Megan Thee Stallion Goes Bare In Stunning Women’s Health Cover Story… As Rapper Opens Up About Recovery Journey After Tory Lanez Shot Her In The Foot: ‘I Was Depressed’

Megan Thee Stallion looked absolutely stunning in the latest issue of Women’s health – posing completely naked.

The stunning rapper, 29, showed off her shape for the magazine’s Body Issue.

Megan rocked wavy locks for the stunning shoot as she posed up a storm naked.

Megan spoke out about overcoming her pain and hurt from the aftermath of her former friend Tony Lanez shooting her in the foot in July 2020 after a party they attended together.

The singer also endured hate from other artists and others – who questioned her recollection of that night – despite being the victim.

‘I knew I wasn’t myself. It took me a while to recognize that I was depressed, she said in the interview, becoming emotional.

The star entered therapy to work on her mental health and also began exercising to focus her energy on something positive.

Megan works out four to five times a week, doing pilates, going to the gym to do stair master or elliptical, and working with her two trainers.

Megan, who has designed a sportswear collection for Nike, also enjoys working out on the beach, running up and down the sand for 40 minutes as cardio.

She also does strength training and said she does leg extensions, goblet squats, hip thrusts, weighted sit ups, lat flies, goblet squats, leg extensions, renegade rows, lat pulldowns to name a few.

The star also changed her diet, reducing the amount of red meat, cognac, soda, juice, tuna meal and bread she ate.

Her daily meal plan usually includes a smoothie or green juice for breakfast, salmon with vegetables for lunch and dinner, with vegetables as her snack of choice.

She adds that she still enjoys dark chocolate and pepper cheese, but doesn’t ‘go overboard’.

Megan says she also journals daily in the morning, meditates, prays, plays with her dogs, listens to music and applies a face mask.

She said that ‘alone time is something I need’ and that she enjoys her mornings of self-care.

“I like to get up and be at peace,” the star said, adding that she loves taking a shower because she loves the sound of water.

After the shooting, Megan was unable to walk and had to undergo surgery to remove the bullet fragments.

It took a long time for Megan to heal her emotional trauma from it, as she chatted with the outlet about her mental health after the assault.

‘A lot of people didn’t treat me like I was human for a long time. I feel like everyone has always been used to me being the fun and happy party girl. I saw people build me up, tear me down and be confused by their expectations of me.’

Adding: ‘As a black woman, as a darker black woman, I also feel like people expect me to take the punches, take the beatings, take the lashings and handle it with grace. But I’m human.’

Months after the assault, Megan said she started crying before going on stage – and became depressed as she tried to heal mentally and physically from it.

“Before I went on stage, I was crying half the time because I didn’t want to (perform), but I also didn’t want to upset my fans,” she said, adding that those were “dark times.”

‘I didn’t want to get (out) from under the covers. I stayed in my room. I didn’t want to turn on the light. I had blackout curtains. I didn’t want to see the sun. I knew I wasn’t myself. It took me a while to recognize that I was depressed. But once I started talking to a therapist I was able to be honest with myself.’

Megan also shared that she ended relationships that weren’t serving her and took her social media off her phone.

She started to focus on her health and herself, which changed her life: ‘Working on myself made me exercise because I needed to focus my energy somewhere else. I used to train to escape and to be happy,” she said.

Tory Lanez was sentenced in August 2023 to 10 years in prison for three weapons offenses stemming from shooting her in the foot during their drunken argument in July 2020 after a party.

His 10-year sentence includes six years for his first charge of assault with a semi-automatic firearm and four years added for causing bodily harm to her.

His third charge of having a loaded firearm in the car led to a two-year sentence, which will run concurrently to the 10 years he is currently serving.

He pleaded not guilty to all charges.

After the sentencing, he immediately appealed and asked for bail – the bail request was refused.

The July 12, 2020, shooting happened after they attended a pool party together at Kylie Jenner’s house.

During the trial, Megan recounted that evening, said an argument ensued, and Megan asked the driver to stop the car so she could get out.

In the car were Meghan, Tory and her friend and assistant Kelsey Harris.

Meghan said Tory shouted ‘Dance b***h’ and fired the gun five times at her, injuring her feet, which ended up requiring surgery.

She said he offered her and Kelsey a million dollars to keep quiet and not report the incident when he was on probation.

Meghan also said he apologized later and said he was drunk at the time of the shooting.

Meghan has dealt with people questioning her experience and siding with Tory – since the shooting.

One of the biggest Tory supporters appears to be Drake, who called for his release from prison – in a social media post he shared in February 2024.

His questionable post comes after he rapped a lyric in his 2022 song Circo Loco featuring 21 Savage, casting doubt on her story and even going so far as to suggest she was lying.

He rapped: This f***h lie ’bout getting shot but she still a stud.’

Meghan hit back at Drake via her social media, slamming him and writing: ‘Stop using my shooter for punch b***ha** ****-! Since damn it’s cool to joke (with) women getting shot!

“Ready to boycott shoes and clothes, but the dog gangs up on a black woman when she (says) one of you homeboys abused her.”