Critics Tried to Slander Megan Thee Stallion With Misinformation. She Found A Way To Fight Back.
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The director of “Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words” explains how the candid documentary aims to set the record straight on the rapper’s disputed story.
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“A lot of people were trying to take control of my narrative and tell my story, so that’s why I even agreed to do the documentary in the first place.”
Speaking in front of a packed crowd at Los Angeles’ TCL Chinese Theatre on Wednesday, Megan Thee Stallion made her biographical vision clear. At her film’s premiere, she explained why she had dared to put her life story on the big screen at just 29 years old.
“Let me just tell my truth and lay it out on the table, because y’all don’t respect shit else but raw and honesty,” she said. “I was trying to be a cookie-cutter celebrity for y’all, but it didn’t work out… so y’all are about to experience Megan Pete for the first time.”
In the documentary, Megan Thee Stallion peels back the curtain of her glamorous rapper persona to tell a candid story of ambition, sorrow and triumph. It is raw, intimate and heartfelt.
The “Late Night” comedian delivered a scorching recap of the former president’s most bonkers, cruel and ridiculous moments.
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"The Tonight Show" announcer Steve Higgins also chimed in.
The late night host asked viewers to imagine the world with one key difference.
“That's what makes it good,” the 60-year-old actor said.
The pop star says the "very oddly specific question" helps her point out the "red flags" in men.
The director of “Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words” explains how the candid documentary aims to set the record straight on the rapper’s disputed story.
Friends, colleagues and admirers from all over show business paid their respects to the music legend.
"It really threw me when we were going through the first show,” the "Saturday Night Live" great said of the incident ahead of the series' 1975 premiere.
A new documentary and a coming-of-age drama are among the films trending across streaming services like Hulu, Max, Disney+ and Peacock.
The “Last Week Tonight” host dreamed of a world where he could “not give a s**t” about the former president’s antics and urged viewers to make it a reality.