The rapper Megan Thee Stallion gave new details on Instagram this week in her account of being shot in Los Angeles this month; saying she was struck in both feet and that “fake stories” about her injuries continued to spread online.
She and the authorities have said little about what took place early on July 12. Also, neither Megan Thee Stallion nor the Los Angeles Police has named a suspect or explained her injuries in detail. The police would not even confirm whether the injuries were gunshot wounds.
There have been a lot of speculations about what really happened to the 25-year-old performer.
Well, here’s what she said…
Megan first described being shot in an Instagram post on July 15, saying that she had “suffered gunshot wounds, as a result of a crime that was committed against me and done with the intention to physically harm me.”
Megan Thee Stallion said that the police took her to the hospital and that she had surgery to remove bullets. She wrote on Instagram, “It was important for me to clarify the details about this traumatic night.”
On Monday night, almost two weeks after that post, Megan Thee Stallion went live on IG to reassure fans that she was well. Also, she thanked her supporters; countering “fake reports from fake sources”.
“I was shot in both of my feet,” she said in the video; breaking into tears. Surgery, Megan said, “was super scary, it was, like, just the worst experience of my life.”
She added that the bullets did not hit any bones or break any tendons; but were “in there” and had to be removed. In neither post did Megan say where the shooting happened.
In the video, she criticized people who she said were spreading rumors about the shooting and those making jokes on social media. “It’s not funny,” she said. “There’s nothing to joke about. It was nothing for y’all to start going and making up fake stories about.”
Megan said that she did not put her hands on anyone before the shooting, adding, “I didn’t deserve to get shot”. And she explained her lack of comment beyond Instagram, saying: “It’s not that I was protecting anybody. I just wasn’t ready to speak.”