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Hey, y'. All, what's up? It's Lauren the Rosa. And this is another episode of the Latest with Lauren the Rosa. This is your daily dig on all things pop culture, entertainment news, and all of the conversations that shake the room, baby. Now, first we have to do the thing that we do over here where we check in behind the scenes of the grind and checking in behind the scenes of the grind today. I mean, I'm just happy that it's almost Friday. I'm gonna just be honest with you guys. Like, I am looking forward so much. Just been in the holiday weekend. Easter is coming up with my family and just taking that time to do so that that I have been counting down. I, I kicked off the week, not the week, but I kicked off kind of like my weekend or I was supposed to be kicking off my weekend. We're heading on over to see Meg thee Stallion on Broadway in Moulin Rouge. And that completely went left field. I just wrapped. And you guys can catch those live now. I just wrapped two interviews about that experience, the Broadway one with Inside Edition and one with the Good Morning America where we talked about the fact that I went to go see Meg thee Stallion on Broadway and abruptly the show stopped because Meg got sick and was taken to the hospital. Literally, very abruptly, not planned. So you guys can imagine I would say that it caused a shakeup, but honestly, it didn't. Like, I mean, they paused for a second in the moment. It felt like, what the hell is happening? Super confusing. But then they continued on. But now it's the after conversation of what happened. So I received a statement from a spokesperson for Meg the Stallion. And that statement says, on Tuesday evening, Megan was transported to a local hospital to undergo a medical evaluation after experiencing concerning symptoms. Dr. Doctors ultimately identified extreme exhaustion, dehydration, low metabolic levels as the cause of her symptoms. Megan has since been treated, discharged, and is now resting. Megan is incredibly grateful for the prayers in the well wishes from her supporters and is looking forward to resuming her role as Ziddler on Moulin Rouge or at Moulin Rouge on Thursday. Now Meg Thee Stallion herself posted to her Instagram as well. Just thanking people for the support and providing some more information. So Megan posted a photo of her from Ziddler from Moulin Rouge and she says, last night was a real wake up call for me. I've been pushing my, myself past my limits lately. Running on, running on empty. My body said enough. It's honestly scary for me. I thought I was going to faint on stage, which is crazy because watching her, you couldn't tell that. Like, I think that's the scariest part about all of this. You know, her saying that she felt like she was going to faint and then you're bringing in dehydration and exhaustion and all these things. You could not tell that when she was on that stage, y'. All. And again, she wasn't. She wasn't there long like she was. She didn't appear too many times on stage prior to the moment that we're talking about where she had to no longer be on the stage. But the times that she appeared, like, I literally remember sitting and thinking like, okay, number one, the cast was just fire. It was very timely. Like, the music that they use to create the Moulin Rouge vibe wasn't like, I thought it was gonna be timepiece stuff. So I thought the music was going to be like a lot of older, like ballady, you know, like those type of things that it wasn't like they were doing Britney Spears, Whitney Houston, Tina Turner. It was a vibe. But Meg thee Stallion fit right in. Like, her energy, her voice, even though she's not like a sanger at all, but just even in her speaking role. Because Ziddler is more of like the orchestrator of all of the madness in, in the show. Because Ziddler is the person that is running the Cabaret, the Moulin, the Moulin Rouge location. But you know how Meg thee Stallion has that like animated high voice. It just fit with the show. She looked good. She fit with the cast. She didn't feel like the celebrity on the stage at Broadway. And I'm very surprised to hear this. But, you know, you don't always know what that looks like. Exhaustion and all the things that she is claiming. And she then continues to go on to say that she hates letting people down. She wants to be real with the hotties who are her, you know her, know her followers because they mean everything to her. But she just needs a day of rest. She says she'll be back on that stage this coming Thursday, stronger, clearer, and ready to give you 100% the way you deserve. Thank you for always riding with me and loving me through everything. The hotties was in the building, okay, because there was a few girls, there was a few ladies who got up and left Once it was announced that Meg would not be returning back onto the stage as well as, like, people just sitting there with well wishes. I stayed as long as I could. I didn't finish the show though, but I said as long as I could because I still wanted to see the show. And it was great. The understudy who came in for megdasign was great. The rest of the cast was great as well. Like the lead who plays Celestine, the woman who plays her, her voice is like, not real. Like, at one point we thought, well, I, I knew, I'm like, this is live. There's no way that this is like pre taped that much. I know. They probably might add some like, you know, support vocals, but to hear a person sing live and sound the way that the lead of the place sounded was everything but. Yeah, just, I don't know, it's just I didn't expect sitting there in the show for any of that to happen. And then I was talking to, I reached out and just text Charlemagne and Envy because I was trying to figure out what was going on when after I reached out to Meg's next team and they didn't tell me anything, right? I hit them and I'm like, yo, can y' all reach out to somebody that y' all may know in the camp? Because I need to know what's