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Meg Thee Stallion & Klay Thompson: Love, Lies, or Moving Too Fast?
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Lauren LaRosa
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Lauren LaRosa
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Lauren LaRosa
Hey, y', all, what's up?
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It's Lauren LaRosa. And this is the latest with Lauren LaRosa. This is your daily dig on all things pop culture, entertainment news, and all of the conversations that shake the room, baby. Now I'm going to check in behind the scenes of the grind, because y' all know that is how we get started here on the latest. So let's check in. Y', all, I am still recovering from Atlanta. Literally, like, you know how you be like, I'm getting old, and I'm 34, and I have a hard time with being like, I'm getting old. So I say, like, you know, I'm. I'm aging with maturity and grace, but my body has been on fire, like, from being on my feet in heels for all those hours at the festival. But, man, did we have a good time. We had such a great time, but I've never experienced nothing. Like, I had to literally, like, to take Advil and lay out and push my flight back in Atlanta and fly in later Sunday night to get back at the head of this week just because I was like, y', all, I'm gonna get on this plane and I'm gonna be miserable because my. I was just. I was just so in pain. And the only thing I could think of is from being on my feet in those hills for all those hours. So I'm recovering and coming up out of that. But we are headed to a red carpet event. Y' all know the work don't stop. So I'll be bringing you guys live into that event and telling you guys more about, you know, what the red carpet is for with the mo is and who the celebrities are that we'll be talking to. So look out for that in our next episode. If I, as I take you guys literally on the scene for the latest in movie releases. Now let's get into the latest because I got a conversation that I am interested in having with you all today about Ms. Meg the Stallion and her now ex boyfriend, Klay Thompson, and whether she moved too fast or he just played that very well. Let's get into it. So Mega Stallion and Klay Thompson, they've been dating since. Since the summer of 2025. It was around July 2025 when Meg the Stallion saw, I would say, soft launch, but it was like we were all like, wait, what is that? Thompson in the background of her photo. So Meg the Stallion was on a resort of sorts. She was sitting by the pool. And behind her, this was in July 2025. And behind her at the pool, just chilling on, like, a chair, was Klay Thompson. And, like, she posted the photo and. And said nothing about him much in the. Like, like, almost as if he wasn't there. And then later reports were confirmed that it was him and that they were dating, even though they didn't really say too much. Now, following this, Klay Thompson also had, like, posted a swipe through with her in it. It was around the time when he had opened up a new business of sorts, and she was there to support. And you don't see her face, but, like, it's her from behind. She has the big curly hair, same big curly hair that she had in the bikini photo. And they're kissing and it's just very obvious. So, like, okay, they both roll each other out. This is in July of 2025. So since then, we've seen them date, like, and be in a relationship. They then popped out at Meg the Stallion's gala that she hosted. It was the Pete and Thomas foundation, which was a gala in New York City, raising money for a lot of the community work that she does under, you know, you know, in honor of her, her mother, and just, you know, different community causes that she leans into. This was July 16, 2025. So I don't know how long they have been dealing with each other prior to July, because there weren't even, like, rumblings. Normally with celebrities you get like, a little bit of, like, rumored reports, but nothing confirmed. And, like, little rumblings here and there. There was nothing. They played this so well. So I don't even really know how long for sure. And none of us do. They were dating prior to, you know, starting to post little, little hints of things on Instagram. But that red carpet, I remember that being such a big deal because at that red carpet, Klay Thompson was asked about Meg thee stallion, and he spoke about who she was as a person. And we were like, oh. And she also spoke about him. She called him one of the nicest people she has ever met. I have never dated somebody so kind. Like, this is my first relationship where I ever been with somebody who's genuinely a nice person. And he makes me genuinely happy. Like, I just never dated somebody like him before. And I'm just grateful that he here by my side and he feel the same way about me. And I think that's what it was for us, right? Like, okay, I. I don't know extensively everyone that Klay Thompson has dated, but I remember when I worked at tmz, they would always talk about the fact that, like, he ran around with, like, models and Instagram girls like that type. But I do remember him dating Coco Jones because I remember it being rum that the breakup was really