Megan Thee Stallion Rejected Call of Duty Role to Avoid In-Game Violence

Megan Thee Stallion continues to fight for her peace while the world watches her federal defamation case unfold in Miami. New courtroom testimony this week confirmed what she has been saying for years: the trauma from being shot in 2020 runs deeper than physical scars. It has cost her millions in opportunities, relationships, and emotional well-being. The revelations paint a raw picture of a woman who has spent hundreds of thousands on intensive therapy to keep going.

Daniel Kinney, a senior Roc Nation executive, testified that Megan turned down a groundbreaking operator deal with Activision for Call of Duty because the idea of players shooting her in-game character triggered her so severely that she immediately pulled out. The same testimony placed her total career losses from harassment and trauma-related decisions above six million dollars. Perhaps most telling was the disclosure that she spent roughly $240,000 on a four-week residential trauma program after a deepfake porn video surfaced, with experts confirming a formal PTSD diagnosis.

Megan has never hidden her pain. She lost her mother to brain cancer and her grandmother within weeks of each other in 2019, then was shot in both feet by Tory Lanez in July 2020. The online campaign that followed — accusing her of lying, calling her names, celebrating her pain — pushed her into a depression so dark she later admitted she “didn’t want to be on this earth.” Yet she kept showing up for her fans, releasing Traumazine in 2022 as both catharsis and testimony, and launching the mental health resource site Bad Bitches Have Bad Days Too to help others feel less alone.

Her 2024 Prime Video documentary In Her Words laid everything bare: suicidal thoughts, panic attacks, the moment she realized therapy wasn’t optional anymore. She told Taraji P. Henson earlier this year that therapy taught her to “protect my peace” instead of people-pleasing her way through pain. Fans have watched her transform from barely leaving the house to headlining festivals while still attending weekly sessions and advocating for Black women’s mental health without apology.

What makes Megan’s journey powerful is her refusal to let trauma have the final word. She sues, when necessary, speaks when silence would be easier, and keeps creating music that turns wounds into weapons. In a culture that still shames mental health struggles — especially for Black women who are expected to be “strong” at all times — her openness is revolutionary. The trial may be about dollars and defamation, but the real story is a survivor choosing herself, every single day.