going on. Number one. Just as a person sitting here in this theater who was being told not to go anywhere to sit down, have a seat, right? That was number one. Just make sure I'm cool. But number two, also now it's like the journalist in me is kicking in. I made notes inside of the theater just in the moment of things. Cuz, like, I just wanted to document everything that was happening and I didn't even remember taking these notes. That's how fast everything happened. When I came in to work the following day, I, I, I remembered or I saw these notes. So at 7:40pm they paused the show and asked the crew to clear the stage and said that they'd be making an update for the audience. But to stay seated. And then I just talked a little bit about some of the songs that, you know, they were doing. Like Elton John. I told you guys, Britney Spears, Tina Turner. When I heard what's Love Got to Do With It, I was like, okay, so this, this I, I like. They take the newer songs or, I mean, not. That song's not super new, but you guys get what I mean. Like songs that you recognize and identify with, but they make it fit within the love story of Moulin Rouge. Now I do want to go back. I do want to go back on Thursday. I should actually try and buy a ticket right now. I think I'm do that. I want to go back on Thursday. I'm gonna purchase a ticket because I doubt anybody won't invite me because I don't put this story out. But I didn't know that the story would do all of this, y'. All. Like, I. I really didn't. I didn't. I knew that it was news and I knew that I was going to make it news, but I had no idea, you know, the reach and the legs that this thing would have. But I think it's because, you know, people are just nosy, if we've been honest. People love anything drama and, and it had all of the, you know, the elements. But I think that there just is a really. There's a crowd of people who are really invested in Meg thee stallion. Whether it's for positive things because you care about her, you wanted the hotties you want to support, or it's for negative things. Following everything with Tory Lanez, like, I think that there are people on both sides that are super, super invested and I can see why, you know, she is doing like pushing herself to the limit that she's pushing herself. Not that I think that it's right, but I can understand it just because of how big the conversation around her gets. She's superstar, so I get it. So I'll keep you guys posted. I'm actually going to go in. I'm gonna buy some tickets to return back to Moulin Rouge on Thursday. We'll let you know how the full show with Megdasan goes when I am able to do so.
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We were told to be seated. And people keep asking me in these interviews that I'm doing, did they turn the house lights on? Like, you know, how much of an abrupt stop was this? And. And I'm gonna tell you guys, this is how I knew, because when I reached out to Meg's team, they're like, oh, you know, it's just intermission. It's just, you know, that happens on Broadway. And I'm like, I've been to a Broadway play several times. This is not intermission. They never turned the house lights on. Really, what they did was. Is like, they kept. They lit it up more than it was lit when the actors were on the stage, as you guys are going to be able to see, but. And they had some music playing in the background. But it's every. As you. Literally, people were just sitting here, and we're just in quiet and we're. Wait. Like, we're kind of like on the edge of our seats waiting to hear what the next instruction would be. Because we were told in the first announcement that came over the speaker in the house that we would be receiving more instruction. No. You know, so security wasn't super high specifically because Meg the Stallion was there. That's another thing, too, that, you know, as I'm painting the picture of this, that I want people to understand, and which is why I thought maybe there was even, like, something related to security that might have happened because security was normal. Like, you know, there was the security check when you walked in the door or the Hirschfeld Theater. There were, you know, the guards who help escort you to your seats in all black. Of course, there's security on the. Out front of the doors before you walk in through the, you know, security scanners. But other than that, that I saw at least not in the theater. I don't know what her backstage is like, whether she. I'm sure she has, like, other guard. I mean, I would be. I would be so confused if she did not. So I'm put. Maybe there are other guards in the back with her, you know, for her personal, like, persons. But from what we saw in the theater, security was just normal. Security was very normal for it to be, you know, Magda Stallion on Broadway. But again, this is also kind of normal in that area where celebrities come. They pop into Broadway for several weeks at a time, and the Broadway goers just come and see the celebrity. Like, they're not there to harm or, you know, like, any bad intentions. But I think it's so crazy though, the world that we're in and just how, you know, what it was, too? It was the Rihanna story. Like, reporting on that Rihanna story and just seeing how, like, obsessed and crazy fans can be. I think my first instinct and my first thought with this was something security wise must have happened, and they. They're having to, like, lock it down, get her out of here, make sure she saved. That was literally my first thought, like, and that's what made me call her team so fast, because I'm like, you know, if anybody is going to. Before it was about reporting the story, I was really just trying to make sure that, like, I knew for myself what the hell was going on. And I'm like, if anybody's gonna know, her team is going to know because they have to, like, make sure she's good too. So. Moulin Rouge, I have not seen the movie. I only knew what it was about before going into the show because I reported