Well, we have a very fun surprise guest.
You know her from the chart topping hits "Savage Body"
and "Hot Girls Summer."
Please welcome Megan Thee Stallion.
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I know.
I was watching you follow along with the audience
and with tWitch the whole time.
She was watching everything you were doing.
Megan, thanks for being here.
It's so nice to meet you.
It is so nice to meet you too.
I was like, Oh, my gosh.
You want to talk to me?
I do want to talk to Thee.
You are having an incredible year.
Congratulations on your four Grammy nominations.
You're doing so well.
Congratulations.
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Thank you.
Your new song "Body" is everywhere.
tWitch was dancing to it earlier.
What's the story behind Body?
So basically, like I was in LA.
And this is when quarantine first happened,
and everything shut down.
And I'm like this is like such a perfect time for me
to actually work on my album.
During quarantine, like I've really been super interested
in my refrigerator.
And I just couldn't get out of there.
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So like I had gained a lot of like quarantine fluff,
but I was really feeling it.
Like my booty was sitting right.
I was enjoying my quarantine 15.
So I'm like in a mirror like dancing around, and I'm like,
what can I say?
Like what's going to make me feel good?
What's going to make me want to twerk?
And I was just like body ody, ody, ody.
Like this just celebrated my body.
So that's how the song just came together.
Well, it's very popular.
See, that that's what happens.
You gain 15 pounds and you write a successful song.
That's what happens.
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Eating is the key.
So you have a very successful career,
and still you're going to school to get your bachelors
in Health Administration.
Why is that so important to you?
My grandmother was a teacher.
And she always told me, girl, you better get that degree.
So that's just number 1.
When I first went off to college,
I thought I wanted to be a nurse.
And then I started actually going
to the classes and everything.
And I was like, well, this is not for me.
I want to drop out of school.
School is so hard.
And I was like, well, let me find out something that's
going to keep me interested.
Because I really want to make As while I'm here.
I want to make my parents proud.
So I finally figured out what I was interested in,
and it's Health Administration.
And now I'm like an honor roll student, a dean's list student.
And I just watch my grandmother take
care of my great grandmother, and it really
inspired me to want to have my own assisted living facility.
So I'm going to get my degree.
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Amazing.
So Megan, we're going to do something really fun today.
And this is obviously important to you.
I received a letter from a nurse who's working the front lines
of the pandemic while raising five kids and going to school
to get her master's.
We learned she's a huge fan of yours.
So I'm going to surprise her right now.
Megan, we're going to send you away.
We're going to see you a little bit, OK?
OK.
All right, let's go.
Hey.
Hi.
Hi, [INAUDIBLE] family.
Hi.
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Oh my goodness.
Hi.
It is [INAUDIBLE].
Oh, my goodness.
Jamal Monique and Michael, how are you all?
We are fine.
How are you doing?
Hi, how are you doing?
I'm good.
First of all, Jamal Monique, you're a hero.
So thank you for what you do.
Thank you.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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Thank you.
I mean, it's one thing that you're a nurse.
But you're from Mississippi, but you
volunteered to leave your home to help others.
So now you're in Houston.
How long have you been in Houston?
We've been in Houston since July.
The pandemic first came in--
I'm sorry.
I didn't expect this.
It took a big hit around March.
In April, I was headed to California.
So I helped out in San Jose for a little bit,
flew back home in May.
And in July, Texas took a huge hit.
They were deployed nurses by the thousands.
So they contacted me.
And I was like, yes.
So we packed up our little truck, and we headed to Texas.
So now you're in Houston.
You've been staying in a one bedroom hotel for six months.
I mean, I want to say how's that going,
but I kind of think I know the answer.
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It's been really tidy, but we make it work for what we need.
So I just love the fact that I can go to work and take
care of my patient, love all my patients
since their families can't be there to love them.
And at the end of the day, I get to come home
and I get to love on my own children.
And I get to see what's going on at the hospital.
These patients are very fragile.
It just make me come home and want to hug
and love on my children even more.
We're going to take a break, but let me know the names.
Whose-- who they are.
So I'm Jamal Monique, of course.
I'm the nurse.
This is Michael, he's two.
This is Mason he's three.
We have Messiah, he's four.
He thinks he's shy, but he's really not.
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This is Malachi, he's five.
And then we have Michael Jr. He is seven.
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So there's only one time that you gave yourself
a break for one year.
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Yes.
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Unbelievable.
Two, three, four, five, and seven.
I don't know how you do that.
We have a surprise for you after this.
We're going to take a break, and we'll be right back.
Michael, you must be so proud of your wife.
Yes.
Yep.
So Jamal Monique, I have someone here who wants to meet you.
I heard you're a big fan of hers.
Turns out she's a fan of yours.
Megan, are you there?
No way.
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You have such a beautiful family.
Thank you.
Like look at all of you guys matching is so beautiful.
What are you doing, you're super inspiring.
I thought I wanted to be a nurse at one point in time,
but that is really hard.
And I feel like we just need to give you all the praise
because, girl, you are putting all for us
just black women in general.
Just thank you so much for everything that you're doing.
Like this is just amazing.
Yeah.
Thank you so much.
I mean, you're working around the clock
to support your family.
You're raising five kids in a hotel room, and it's a one--
and you're getting your master's degree on top of that.
I just can't-- Mary and I were just saying during the break.
We can't get Andy to sit still, and you've
got 5 kids sitting still.
[LAUGHTER] Megan, I think we should help them.
What do you say?
I think we definitely need to help them.
All right.
So we will send you some room service.
So if you'll go ahead and get the room service at the door
and bring it in.
Oh, let's we what we get.
Look she even has to do that.
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Oh.
So there's some nice food, right.
Yeah.
Shutterfly loves helping frontline heroes like you,
and they want to pay off your student loans.
So lift that cover.
Oh, my God.
They want to give you $50,000.
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Oh, my goodness.
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Oh, my Gosh.
Thank you so much.
You are so welcome.
You're an amazing, amazing woman.
Thank you for what you do every single day.
Megan, thanks for helping out.
Thank you so much.
I'm honored.
Thank you for helping the world.
Yeah, thank you for helping the world.