bad because he was cheating allegedly. Right. But that came and went. Like, a lot of people I feel like, don't even associate him with Coco Jones at all. But moving forward, now he's with Meg, and we're watching him. And, you know, for a lot of us, because Meg Thee stallion has had relationships that basically went a lot of nowhere. Like, you know, her and Partisan Fontaine, writer, music artist. That was a thing for a while, and then that ended pretty badly with them throwing shots at each other on diss tracks. Meg Thee Stallion accused party of cheating. Pardi accused megdestallion of just being a horrible person and just not handling him the right way as a man, introducing him to men that she had had sex with and just concealing a lot of details from him. Of course, we all know about the brief stint with Tory Lanez because that was such a big deal. And for those of you guys who don't remember, Tory Lanez, who is currently sitting in jail right now, who's currently sitting behind bars right now serving time for the shooting of Meg Thee Stallion, that all started because they were friends during the pandemic. They were hanging out. They bonded over the fact that they both lost their mothers and just partying, having a good time. Tory Lanez was dating Meg the stallion's best friend at the time, Kelsey, who she's also no longer friends with, over the situation. And it. It just exploded, literally one night following a party at Kylie Jenner's house, which is when the whole shooting went down. And then we found out later that me, the stallion, had actually slept with Tory Lanez, that they were involved in a relationship of sorts, even though he was dating her friend prior to when she hooked them up. Now, before this, there was, or, I'm sorry, not even before this, but kind of like in the rumblings of all of this, you also had, you know, she was rumored to be dating Trey songs, and there were some photos that leaked of them. There was the soccer player from overseas. The only photos that I remember ever seeing of them, though was, like, at a wedding. She was like his, like, date to a wedding. But she was. I mean. Oh, and the Tory Craig guy. I remember that one because she did the video on Tik Tok with him. The couples challenge. Now, granted, throughout all of these situations, Meg the stallion is single right at the time, so she can date. She can do what she wants to do. But I mentioned all of those because if any of you guys have been locked in and following her relationships, they've never amounted to something that we thought Klay Thompson and Meg Thee Stallion had the potential to amount to. And let me explain when I say that, and it's not because he's, you know, a very successful NBA player, rich, like, you know, all the things. It just seemed like when Megan was dating Klay Thompson that, you know, he pulled up a certain way and presented himself a certain way. Very elevated, very pulled together. There were some people even calling him corny when he started dating her because of, you know, how together he seems. Like he's out the way from what it seems. He's golfing. You know, he's into things that, like, we didn't know that Meg the Stallion would be into because before that, you know, we're hearing her talk about things completely opposite, right? Like it's hot girl summer, she outside. But when you meet, you know, a certain type of man, there are women that, you know, they try to pull themselves together to elevate to where their man is at. And I think men a lot of times will, like, they take pride in coming into a woman's life and like, changing her life, changing her mindset, changing her ability to feel vulnerable enough and soft enough to even be open to, like, stepping away from the hot girl summer, stepping away from driving a boat and really locking in with somebody. You know, it had gotten to a point, like, you're seeing all these videos of Meg and Clay, and he's picking her up from the airport and, you know, they're at home cooking. And, you know, there were like breakup rumors at one point, and then they posted a video chilling in the house. And, you know, he just always seemed very in love with her and vice versa. Not that she wasn't, but vice versa. It never seemed one sided at all. Not whatsoever. And when we were talking about this on the Breakfast Club, you know, Charlemagne and Envy mentioned. Well, we saw a lot of things, but we didn't see it from Clay. But Clay leaned in. Like, I remember when Clay came at Michael Rappaport because of some of the things that he had said about Meg thee stallion and why Clay Thompson wasn't performing well, right? Like, he jumped to the fender in that situation, you know, like he's posted her on his Instagram. I remember him saying that, like, he had the best birthday ever because of her. But here's where I understand the conversation that all the men around this are having where it's like, okay, all of those things are cool, but where's the real commitment? Because you could take anybody home to be around your family. She was cooking for Meg. She was cooking for Clay Thompson's family. During the holidays, Clay Thompson's dad actually did an interview talking about how Amazing her cooking was. Let's take a listen to that.
