to bring it home, she wants to kill it. And this show is a showstopper and you know she was given it her all. This is a big deal. So we heard now from her, we got a statement and we got her actually going on to x herself. So we are hearing from her reps and from Megan thee stelling in herself.

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Speaker 1: Can you give me contexts you've seen Mulan RuSHA. Oh yes, this character is what.

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Speaker 3: So this is the nightclub owner Ziddler and basically is the narrator, is the storyteller of the entire show.

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Speaker 2: Oh, she's present throughout the show.

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Speaker 3: She is basically like basically if you were thinking of watching a circus.

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Speaker 4: She's the ringleader. Yes, and it's always been played by a male.

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Speaker 2: This is a critically important role.

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Speaker 3: It's a huge part of the show. It's a big deal that she got this.

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Speaker 4: And I, honestly, you know how much I love this musical, Mula Ruth.

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Speaker 3: I have seen it three times. I want to see it again to see her in this role. That's how much I love this musical and how phenomenal I know she is in this musical.

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Speaker 1: Now, of course, we're absolutely going to see it when she comes back, and we are told that she will. So let's tell you from her own words what exactly happened. The most we had gotten robes but from Reps, who simply said, she fell ill, was taken to the hospital. You'll hear from us later. She's being evaluated. We heard from some people in her circle. The stylist, the hairstylist is.

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Speaker 3: The hairstylist actually went on onto X while they were in the hospital and said pray for Megan. So again it was deeply, deeply concerning. So that was really scary and especially not hearing anything until just now. But we did hear from her reps explaining what she was treated, how she was treated, and what she was diagnosed with.

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Speaker 4: They said.

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Speaker 3: On Tuesday evening, Megan was transported to a local hospital to undergo a medical evaluation. After experiencing concerning symptoms. Doctors ultimately identified extreme exhaustion, dehydration, vaso constriction, and low metabolic levels as the cause of her symptoms. Megan has been since treated, discharged and is now resting. And go back for a second, Yeah, what is that vaso constriction? So I know that when I get severe migraines, I actually have to take a vasoconstrictor because my veins are like bursting with blood.

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Speaker 4: So she had the.

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Speaker 3: Opposite, and when I took medicine to stop the migraine, I would take a baso constrictor.

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Speaker 4: That's the only reason why I know what this is.

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Speaker 3: And when you are taking something that is constricting your veins, and if this was happening to her because she was so dehydrated, basically you actually feel like you can't breathe. There are It's like a pressure against your chest, your neck. So if you're singing, you're performing, you feel faint, you feel like you can't breathe your chest dehydration massive, Yes, absolutely, gotcha?

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Speaker 2: Gotcha.

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Speaker 1: Okay, so that was the official word we got from our camp, and then we had kind of a long ride up and a detailed one from her in Robes.

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Speaker 2: This one hit home.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, because you know, babe, I look at you pushing yourself to the brink. You don't rest, you don't take proper care of yourself in terms of making sure you get enough sleep, making sure you get enough fluids, making sure your mind is calm. All of those things matter, babe, and day in and day out being in a pressure cooker like Broadway or on a podcast where you are working seven days a week, which you are. So please listen to what Meghan d. Stallions said, babe, and apply it to your life. Okay, this is what Meghan had to say last night was a real wake up call for me. I have been pushing myself past my limits lately, running on empty, and my body finally said enough. It honestly scared me. I thought I was gonna faint on stage. I really tried to push through my performance, but I just couldn't.

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Speaker 4: Hottis.

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Speaker 3: I want to be real with y'all because you mean everything to me, and I hate letting y'all down. I just need one day to rest, reset, and take care of myself the way I should have been. I'll be right back on that stage Thursday, stronger, clearer, and ready to give you one hundred percent the way you deserve. Thank you for always riding with me and loving me through everything.

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Speaker 1: I kind of want to get tickets to the show on Thursdays, to be honest with you. But is that it's sold out?

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Speaker 4: I think?

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Speaker 1: Is that too soon? Is that too quick? Is that you know all this to the point I had to go to the hospital. I just need one day to rest. I understand, I get it. But you know what that sounds like. It sounds like the same woman who got to the point of exhaustion. Right, You're not giving yourself enough. This is not a criticism of her. Please be clear. She knows her bodies, our doctors are talking to it, you know what's going on. But robes to hear her say that my body told me I didn't make a decision. My body made it for me. That's a little scary boat. Even though she put how many, she's not even a week.

