Megan Thee Stallion on Bringing ‘Sexy Back’ With Justin Timberlake and Their VMA
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00:00 So in the proper meeting, we were really crying, laughing,
00:02 because it was like, in what world is Megan Thee Stallion
00:05 beefed out on Justin Timberlake?
00:06 I just, I thought it was so funny
00:07 because I talk with my hands.
00:08 Like right now I'm like, yeah!
00:10 - Yeah girl, you do.
00:11 - So I know this right here looks crazy.
00:12 I had my in-ears in and I couldn't hear him.
00:15 Then Justin Timberlake walks by,
00:16 he's like, it's nice to meet you.
00:17 I was like, no.
00:18 No, first of all, I can't hear you, so no.
00:20 This is not how I'm gonna meet--
00:21 - Take it back.
00:22 - Take you back.
00:23 This is not how I'm gonna meet
00:24 Justin Timberlake back here, okay?
00:25 ♪ Keep going, okay ♪
00:27 - JT is actually putting together a new album,
00:30 so what I'm thinking, what we all need right now
00:32 is a little Megan Thee Stallion and a little JT.
00:34 - Right.
00:35 I told him, I was like,
00:36 "Justin, we gotta bring sexy back back."
00:38 ♪ I'm bringing sexy back ♪
00:40 So that's what, you know, fingers crossed we're gonna do.
00:43 ♪ At least I'm getting my money ♪
00:45 - As for Meg's collab with Cardi B
00:47 that had Taylor Swift all in.
00:48 - I saw the clips of how she was turning up.
00:51 I said, "Taylor Swift, friend, you better be having
00:54 "a blast while we up here shaking it."
00:56 We had a good time.
00:57 I just met Wave, her son.
00:59 - I saw a photo of him.
01:01 - So she brought him in and I was like,
01:02 "Oh, a baby."
01:05 Like, he's so cute.
01:06 Like, and everybody was like,
01:08 "Megan, don't get any ideas."
01:09 - I know, I was here ready to say,
01:10 "How does that make you feel, man?"
01:11 - I feel like a good auntie.
01:13 (laughing)
01:14 ♪ Her, her, her, her ♪
01:16 ♪ She, she, she, she ♪
01:18 - We cannot wait for more new music from you
01:20 and I think we're gonna be getting it kinda soon.
01:23 - Yeah.
01:23 - How soon, Meg?
01:24 How soon are we getting it?
01:25 - I want to surprise the hotties,
01:26 so I'm not gonna say how soon,
01:27 but just be expecting it.
01:29 Like, everybody knows spooky season is my favorite season.
01:32 So just be on point.
01:34 - Well, in the 28-year-old's first sit-down
01:36 since Rapper Tory Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in prison
01:39 for shooting Megan back in 2020,
01:41 she remained on point and upbeat.
01:44 - I feel like I'm in such a fresh space.
01:46 Like, everything about me is new.
01:48 My attitude, my vibe.
01:50 I think I've just gone through so much
01:52 and I'm so at a point where I don't care
01:54 about a lot of stuff.
01:56 I'm just so comfortable with myself.
01:58 I'm like, okay, at this point, girl,
01:59 what's the worst thing that can happen?
02:01 - Yeah.
02:01 - I just, I'm into taking risks right now.
02:04 Welcome to Flamin' Hot University, please.
02:06 - The hot girl's signature humor is all over
02:08 her new team up with Frida Lay's Flamin' Hot,
02:11 encouraging students socially and financially.
02:14 Sales of this merch go to Meg's alma mater.
02:17 - Any way that I can show the girls
02:18 you can still turn up, have a good time, be a hot girl,
02:21 and you can still wake up and go to class,
02:23 we gotta do that.
02:23 (audience cheering)
02:26 - Texas Southern University is getting scholarships
02:29 for the girls and the guys.
02:30 I feel like I know what it's like
02:33 to be a struggling college student,
02:34 and I know one of the main struggles
02:36 that make people wanna just give up and quit
02:38 is being able to pay for school.
02:39 That was one of my biggest things when I first got there.
02:41 My mama told me, I'm not helping you pay for this.
02:43 And I was like, dang, what am I gonna do?
02:45 And just fortunate enough for me,
02:46 I became Megan Thee Stallion,
02:48 so my first money I ever got and I spent,
02:50 I spent it on college.
02:51 I paid off my school.
02:52 (whooshing)
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