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Klay Thompson's Dad
Thanksgiving dinner was the best Thanksgiving food I've ever eaten. Megan the stallion should be Megan the chef. That's how good the food was. It was unbelievable. She went out of her way to make sure everybody was well fed. We had to take tons of bags home. There was so many leftovers, so our guests had to take home. And it was one of the best Thanksgivings we ever had, thanks to Megan.
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Lauren LaRosa
You then have megdasallian posted, like, a house and some keys on her Instagram and was, like, basically made the announcement that they had, like, moved in together. But it was a very, like, vague, encoded caption, because I remember I reached out to her rep, and I'm like, hey, is she confirming that they live together? Because within that same, like, week or two, she was also on a carpet, and she was talking about manifesting marriage as well. So I tried to do a whole story about where they were in their relationship, like, if marriage was a conversation or anything. And her team shut it down. Like, they didn't want to. Like, no, not at all. But a lot of what we were seeing was being put out there by Megan, but he wasn't running from it. And I understand that. Like, okay, moving in together isn't a real commitment. Meeting someone's parents is not a real commitment. The gifts he brought in, like, a. Like, a Bentley truck for her birthday after he had an amazing birthday, and she showed out for his birthday. Right? So you have all these things that are being done, and it seems like she's able to finally live in all of her softness and her femininity, and that's all us girls want, for real. Like, we just want somebody that, like, we can sit back and y' all take the driver's seat, and we just, you know, nurture and, like, make their things turn to gold in our own way, but, like, supporting the man as
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the forefront of it.
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Right. But the conversation a lot of the men are having is, you know, they. There's still no marriage. There's no ring. There's no real commitment. And there's always been a conversation around Meg about men that she's dated, how frequently she's dated, how open about it she's been. And I think anytime a woman is single, like, Lori Harvey gets the same thing. We've talked about that here on the podcast. Anytime a woman is single, that's the conversation. But I do think that it's a double standard that we, as women, were never going to get around. So even me like, when I was single, I was very cautious about, like, I would talk about being single, and you might hear me talk about a couple instances here and there, but nothing too crazy. But you weren't seeing me with anybody at all. And I'm no Meg the stallion. I'm not comparing myself. I'm just saying that as women, you know that, like, there are just certain things, you know, you can't escape. Certain conversations you know, will be thrown at you because you are a woman and because of how people put the standard, you know, next to us, that they don't put next to other people. Right. Like, right now, no one's running down Klay Thompson's track list of women at all. A lot of them we don't even know about. We only know certain things. But even the things that we know, he's not being talked about in a way where it's like, oh, is he the problem? He's being talked about in a way, like, yo, stop playing with Klay Thompson. Meg didn't put him on. He's been Klay Thompson. Here's all the women that he's dated. On the other hand, Meg thee stallion is being talked about like, well, what's wrong with her? Why can't she keep a man? Or she needs to be taking a break. And I'm not mad at anybody for having any conversation they think should be had. I'm just talking about the difference in the two. Um, so. So that has been a narrative around all of this.
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Weezy
This is weezy. Wtf from Decisions, decisions. You know, a lot of us grew up not fully trusting the health care system. And honestly, the system has given us plenty of reasons to feel that way. But now it's time for us to take control of the conversation, to take control of our sexual health. Learn the facts, ask questions, and advocate for ourselves. That's how we start changing the story. So let's talk. We like to think HIV is something that affects other people, but it is hitting our own community hard. Black women make up about 13% of women in the US but account for nearly half of all new HIV diagnoses around women. And being proactive doesn't mean you just don't trust your partner. It just means you trust yourself enough to stay in control. So know your options, ask questions, and protect your peace and your body. That's real power. Because protecting yourself isn't embarrassing, it's responsible. Sex is normal. Protecting yourself should be normal too. Actually, it's kind of badass. Taking control of your sexual health is grown woman Energy sponsored by Care for the Culture from Gilead Sciences.