about the fact that Meg Thee Stallion was making her Broadway debut during. During this play. And also, like, loosely, because of the song with like, Christina Aguilera and like, whatever, you know, I knew somewhat, very loosely, the tale of Moulin Rouge. But I'm gonna be honest with you, I looked more into it because Meg Thee Stallion was on Broadway. And I will say, when Candy wrapped in Juliet, Candy Burris, formerly of Real Housewives of Atlanta. We've also had her here on the podcast. You guys can go watch or listen to that interview in full. When we had her here on the podcast, she had just wrapped Broadway. And when she wrapped, I reached out to a really good publicist friend that I know that does PR for all the. The Broadway shows. And I asked, like, you know, what does Magda like, what we're seeing? Candy, you know, Burris, Magda Stallion, you know, Denzel did Othello not too long ago, just to name a few. You know, very, like, super big names. You know, Meg the Stallion is very young on Broadway. And I wanted to know, like, why, like, you know, I think during a certain time period in television and movies or whatever, I think things were very much like, for the goers of that storyline, right? So everybody in the Moulin Rouge theater was like, very, very French, very, you know, so, like, it felt like, okay, these are people who have been so invested in Moulin Rouge and these characters or whatever, but then now you have the Meg the Stallion element. So she's bringing people like me who loosely know Moulin Rouge. But want to see Meg the Stallion and. But also love live theater and live performance. Right? And I was like, why are celebrities jumping to do this right now? It's not the pay. So what is it? Like, why? And what my friend told me was like, you know, it's different for different people. There are some celebrities who do it just because it's, like, always been a goal of theirs. There are some celebrities that do it because they're trying to prepare themselves for, like, something else, whether it's an acting role or, you know, another play. There are some celebrities who do it because they want to be taken more seriously about things. I know Candy Burris, who we, you know, talked to from formerly of Real Housewives of Atlanta. She mentioned, you know, going back to theater and doing certain things because she wanted to be taken more serious after reality tv when she was auditioning for things like the shy and things that she was doing. And I. I don't know what Meg the Stallion's, you know, like, what she plans to do after this. I know nothing. Roc Nation is just loosely done, you know, their strategy and intent and focus and passion behind everything. So I'm excited to see what comes out of this and kind of what this was preparation for. But, yeah, I never, like, no, I wasn't like, a person that just subscribed to all things Moulin Rouge, but a lot of the people there were, like. They were like, die hard. Like. Yeah. And that's why, like, when I talk about people getting up and leaving the show, I make it a point to. After it was announced that Meg Thee Stallion wasn't going to continue as Zettler Ziggler, I make the point to say that majority of the audience stayed. And this is no shade to make the Stallion love her down. And again, she was doing amazing. But a lot of the people in that audience were people that were die hard Moulin Rouge fans, not just Meg Thee Stallion. You know what's crazy? So. So the question in the room was, do I think they're trying to push Meg Thee Stallion into, like, TV more and things like, of that nature? And you guys mentioned what was the TV show Fall and Rising of Reggie Dinkins? You know, what's crazy is as. As much as I follow celebrity news and. And, you know, pop culture and stuff, I know that Meg the Stallion had done, like. I know she's, like, big in anime, and she was working. She's working on something with the Boondocks, but I didn't know how, like, the. The few, like, TV things, like, I Had heard about something with her in the Hawk, but for some reason, it didn't click in my brain that she was like an actor in it. I thought maybe she was going to just be like, creating some music for it or whatever. But that also came up on the Breakfast Club as well, too. And I'm like, maybe. So it would make a lot of sense, because I'm gonna be honest with y'. All. Like, I've seen Meg the Stallion perform, just as Meg thee Stallion, the music artist. One hell of a performance. She performs down, okay. Dancing, singing. Baby, the knees be working. You know, all of that. When I say singing, I mean, like, little cute stuff because, you know, she's a rapper, right? But it'd be. Look, you know, she's. She'll get a little melodic at some, but rapper like performance, but I think she would be. She'd be. She's going to be amazing in this space. Whatever they're trying to grow her to or whatever this, you know, this round of Broadway is. Is stretching her. Her palette for she. She gonna kill it. Because again, as I didn't get to see much of her, and I am going to go back, but what I saw, she fit right in with the audience. Like, I mean, not with the audience. She fit right in with the cast. Like, she was keeping up. She was holding her own. So that has been another episode of the Latest with Lauren LaRosa. I love it when I could take you guys on location with me. The latest, you know, spins all things celebrity, news, entertainment, conversations that shake the room. But a lot of times, it's like we outside, we. We are the latest on location. And our latest location just happened to be Broadway from Moulin Rouge, the night that Magda Stallion, you know, fell ill and had to abruptly leave the show. So brought you guys straight live into that. I appreciate you guys being here with me, my low riders. I tell you every single episode, y' all could be anywhere with anybody, but you choose to be with me. I appreciate you guys and I'll catch you on my next one. This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human.