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Speaker 3: Ind this, Oh yes, she just debuted last week. If this is an eight week short run. But anyone who's on roddy will tell you how.

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Speaker 4: Grueling this is.

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Speaker 3: You are doing eight shows a week, and today, by the way, is the day she's taking a rest.

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Speaker 4: This is a double day.

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Speaker 3: So you've got a matinee on Wednesday and then an evening performance. And on Saturdays you have a double performance a matinee, and so.

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Speaker 4: You do eight a week.

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Speaker 3: You get Mondays off and so they're dark on Mondays. It sometimes it depends show to show, but that's typically what it is.

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Speaker 4: And then, yeah, you do eight shows a.

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Speaker 3: Week, and every show is just as important as the one before it because people have paid a lot of money. And she knows so many people have come to this show, which has been on Broadway for a while, specifically to see her, So she knows she's letting down fans who have chosen to come see this show specifically to watch her sing and perform.

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Speaker 2: You know, that's a good point.

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Speaker 1: She's bringing in a type of audience that maybe wouldn't even consider a Broadway show. She knows how big of a deal and how important it is, and because she does robes, this had to be incredibly serious. This had to be really, really serious. And we didn't get any reports necessarily that anyone in the audience saw her fall ill. She didn't get sick necessarily on stage.

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Speaker 3: I have that right, No, but she said she thought she was gonna faint at any moment. So if you're thinking, I'm in front of a live audience, and again, the amount of singing and dancing and performing that she's on through the entire show. She is in so many scenes. It's not like she had time to rest. Sometimes different roles require, you know, different types of presence on the stage. She's on the stage for so much of this performance. And if you've ever seen Mulan Rouge, they give it there all. This isn't just about acting. This is about dancing, singing, and the whole audience is involved. I mean, this is a hell of a show. I mean it is incredible and it requires a lot of energy.

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Speaker 1: You know, I have to you your point about how much this particular show requires. I have the utmost respect for Broadway performers, because robes if I paid three hundred dollars for my ticket and I just traveled here from Texas, this is the biggest night of my life to be able to be on Broadway. For those people on stage, this is the seventh time they've done this exact same show, and they have to treat it as if it's the most important thing in the world eight.

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Speaker 2: Times a week.

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Speaker 4: Yep, so hard.

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Speaker 3: That is.

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Speaker 1: I am blown away that they're able to do this because there's never been a Broadway show I went to. I thought, yeah, they just kind of phoned it in.

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Speaker 3: Oh god, no, God know, And because they know why Broadway is what it is, why people will travel from all over the world to see the best of the best. And it's interesting as I'm listening to what she said she was experiencing on stage, she thought she was gonna faint. Her reps actually got specific and said the reason why she left in the middle of the show is because she was having trouble breathing, and that is that's the base of construction. You actually feel like your breath has been taken away from you, and if you have to sing, those two things do not go together at all.

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Speaker 1: How active is this character? At least some singing is involved, but how much singing is this particular character doing.

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Speaker 4: I'm trying to remember. But they've got plenty of songs.

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Speaker 3: And this is and they're on the corner of the stage telling the story of Satine and and and it's it really is basically like the narrator. And so, yes, there is singing, there is projecting, there is uh, there are a lot of lines. There are even some numbers where there is dancing. And yes, this is look and this is a big deal. As we mentioned, she she's the first female, but she's she's a woman of color too, representing that show is it's it's the first, and to be the first, you always feel that extra pressure. And so I can't imagine what she must have been feeling to actually have to say, damn, y'all, I have to leave. I have to leave in the middle of the show. It had to be We knew it had to be serious. But thank goodness, it's just maybe something that she can reverse by taking better care of herself. But I'm guessing she's a perfectionist, much like you are, much like anybody who gets to a certain level of success and she probably doesn't want to do anything half ass.

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Speaker 2: We know she does it.

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Speaker 1: Of course, you don't become a Grammy winning rapper now by doing anything half ass. However, Robes we have seen her up close and personal not do anything half ass. Stay here we'll explain our experience with Megan the Stallion and also explain why what she said in her Instagram post about her health was absolutely a wake up call for the Robot Holmes House.