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Lauren LaRosa
Okay, so quick behind the scenes moment about my business. Because people always ask me, like, how do I actually run everything? So Shopify is literally the platform where I turn this tiny idea into a business. But before this, I was really just like popping up at any in person event, any vending opportunity I could, which I still do. But I wasn't really as focused online. I was like, you know, the websites are going to be too much to build out. I'm not like a super techy person, even though I can make things cute. And I didn't want to put up a website that would run my customers away. I wanted it to be efficient, to be easy. And Shopify helped me build broncogrinding.com out. Once I switched to Shopify, it finally clicked, like, okay, I can actually do this. It's not about it being tough. It's about using the right platform to make it easy. Shopify takes all of the guesswork out. I build my own store, I manage my community, own my own customer relationships. Plus, this is my favorite thing. Shopify gets my products everywhere. I'm able to link stuff through Google, YouTube, TikTok, Shop the Shop app, even ChatGPT and Instagram, which is very important for me. And Shopify's AI co founder, sidekick, game changer, let me tell y'.
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Right, so it's helped me not only optimize my site, it helps me look at my sales trends, it updates my product skills. All the stuff I'm absolutely not an expert in, but it's like having a genius business partner that never sleeps. And right now, the Brongard Grinding storefront is. And the Black Effect storefront is busy. And Shopify is handling all of the heavy lifting. I love that for us. I am pumped, like so pumped that Shopify is going to show up at the Black Effect Podcast festival this year in a big way. And I will be there preaching this platform to all of the small black owned businesses that partner with us. So if you've been sitting on an idea, or if you're ready to scale, which you've already started, this is your sign. Go to shopify.com Ben if I can do it, you can do it too.
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Lauren LaRosa
from. Outside looking in. I did think, like, I was very shocked to. To. To find out, you know, that Meg the Sign and Klay Thompson were breaking up and why. So Magda posted to her Instagram that he had been. She alleges he had been cheating and that they were just playing house and he got cold feet and he told her that he doesn't think he can be monogamous. I was very shocked by this. Extremely shocked. And part of it was, you know, even if he is an NBA player with tons of money, tons of exposure, tons of resources, it very much did seem like he was leaning in. Like, you know, he was preparing himself to be within something serious. Now, he might have. We still have not heard from Klay Thompson. He might have been, and it just switched for him somewhere. Or maybe he realized that he had gotten himself into something that he actually wasn't ready to fully commit to, and that was his way of trying to be honest or whatever. We don't know. These are all assumptions. I've reached out to Klay Thompson's team and no response. I don't even know if he will respond to this, to be honest, because I feel like, as a man, it just doesn't. Depending on what he says, it won't help his side of things like it. I think it has more potential to backfire on him than it does on her for speaking out and saying something. And that's another thing, too. I don't know if going to Instagram with this was the best thing. I think on one hand, Megan Stion is a big name celebrity, right? So if she's getting ahead of what she thinks, we, the public is about to find out. Maybe it's about him and another woman or like, you know, a baby or whatever, you know, And I'm not saying that these are any of the things that I've confirmed. I'm just thinking why celebrities do things like this and without thinking about emotion first. So we're just thinking about it from a brand and celebrity perspective. It's. Let me control the narrative. Let me put it out here first so that I don't look crazy. I don't look like, you know, the one who got played in this situation. It's a whole different take when a woman comes out and says, I was cheated on. You lied to me, you got cold feet, you played with me. Things normally roll in her favor. Now, on the other side of it, as a woman with emotion, who's, who's been in the, you know, I've done some crazy posts of like, you know, things that I'm feeling in the moment, and then I've been like, oh, my God, why did I do that? I think that's another part of it. It's emotion. Like as a human being, as a woman, it's emotion. Obviously she put a lot of stock into this relationship. If everything that we've been seeing playing out is what was happening, if they were living together, if they were having conversations about marriage and all of the things, there's a lot of stock that has been put in this relationship on her end and it's been very public and he hasn't ran from it being very public. Like, he doesn't need her. That's. It's a crazy conversation that I'm seeing people have, like, she made him, like, very much. Not true. I know I'm not even a sports person and I knew who Klay Thompson was before Meg the Stallion, but I understand that there are some people who got more invested in who he was and what he did and what his day to day was like because they're