Megan Thee Stallion Praises Simone Biles in VMAs Opening Monologue: 'I Deserve a Gold Medal for Being a Bad Bitch'

Mike Coppola/Getty In her opening monologue, the “Hot Girl Summer” singer andawards show hostappeared in a patriotic, one-shoulder bodysuit that channeled the Olympics and name-checkedSimone Biles. “Shout out to Simone Biles. Did she let me borrow this?” Megan said, flaunting her bodysuit, which featured “VMA” emblazoned across her chest. Arturo Holmes/Getty Added the “Mamushi” rapper, “I want to give a shout out to my hotties and my ‘hatties,’ because I know y’all watching, too.

Megan Thee Stallion Recalls Removing Mom Holly from Life Support: 'She Wouldn't Have Wanted to Stay Like This'

Megan Thee Stallion and Holly Thomas in ‘Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words.'.Photo:Amazon MGM StudiosMegan Thee Stallion’s mom Holly Thomas died of a brain tumor in 2019The rapper talks about her loss in her new Prime Video documentaryMegan Thee Stallion: In Her Own WordsMegan says she had to make the difficult decision to pull the plug after her mother was declared brain deadMegan Thee Stallionhas long been open about the pain she faced following the 2019death of her beloved mother— and in her new Prime Video documentary, she pulls back the curtain on that heartbreak even further.

Megan Thee Stallion Says Other Artists Dissing Her 'Makes Me Feel Good': 'I Must Be Some Kind of Competition'

Megan Thee Stallion for Billboard.Photo:Ramona Rosales/Billboard Ramona Rosales/Billboard Megan Thee Stallionhas no problem with her hip-hop peers making diss tracks about her — in fact, she believes it means she’s doing something right. “I’m going to keep doing what I’m doing. If people feel like I’m somebody to aim at, then I must be pretty high up if you’re reaching up at me. I must be some kind of competition,” she said.

Megan Thee Stallion Says She Wants to Collaborate with Taylor Swift: ‘She’s a Stallion Too’ (Exclusive)

Megan Thee Stallion; Taylor Swift.Photo:Steve Jennings/Getty; Gareth Cattermole/TAS24/Getty Steve Jennings/Getty; Gareth Cattermole/TAS24/Getty Megan Thee Stallionis a certifiedSwiftie!In an exclusive conversation with PEOPLE, the“Body”rapper, 29, opens up about how she would love to work on a music project withTaylor Swift.“I love Taylor Swift, and I would like to collab with her one day,” says Megan, who recently teamed up withPepsi, Swift’s boyfriend,Travis Kelce, and other NFL stars for anew commercial.“She’s a stallion too, she’s a tall girl,” Megan adds.

Megan Thee Stallion Sues Blogger for Alleged Harassment and 'Churning Out Falsehoods' Related to Tory Lanez Shooting

Megan Thee Stallion in New York in September 2024.Photo:Kevin Mazur/Getty Kevin Mazur/Getty In the lawsuit, Megan, 29, claims Cooper shared a “deepfake pornographic video” of her to X (formerly Twitter), accused her of having a “severe drinking problem,” questioned her “mental status” and labeled her both an “angry Black woman” and a “lying ass hoe.” The documents also allege the blogger “falsely claimed that the firearm Mr. Peterson used to shoot Ms.