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Speaker 3: Stare and welcome back everyone to this episode of Amy and TJ, where we are finally getting word that Megan d. Stallion thankfully has been released from the hospital after she was rushed there in the middle of her performance on Moulain Rouge in the middle of a Broadway show last night. We were all worried about what had happened to her, but turns out yes, she was suffering from extreme exhaustion, dehydration ASO constriction. She thought she was gonna faint, She felt like she couldn't breathe, and she said that this was a massive wake up call. She was scared she had to be at that point for her to leave mid show and know that she had just made her debut the week before. This was a big deal that she talked a lot about online on Instagram. So excited, so honored to be a part of this show in particular, but also.

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Speaker 4: Just making her Broadway debut. That is such a big deal for any artist, even Grammy winners. It's a big deal.

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Speaker 2: I'm not familiar with the character, but seeing her in the outfit worked.

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Speaker 3: I loved I've never seen a female do it. I've never seen a female do it, so this was so cool. And look, she said, I've always believed in pushing myself creatively, and theater is definitely a new opportunity that I'm excited to embrace. Broadway demands a different level of discipline, preparation, and storytelling. But I'm up for the challenge and I can't wait for everyone to see a new side of me. So you know she was gonna she did everything she could not to have to go to the hospital.

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Speaker 1: All you're saying is lending to just how serious this had to have been. Our experience with her had to do in the park. We used to do the GMA concert series in the summer, and she did come perform once. I had the honor of introducing her, and I got a few minutes with her on age in the commercial break, and I was taken by and Rob, you know how I am. I'm always chopping it up and being loose and hanging out. It struck me that she ain't want to hear anything from me because she was in her lane. She was in a zone getting ready to do something that where she wasn't being rude at all, but I recognize immediately where she was, where her head was, what she was trying to do. To the point, I appreciated her focus at the time, and she put on a hell of a performance. That is our experience in seeing her being a professional and a perfectionist to a certain deday.

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Speaker 4: Yes, I remember that morning in the park very well.

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Speaker 3: I watched you go up on the stage, you came back down afterwards, and we watched her perform, and she was amazing, So might say Morning Television and and some of her moves that was the new song necessarily jibe, but it works right.

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Speaker 4: She was provocative. She has a way of expressing herself entertaining as hell.

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Speaker 3: Yes, and obviously Good Morning America knew exactly what they were getting when they asked her to be a performer. But even for us, We're like, whoa, okay you? And look she was being her authentic self. She put on amazing The crowd loved her in Central Park and it was early in the morning, and you saw her up there doing her thing. Because we got to see a lot of different performers how they are early in the morning after traveling. Look a lot of guys, a lot of these folks like to sing at night, and liked there's a reason why singers don't like singing in the morning. She was ready to go, fully charged. It didn't matter what stage she was on.

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Speaker 4: She gave it her all as if she was on the biggest stage in the world.

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Speaker 1: Well, Rose, what a wake up call. This just happened to be a really bad day for me. I say, a bad day in whatever respect. I don't even know what that means anymore. But I don't ever sleep. If I get four hours, I'm high fiving you when you come in. I got four hours last night, and I'll be honest. Look, I don't know how honest to be. It's been a very difficult, exhausting, everything gone wrong type of morning.

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Speaker 2: I have you have witnessed me this morning? I have two red bulls.

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Speaker 1: I popped a five hour energy I did all this before we did an interview at noon.

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Speaker 2: For God's sake.

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Speaker 1: Well, it's I feel like ish and I keep and every time you say something to me, Nope, I ain't got time.

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Speaker 2: We got to keep going.

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Speaker 1: Gotta get this, gotta get this, got this meeting, gotta do this. We go into this next thing, all these things roll up to see her write this. That passed my limits. Running on empty, my body finally said enough. Your body can say enough and you can end up dehydrated. Your body can say enough, you end up with a heart attack. Your body can say enough, and you end up in all kinds of worse shape than she did. It just scared me. I was worried about her, obviously, but today happened to be the day it was robe.

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Speaker 2: This scares the shit out of me. I'll be honest with you.

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Speaker 4: It did good, and it because it's worried me. You know that.

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Speaker 3: I look, I have a different work ethic than you do.

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Speaker 4: I woke up at four o'clock in the morning.

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Speaker 2: No, no, no, no, no, no, I.

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Speaker 4: Am gonna say this.