megdasalian fans. Right. But he didn't need a Meg the Stallion to garner more success. I, I mean, I feel like there was a cool factor that she gave him for sure. Just because of, you know, the fact that she's a rap girl and all the things. But there was also like a lot of like, push back that he got, like, with people bringing up her past and people that she's dated and how she handled past relationships with, you know, Party Fontaine and, and him finding out about like a lot of things, literally, as the world found out, like just her conduct in other relationships. But Klay Thompson didn't need to be with Meg the. In order to be Klay Thompson. He was that already and he still will be following. So I don't even know if he makes a statement in this, and if he does, I mean, the most he can come out and say is, I messed up. I tried to clean it up by telling her the truth, and here we are. Or, you know, I was gonna say maybe we find out that like, he has a completely different side of the story. I just, I just don't know where that gets us at this point. And I don't know if he will. But moral of the story is I think at this point, Meg the stallion should take a break. I think that Megdasia should take a break from the dating situation. I think, you know, it's been, it seems like it's been kind of like hard for her to get to a place with herself where she's able to like, set up the boundaries. She needs to protect herself. She's able to, you know, be vulnerable. Because it's like a weird balance when you're a woman, especially when you're a woman in the public eye. It's like you want to be vulnerable, you want to be in love, but you also want to protect, number one, everything that you've built from a business standpoint, right? Like, you don't want to look stupid. Like, like I said in her posting this, I think a part of it was, I don't want to look dumb. So let me get ahead of it because you've built up this, this major brand as a woman who is like this, this, you know, Meg the Stallion and this, this strong woman who's got through all these things over the last couple years. And then here comes this man, you know, who is a star in his own right, but that you're obviously in love with and, and, and, and throwing your all behind and now you're embarrassed. But I think she should take a break and really just kind of like just be to herself for a bit. And I think when she decides to get back into something, I think she has to realize that, like, at our big Age. Like, if a man wants to do what he wants to do, he's going to do it. And all you can do is, like, you know, date that person and get to know that person enough behind closed doors before it goes public to know that what he wants and what you want are aligned. But I'm not going to hold y', all, because, mind you, like, July, June, July, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, January, March.
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Yeah, it's been like, nine months.
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That is a bit of a time to be dating somebody, but I don't know if I'm moving in with someone in that amount of time. And granted, their relationship is very different than celebrities. And, you know, I feel like you lock in a lot differently, but, like, you can't deal with anybody else in the world. Like, it's such a. In, like a. Like a bubble that you're in when you're a celebrity dating another celebrity. Because sometimes, like, I. I've heard celebrities say when they date, they don't even go out on dates. Like, their first dates are sometimes in, like, yo, come over, I'll cook you dinner type of thing, because they can't be seen. So there's a lot of internal time they may have spent with each other because they couldn't go anywhere because then they would be seen together. We don't know. But I just think she needs to learn to take more time with things. And even. Even when things feel good, it's okay to still protect yourself a bit. And I think that she needs to take some time because I think that, you know, one of the conversations that I know that she's learned. I even know. I would hope that she has learned in this past year just from everything she's been through with the Tory Lanez case and, you know, just building business and trying new things on Broadway is like, she has so much on the line and so much to lose. You gotta be mentally and emotionally okay to power through all these things. Like when she broke up with Party, the song that she dropped, which was a diss song at him, talking about the fact that he cheated. But she talked a lot about herself and just the dark, deep space she was in when. When they were dating, right? And when I was listening to that song, I remember I was preparing to interview Party sometime back with y' all Dr. Me for that interview because of how direct I was with him with the questioning. But I remember just listening to it and being like, yo, Meg, really be going through it internally, like, with, like, depression and how she feels and, you know, and I think emotionally it's a lot when you're like up and down, like when you're happy, when things are good, it's public. And then all of a sudden it's not in the midst of the world dragging her because the people love to drag bag. Okay, now she had a few hiccups publicly. We all know you know the things, but that's one girl that cannot win on the Internet. Okay, before Clarissa Shields couldn't win on the Internet, it was Meg thee stallion and still is.
