Okay. Michelle Says The Industry Damaged Her Self-Image

On the newest installment of Stepping Into The Shade Room, R&B star and nation music aficionado Okay. Michelle chatted with host Thembi about every little thing from her upcoming I Am The Problem album to her love life. The artist particularly spent a good period of time pertaining to how being within the highlight impacted her physique picture and led her to go underneath the knife 13 occasions in a single 12 months earlier than sharing her ideas on just a few noteworthy names.

Okay. Michelle Says Being In The Industry “Absolutely” Took A Toll On Her Body Image

During the interview, the Memphis-bred artist touched on how she felt pressured to decide to R&B because of others’ expectations of her. However, because of a latest alternative to hop on a rustic album alongside legends like Dolly Parton and Reba McEntyre, she’s seeing her profession come “full circle” as she returns to the nation roots that helped her uncover her love of singing.

“They keep telling you, ‘You can’t sing that because you Black.’ I only did R&B because y’all kept telling me I couldn’t do [country] because of how I look or act. And to see [it come] full circle, that’s crazy to me.”

Speaking of others’ requirements and expectations, Okay. Michelle acknowledged how her confidence “absolutely” declined after getting into the music business.

“My teeth looked like I was chewing rocks before I got in the industry, and I was okay with them little bitty-a*s teeth. And when I got in, I needed this, I needed ti**ies. … I didn’t know that certain things were needed and expected until the industry.”

She went so far as to notice that she went underneath the knife as a result of she “thought that that was the way,” and he or she’s decided to talk out in regards to the strain now.

“I [had plastic surgery] because I seen other people in the industry, and I thought that that was the way. … I had thirteen surgeries in one year. For an a*s. You did all this — you almost lost your life over an a*s. So I said I was gonna say something.”

After noting that she has skilled surgical problems, she remarked, “It’s not a cool thing to play with. … Women have died because they want their body — they want this and that.”

Shortly after sharing these reflections, Okay. Michelle famous that she nonetheless wrestles with whether or not to complete her “reconstruction” procedures as a result of she fears the anesthesia dangers.

“I just can’t see myself getting put back under like that. So I have to deal with every day, ‘Do you wanna finish up your surgery? Are you gonna be scared to go to sleep? Because people don’t wake back up from that.’ Every day I deal with that.”

She Throws Shade At Angela Yee Before Showing Support For Summer Walker & Chrisean Rock

Aside from dishing on her physique positivity journey, Okay. Michelle was positive to shake the desk and spill some tea about the place she stands with some previous adversaries.

Regarding Love & Hip Hop star Rasheeda, Okay. Michelle says the drama is on “forever.”

Rasheeda isn’t the one one Okay. Michelle’s nonetheless beefin’ with, as she additionally threw some shade at Angela Yee.

“I don’t give a f**k about no Angela Yee. Who the f**k are you?”

She even talked about that she’s “banned from The Breakfast Club and the Sony building” for pulling up and being “outside for” Angela Yee. Oop!

On prime of this scathing commentary, Okay. Michelle supplied some type phrases for just a few different public figures.

Regarding Summer Walker, Okay. Michelle referred to as her “dope” earlier than giving her props for going via her relationship drama “in front of everybody.”

Okay. Michelle additionally supplied some phrases of knowledge for Chrisean Rock, imploring her to “get the hell on” and deal with her child.

Humorously, the musician was requested what recommendation she had for Carlee Russell, and he or she replied, “I would like to run off in the woods, too. She wrong for that, but I know b***hes just like that.”

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