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Speaker 3: It is a chosen And we had this conversation A couple of weeks ago, but I think it's kind of interesting to have this conversation now, and we'll wrap it up here quickly. I'm not going to go too long on this. But I get up at four in the morning every morning, and.

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Speaker 4: I woke up.

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Speaker 3: I turned over it two forty five in the morning, just to turn over, and you were already up and working. And I just my heart breaks when I see that, and I know you're like, someone has to do it.

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Speaker 4: I've got to get it done. But I told you that once I had cancer, once I got that diagnosis, I have had heart surgery and cancer by the time I was forty. And guess what that was my wake up call.

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Speaker 3: I hope that being dehydrated or feeling like crap is a good enough wake up call where someone can actually start changing their habits and prioritizing health and rest over any sort of performance or success, because it doesn't matter if you're dead, it doesn't matter if you're fighting a terminal illness, because all that time and effort you put into it, now you got to quit to fighting for your life. I don't want to see you, or Megandie Stallion or anyone else put themselves in that situation, because once it's happened to you, you realize, holy hell, nothing else matters if I don't have my health.

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Speaker 1: You know, I'm so worried that I nothing's going to change because I haven't had the wake up call. I feel like crap. But I haven't had a major health issue that has been connected directly to my lifestyle, my lack of sleep. I had a doctor several years ago tell me you need to quit your literally told me you need to quit ABC. Literally told me you need to quit that job because it's killing you. I've never had a major I haven't had a hard attack, I haven't had any major anything. So in my mind, I'm being honest ropes. In my mind, I'm good. What I can do. This is how I roll. Sometimes you even say, man, you're superhuman. Say that I shouldn't say that, but seen this happen. And what my issue ends up being is mental versus physical. I have mental issues and struggles because I don't have enough sleep, and I'm punchy, and I'm not in a good mood and I'm not loving enough, and I got an attitude that stuff happens. But physically, you could take me outside right now I'll run a half marathon.

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Speaker 4: I know you will.

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Speaker 3: But mental ends up affecting the physical and you know that. And look, I used to be that person.

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Speaker 4: People used to joke and say, who do you think I am? Amy? They called me dormat.

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Speaker 3: I had lots of names because I always said yes and I never said no. Once I went through what I went through, that changed. And please, please, babe, please hear Megan's words. Take them to heart seriously, because I know sometimes it just takes the right message at the right time, on the right day for it to.

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Speaker 4: Land and to hit. And maybe maybe maybe you.

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Speaker 3: Can start making some choices of prioritizing you. You You're the most important thing in this relationship. We have the fact that you are here, and I don't care what mood you're in. I need you here and I want you. I want you to get the sleep you need and the rest you need.

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Speaker 1: I'll ignore you, I don't listen to you for years, but I'll listen to making the stallion. That's stupid as well. No, I'm not saying she's not the right messenger. I'm saying, why does it take something like this? It could take something worse for not somebody else outside but before me.

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Speaker 2: It's a shame. I'm Megan the Stallion. God.

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Speaker 1: We just hope she takes care and she's getting the wake up call before something awful happens. I ain't got the message yet. I admit I'm sucking at this and I'm sorry. I apologize, babe. This wasn't what the episode no, but I'll stay on.

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Speaker 4: You because I do think that is.

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Speaker 3: But even what's happened to her, I do think part of what would make her feel good is knowing that someone else saw what happened to her and it prevented them from going through the same thing. That is a big part of being public about and she didn't have any choice but to be public with what happened on Tuesday night. But sometimes it's those moments when I can tell you, having lived through something really really scary and awful, to know that someone else might be able to make a change before they end up in the same place is actually such a huge reward. So you'd be actually, yes, it would actually be an honor to her to know where to hear that she had an impact on.

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Speaker 1: So Megan the Stallion, thank you and I love you, and Robes I am sorry. Like I apologize, I know my behavior and my attitude is not good, it's not loving, and you're suffering because I am making choices having to do with my health and my sleep. It's not just about me, it's about other people around me. So I will I'll say, I apologize, I'm sorry. I've been trying to do better on this, and Megan the stallion is just highlighted on a day that I am having maybe one of the worst days I've had.

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Speaker 2: All year when it comes to myself. So I apologize to you. Megan.

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Speaker 1: Keep her in your thoughts, of course, but we always appreciate you spending some time here with us. I am an.

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Speaker 2: Exhausted DJ holmes on behalf of my dear Amy Robot. We'll talk to y also