{"id":696331,"date":"2026-04-01T03:32:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T03:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/696331\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T03:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T03:32:13","slug":"megan-thee-stallion-hospitalized-after-exiting-moulin-rouge-mid-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/696331\/","title":{"rendered":"Megan Thee Stallion Hospitalized After Exiting \u2018Moulin Rouge\u2019 Mid-Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/megan-thee-stallion\/\" id=\"auto-tag_megan-thee-stallion_1\" data-tag=\"megan-thee-stallion\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Megan Thee Stallion<\/a> is hospitalized in New York City after falling ill during a showing of Moulin Rouge! The Musical and exiting the show mid-performance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cDuring Tuesday night\u2019s production, Megan started feeling very ill and was promptly transported to a local hospital, where her symptoms are currently being evaluated,\u201d her representative, Didier Morais, tells The Hollywood Reporter. \u201cWe will share additional updates as more information becomes available.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tHer hairstylist and close friend, Kellon Deryck, who has been working with her at the show, also confirmed the hospitalization with a post on X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Everyone say a prayer for Megan, we are all at the hospital \ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kellon Deryck (@KellonDeryck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KellonDeryck\/status\/2039153186041151635?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 1, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe Grammy Award-winning rapper made her debut in the show last week at New York\u2019s Al Hirschfeld Theatre in the role of The Zidler, marking not only her first ever <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/broadway\/\" id=\"auto-tag_broadway_1\" data-tag=\"broadway\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Broadway<\/a> performance but also the first time a woman has performed the role in the beloved and long-running jukebox musical. Boldfaced names that have been seated for her performances have included Queen Latifah and Tiffany Haddish, among others. The show has also featured Meg performing her songs \u201cSavage\u201d and \u201cBody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAccording to a post on X, Tuesday\u2019s show began as normal with Meg featured in opening scenes but the performance was stopped mid-show as theater officials apologized to the audience and asked them to \u201cstay inside and seated.\u201d Megan then exited the performance and was reportedly replaced by another performer for the rest of the show. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Came to see Meg The stallion on broadway and that was short lived. <\/p>\n<p>The few opening scenes I saw her in she was great on stage! I was excited BUT\u2026<\/p>\n<p>They just stopped moulin rouge mid show apologized to the audience and said ..\u201dstay inside and seated\u201d I asked security if we\u2019re\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rlqHTveHhc\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/rlqHTveHhc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BROWN GIRL GRINDING\u2b50\ufe0f (@LorenLorosa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LorenLorosa\/status\/2039136183309979690?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 1, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tMegan Thee Stallion steps into the role of Zidler, which has previously been filled by the likes of Boy George, Wayne Brady, Tituss Burgess and most recently Bob the Drag Queen. The role of Zidler was originated by Danny Burstein, a veteran Broadway star who won a Tony for his performance. \u201cI\u2019ve always believed in pushing myself creatively,\u201d Megan Thee Stallion said in a statement about joining the show. \u201cAnd theater is definitely a new opportunity that I\u2019m excited to embrace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Megan Thee Stallion is hospitalized in New York City after falling ill during a showing of Moulin Rouge!&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":696332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[19607,171,40585,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-696331","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-broadway","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-megan-thee-stallion","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116327346776369194","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/696332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}