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Weezy
This is Weezy. WTF from Decisions, decisions. You know, a lot of us grew up not fully trusting the healthcare system. And honestly, the system has given us plenty of reasons to feel that way. But now it's time for us to take control of the conversation, to take control of our sexual health. Learn the facts, ask questions and advocate for ourselves. That's how we start changing the story. So let's talk. We like to think HIV is something that affects other people, but it is hitting our own community hard. Black women make up about 13% of women in the US but account for nearly half of all new HIV diagnosis around women. And being proactive doesn't mean you just don't trust your partner. It just means you trust yourself enough to stay in control. So know your options, ask questions, and protect your peace and your body. That's real power. Because protecting yourself isn't embarrassing, it's responsible. Sex is normal. Protecting yourself should be normal too. Actually, it's kind of badass. Taking control of your sexual health is grown woman energy. Sponsored by Care for the Culture from Gilead Sciences.
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Lauren LaRosa
Okay, so quick behind the scenes moment about my business. Because people always ask me like, how do I actually run everything? So Shopify is literally the platform where I turned this tiny idea into a business. Before this, I was really just like popping up at any in person event, any vending opportunity I could, which I still do. But I wasn't really as focused online. I, I was like, you know, the websites are going to be too much to build out. I'm not like a super techie person, even though I can make things cute. And I didn't want to put up a website that would run my customers away. I wanted it to be efficient, to be easy. And Shopify helped me build brown girlgrinding.com out. Once I switched to Shopify, it finally clicked like, okay, I can actually do this. It's not about it being tough, it's about using the right platform to make it easy. Shopify takes all of the guesswork out. I Build my own store. I manage my community, own my own customer relationships. Plus, this is my favorite thing. Shopify gets my products everywhere. I'm able to link stuff through Google, YouTube, TikTok, Shop the Shop app, even ChatGPT and Instagram, which is very important for me. And Shopify's AI co founder, sidekick, game changer, let me tell y', all, right? So it's helped me not only optimize my site, it helps me look at my sales trends, it updates my product skills, all the stuff I'm absolutely not an expert in, but it's like having a genius business partner that never sleeps. And right now, the Bronco Grinding storefront and the Black Effects storefront is busy and Shopify is handling all of the heavy lifting. I love that for us. I am pumped, like so pumped that Shopify is going to show up at the Black Effect Podcast Festival this year in a big way. And I will be there preaching this platform to all of the small black owned businesses that partner with us. So if you've been sitting on an idea or if you're ready to scale, which you've already started, this is your sign. Go to shopify.com Ben if I can do it, you can do it too.
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Superhuman Podcast Narrator
Imagine an Olympics where doping is not only legal, but encouraged. It's the enhanced games. Some call it grotesque, others say it's unleashing human potential. Either way, the podcast Superhuman documented it all, embedded in the games and with the athletes for a full year.
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David Eagleman
Within probably 10 days, I'd put on £10. I was having trouble stopping the muscle growth.
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Superhuman Podcast Narrator
Listen to Superhuman on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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David Eagleman
There are times when the mind becomes a difficult place to live. This is David Eagleman with the Inner Cosmos podcast. And for Mental Health Awareness Month, we're dedicating a series to understanding the mind when it struggles. I'm joined by doctors, researchers, and those with lived experience. We'll talk with singer songwriter Jule about anxiety.
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Mental Health Podcast Guest
I started living in my car and then my car got stolen. I was shoplifting, I was having panic
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David Eagleman
attacks, I was agoraphobic and making it through hardship.
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Mental Health Podcast Guest
To be present is a learned skill and it's hard to be present.
