Megan Thee Stallion says her psychological well being journey paved the way in which for love with Klay Thompson. The Houston rapper credit remedy periods and self-healing work for opening her coronary heart to the Dallas Mavericks star.

“I think that because finally I started being in a better mind space about myself and my life, and I had already been doing a lot of work to heal me,” Megan informed PEOPLE in an unique interview. “I had been going to therapy, I had a bunch of activities that I started doing for myself; maybe God just opened up that space for me to have somebody that loved me right.”

The three-time Grammy winner didn’t anticipate finding love when she did. She was targeted on therapeutic from deep trauma that left her questioning her personal will to reside.

“Through all of that grief, I was just working and trying to be the best Megan I could be,” she revealed throughout an emotional dialog with Taraji P. Henson on the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation’s inaugural brunch in October 2025. “And I didn’t know I needed therapy until one day, I was just like, Damn, I’m really sad, and it’s really scary how sad I am.”

The “HISS” rapper broke down in tears as she described the second she realized she wanted skilled assist. “And it was, it was like, I didn’t care what happened to me,” she continued. “And I didn’t want to feel like that, like I should care about my life.”

Megan’s psychological well being struggles started after her mom and supervisor Holly Thomas died from a mind tumor in 2019.

The loss despatched her right into a spiral of despair and suicidal ideas that she later explored in her 2024 Prime Video documentary Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words.

The trauma deepened after the 2020 taking pictures involving Tory Lanez. That incident pushed her additional into remedy as a type of restoration and survival.

But the therapeutic work paid off in methods she by no means imagined. Thompson, 36, entered her life when she was lastly able to obtain love correctly.

“This is one of the first times that I’ve ever been just overly comfortable,” Megan shares together with her signature giggle. “I’m comfy, babe!”

The couple made their crimson carpet debut at her Inaugural Pete & Thomas Foundation Gala in New York City in July 2025. l

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