Megan Thee Stallion recalls removing mother Holly Thomas from Life Support

• Megan Thee Stallion’s mother Holly Thomas died of a brain tumor in 2019
• The rapper talks about his loss in his new Prime Video documentary Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Own Words
• Megan says she had to make the difficult decision to pull the plug after her mother was declared brain dead

Megan Thee Stallion has long been open about the pain she faced following the death of her beloved mother in 2019 — and in her new Prime Video documentary, she pulls back the curtain on that heartbreak even further.

Megan, 29, lost her mother Holly Thomas to a brain tumor in March 2019. In her new film Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words (streaming now), the star recalls when Thomas, 47, began having “back-to-back seizures,” leaving Megan “in shambles.”

“They had to put her down. She was just brain dead,” Megan says in the documentary, which features poignant animation for some sequences, including her mother’s death. “So I stayed up there every day. I spent the night in the hospital. I just prayed that she could shake it off.”

Unfortunately for the “Mamushi” singer, Thomas was unable to bounce back from his health issues.

“When I realized she wasn’t coming back, I just thought, ‘Damn, I can’t keep her like this.’ Because I know she wouldn’t have wanted to be like this,” Megan recalls through tears. “So I had to make the decision to pull the plug and she just passed the next day.”

Despite her heartbreak, Megan (born Megan Pete) returned to the stage just three weeks later, knowing that Thomas would not have wanted her to stay home, sad.

“You know 2019 has been really hard for me. I’m not going to cancel any of my shows and I didn’t want to stop going because that’s not what my mom wanted me to do,” she says from the stage in a documentary clip. “She was my biggest fan, through all the ass-shaking and trouble.”

Still, it was hard for Megan — who lost her father Joseph Pete Jr. when she was in ninth grade — to move on without her biggest source of support.

“When my mom passed away, I think I really forgot who I was and I lost a lot of confidence,” she says. “I was so used to my mom telling me what to do, and when life started getting crazy, I didn’t. have her.”

At the documentary’s premiere in Los Angeles on Wednesday, October 30, Megan Thomas – who also performed as a rapper under the name Holly-Wood – gave a shout-out in a special speech.

“I wouldn’t be the woman I am today without Holly Thomas,” she told the audience. “So mom, I love you.”

Megan has spoken proudly of her mother at previous events, including when she was honored with the 2021 Glamour The award for woman of the year.

“I am truly humbled to be in such incredible company,” she said as she accepted her award, tears streaming down her face. “I really want to thank my mom. I want to thank my mom because she taught me to be the woman that I am.”

The Grammy winner praised Thomas as his “best friend, my manager” and her “everything,” saying, “I know she’s proud of me today.” Megan also revealed that it was because of her mother that she was motivated to graduate from Texas Southern University in December 2021 with a degree in healthcare administration.

“(My mother and late great-grandmother) filled me with self-love and determination,” she said. “Because of them, I’ve never felt unworthy of my success and my womanhood. Because of them, I’ve learned to be competitive with myself and that other women don’t have to lose for me to win.”

Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words follows the star’s journey “on the road to stardom as she doggedly navigates fame, grief, pressure and success,” according to a synopsis. “The documentary unpacks Megan’s most vulnerable moments in a powerful way, allowing fans to meet the real Megan Pete.”