IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson

Embrace Your Inner Hottie with Megan Thee Stallion

August 12, 2026

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Megan Thee Stallion walked into the studio straight off an 11-hour flight from Fiji, where she had been filming Love Island, and told Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson that she still sometimes wants to crawl under her bed and cry. That confession—offered without performance or apology—became the spine of the conversation. The three talked about what it actually takes to stay sane when the whole world is watching, how to build a real relationship with your own body, and why saying no might be the most underrated form of strength.

The Permission to Not Be Strong All the Time

Megan described a pattern she had to unlearn: the instinct to push through bad feelings because there was always another performance, another interview, another obligation. "I can never like just wallow in how I feel," she said. "But then I started realizing, okay, I need to take these couple of days to myself." The shift came when she accepted that nothing external could fix her mood in ten minutes. "I've learned to just feel what I'm feeling," she said. "I might get under my bed to cry. I have to feel it. Because I'm never gonna be able to come out of it if I don't get it out of my system."

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What you'll learn

  • 1 (00:00) **Craig Asks if He Can Be a Hottie** - Craig Robinson opens the episode by asking if an "old guy" can be a hottie, and Megan confirms that a hottie is simply a "hot person" who is "making say."
  • 2 (00:29) **Craig Recaps the Obama Presidential Center Opening** - Craig describes the feeling of seeing the community use the new campus in Chicago for the first time on Juneteenth.
  • 3 (02:09) **Craig’s Airbnb Sneaker-Designing Experience** - Craig explains how Airbnb Experiences work and shows off the custom sneaker he designed, which he colored in the IMO podcast’s orange color scheme.
  • 4 (04:28) **Introducing Megan Thee Stallion** - Michelle and Craig warmly introduce Megan, highlighting her three Grammy wins, her Forbes cover, and the maturity and grace she showed them when they first met.
  • 5 (06:18) **Megan on Fame, Feeling Fabulous, and Meeting Sasha** - Megan says she still hasn’t gotten used to being seen as fabulous, and recalls meeting Sasha Obama after her SNL performance, noting the Secret Service’s reaction.
  • 6 (07:39) **Megan’s Love Island Role as a Positive Vibe-Bringer** - Megan explains she was brought on *Love Island* to lift the tense energy in the villa, and describes how she first spoke to all the ladies and made TikToks with them before even visiting the boys.
  • 7 (10:57) **Remembering the Humanity of People in the Public Eye** - Megan reflects on how everyone, whether an artist or the First Lady, is human and deserves compassion, as they are just making regular mistakes on camera.

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Guests on this episode

Michelle Obama Craig Robinson

Show Notes

This week, three-time Grammy Award-winning recording artist, philanthropist and entrepreneur Megan Thee Stallion joins the show! Fresh off a plane from Fiji, Megan shares more about the behind-the-scenes of her appearance on Love Island, her new music, and goes deep with Michelle and Craig on her Houston childhood and the people that formed her. Plus, she shares her surprising theory on aliens.

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