Megan Moroney Had An Evolution About What She Tolerates In Relationships: “I Would Rather Die Than Shrink Myself For A Man”

Therapuss with Jake Shane

Good for her.

Fans seem to never get enough in terms of speculating on Megan Moroney’s dating life, and recently, rumors have been going around that she might have something going on with San Francisco 49ers star defensive end Nick Bosa.

I honestly have no idea of there is anything going on between them, but regardless of who Megan dates next, it sounds like she has a really healthy perspective on what she deserves and wants in a relationship.

And during an appearance on the Therapuss with Jake Shane podcast this week, Meg opened up about how much she has grown in terms of loving herself and “standing on business,” as she puts it.

She talked about her song “Girl In The Mirror,” which is about how she somehow started to care about a boy and his happiness way more than her own, and started to take disrespect she didn’t deserve. In fact, Megan explained that she couldn’t stop crying the first time she performed it live because she realized she was admitting to everyone she had done that to herself.

Now, she thinks of it as “empowering,” because she’s not in that place anymore and she wants other young girls in the audience to know that when you choose yourself, you will no longer be in that situation:

“I have a song called ‘Girl In The Mirror’ that’s like that for me. The hook is like, ‘I love the boy more than I love the girl in the mirror,’ and when I wrote that, it was something that I needed to remind myself. Because I knew it was true, but it’s like once you write it down and you have to sing it, you’re like, ‘Oh, s***.’ The first time I performed it, I cried, and I tried to get myself to stop crying and I couldn’t.

And I was like, ‘Holy s***.’ And it’s just because you’re admitting to people that at one point, you cared about them and their happiness way more than yourself. And that’s like, damn, how did I let myself get that way when I grew up so confident and bubbly? So that song now though, because now I would rather die than shrink myself for a man, there’s so much strength in it.

Because these girls that I see sobbing to it, I’m up there singing it with confidence and it’s empowering, because I don’t feel this way anymore…. and I know you feel this way right now, but one day if you choose yourself, you’re not gonna be in that situation.”

Shane asked her when she finally started to really embrace that mindset, and Megan laughed as she responded it really hasn’t been all that long ago:

“Six months ago.”

Maybe a reference to the Riley Green and Ella Langley rumors Megan found herself in earlier this year? Or something or someone completely different? I have a feeling it’s probably a multitude of things that have added up over time, and just getting older and growing.

She admitting that this is the first year she’s stopped tolerating any sort of disrespect whatsoever:

“No, but I would say this year is the first year I’ve really stood on business. That is not true. I wrote a song called ‘I Know You,’ have you heard that? That is the long distance situationship, him and I just couldn’t get away from each other, and I was not standing on business. Now at a hint of disrespect, I’m like, I’m out.”

Megan explained that she no longer puts up with lying or even anything less severe that doesn’t sit well, and at the first sign of that, she’s out:

“Just like the second, I feel that I’m not being treated the way I deserve. Whether it’s like, I find out you’re lying a little bit, or just not showing up for me in the way that I’m showing up for them or whatever it is. Any sort of like things that feel off.

Where in my past relationships, I’ve stuck around and forgave them and heard them out. I’m like, no, f*** you.”

It’s certainly a great way to save yourself a lot of time and heartache…

Unfortunately, I think that sort of evolution in terms of how you view yourself and what you deserve in a relationship is just a necessary evil, so to speak, that comes along with being a young woman and growing into yourself.

I think “Girl In The Mirror” is one of Megan’s best songs that has a very important message, and it’s completely understandable why she would cry through it because she’s admitting a lot about herself that I think almost anyone can relate to but would never, ever admit about themselves, especially so publicly in a song like that. Plus, now that she has come out on the other side of it, she can really empower other ladies, no matter what age, to do the same, and that’s what music is all about.

Megan also discussed her life on the road this year, plans for the new album and what fans can expect from that, and much more.