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David Eagleman
We'll talk with John Nelson about clinical trial, depression and the brain implant that saved his life. What I learned is the procedure made me happy because I'm disease free. And we'll talk with leading experts like Jud Brewer about anxiety and John Hirschfeld about obsessive compulsive Disorder and the science of how the brain can change. This is a month of deeply personal and honest conversations about what happens when the brain goes off course and what we can do about it. Listen to intercosmos on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Lauren LaRosa
But yeah, it's just a lot that you go through. So I feel like whenever you bring somebody into your world knowing that you already deal with a lot publicly and opinion wise, like, you gotta vet the hell out of them and really take the time before you like platform them as like your person. And again, I'm not saying that because like he needed a Meg thee stallion. I'm saying that because Meg thee stallion needs Meg thee stallion. And I think as women a lot of times, like we, especially as we're getting older, I know for myself, as I'm getting older, it's like you begin thinking about things differently. It's like, okay, I do want to like all the things you knew you wanted to do, like marriage, kids, actually spending time building quality of life, right? Like that stuff was always there. But as you get older, you're like, now it's becoming more like you actually like tangible. Like you're in real time creating steps and things to get to that. So when, so when someone comes in your life and it makes you feel good and you know, you lean into it, like, we've all been there, I totally understand what she's going through, but I think you always got to keep your like, sense of like, not sense of self, your sense of like pessimism just a little bit. Like, I don't want us to be self sabotaging as women. And I've talked about that here in the past on the podcast. Like, I self sabotage a lot when it comes to relationships because I've been through so much. I don't trust nobody. I don't trust nothing at all. But I think even when you do decide to trust and lean in, you gotta keep a little bit of peace. Of like, I need to stay, I need you to show, improve, I need you to work for this. And also I think you know, who we are and how we present matters a lot. And I think people come into our lives and they can read what we need instantly because as women a lot of times we give them the playbook. We telling them how we feel, we tell them what we've been through, we're telling them what we're most scared of. So we kind of give those people the playbook of like, how to do everything. Right. So it feels right. And then we end up in these situations. So I don't know. I think you can't. Even if Meg thee stallion takes time to herself after this, doesn't date, whether her and Clay get back together or not, which I don't know if that will happen, because I think once you go public on Instagram or something like this, especially y' all both celebrities now, it looks crazy. Now we looking at you crazy when you go back to him and he look crazy. Because as a man, it's like, bro, she didn't just did all this and now you back up under her. But even whatever she situation she ends up in next, I think there's always going to be a sense of Meg decided you need to know who the fuck she is before she can figure out who she is as a girlfriend, a wife, a mom, or whatever else. But the scariest part of this is it felt like she had gotten to that point. I don't know about you guys and how many of you guys follow this and follow Meg, but it felt like she had gotten to that point. Like, I remember seeing them at that gala that I talked about and just seeing how she was dressed and actually fully dressed. Like, you know, the. The butt ain't hanging out the shirts and all that, and just seeing how elevated and classy she looked standing next to him. And, you know, and I just was like, okay, baby girl's growing up. Like, I could see it clear. I'm like, okay, this is the person that's making her elevate the conversation around herself. But I think it's a dangerous thing when we look at it that way. When it's another person doing it for another person, that's something she has to do for herself. And I just. I don't know her personally. We haven't heard her say much about anything besides the statements that I talked about earlier in this podcast. So I don't even know where her mind is mentally. But it's scary that it gave that it portrayed that. If we felt it on the outside, imagine how she was feeling on the inside, and then, boom, he a cheater and he's not monogamous. But also, too, one of the questions I would love to know, like, if I could sit down with Meg thee stallion a day to talk to her about this is what was the relationship like before we found out that he was cheating? Like, what were the. Were there any signs? Because a lot of times, too, we don't know nothing. We from the outside looking in, we only see Instagram posts, because sometimes there are signs, too, and he doesn't have the. I mean, he's not somebody that, like, you really know too much about in his dating world, but you know that he's dating. And there's been, you know, conversation about him not being faithful in those relationships prior to. There's a lot of questions here, but I want to know how you guys feel in this situation. Is Meg the stallion guilty of putting herself in a bad situation for moving fast, trusting so fast, falling in love so fast? Or is Klay Thompson just another man who's proven that men ain't shit? I'm Lauren LaRosa. Everywhere get in the streets and in the tweets. I want to hear from you guys on this. Let's actually have a real conversation, too, not just me. I don't care if you like Meg, if you like Tori. I don't care about none of that. I want to talk from a perspective of men and women who have dealt with other men and women in relationships, period. I appreciate you guys for tuning in. I tell you, every single episode. Y' all could be anywhere with any old body, but you choose to be right here with me. Me, my low riders. I'll catch you guys in my next episode.
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