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Megan Thee Stallion<\/a> has been discharged from the hospital and is now resting after falling ill during a Tuesday, March 31st, performance of Moulin Rouge! The Musical<\/em> on Broadway.<\/p>\n

According to a statement released on Wednesday, Megan’s doctors identified “extreme exhaustion, dehydration, vasoconstriction, and low metabolic levels” as the cause of her symptoms.<\/p>\n

Get Moulin Rouge! The Musical<\/em> Tickets Here<\/a><\/p>\n

A message on ATG Tickets confirmed the rapper will miss both of her performances today, Wednesday, April 1st. However, the statement adds that Megan is “looking forward to resuming her role as Zidler on Moulin Rouge<\/em> on Thursday.”<\/p>\n

A representative for the artist previously told Billboard<\/em><\/a> that “Megan started feeling very ill and was promptly transported to a local hospital” on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n

Megan is currently in the midst of an eight-week run playing the role of Zidler<\/a> in the Broadway production.<\/p>\n

Editor’s Note: This article was updated on Wednesday, April 1st, with information about Megan Thee Stallion’s discharge and return to Broadway.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Doctors identified the cause of her symptoms as “extreme exhaustion, dehydration, vasoconstriction, and low metabolic levels.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1879360,"featured_media":1552916,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2026-04-01T03:05:03Z","apple_news_api_id":"1cc70f3e-84cb-4e9a-b17a-b474ae72c31d","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2026-04-01T17:12:16Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAg==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AHMcPPoTLTpqxerR0rnLDHQ","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"[\"https:\\\/\\\/news-api.apple.com\\\/sections\\\/ae2a92b9-917e-3fa5-8944-2cad60e24ec0\",\"https:\\\/\\\/news-api.apple.com\\\/sections\\\/9703f365-ff65-49c9-90ee-6f265aacdf17\"]","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[654310298,654142004,103],"tags":[494013787,494014214,494013813],"artist":[654105242],"game":[],"live_coverage":[],"class_list":["post-1555516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-news","category-music","category-entertainment-news","tag-broadway","tag-hip-hop","tag-pop","artist-megan-thee-stallion"],"apple_news_notices":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/consequence.net\/2026\/04\/megan-thee-stallion-hospitalized-moulin-rouge\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Megan Thee Stallion Discharged from Hospital After Falling Ill During Moulin Rouge! 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