I will never understand why so many men trip over themselves to go after a Hot Girl.

Even on a good day for Megan Thee Stallion, her detractors — yes, mostly men — will go out of their way to throw dirt on her name across their respective social media feeds, or worse, their podcast mics. They get especially pernicious whenever any personal misfortune meets the Houston-bred rapper, actor and Popeyes franchise owner.

Like gnats to dog feces on a hot summer’s day, off they went when she gave them something new to work with. On April 25, Megan announced her breakup from Dallas Mavericks shooting guard Klay Thompson via Instagram Stories, alleging that Thompson had cheated and told her that he can’t be “monogamous.”

“Cheating, had me around your whole family playing house...got ‘cold feet,’” Megan wrote in the post.

“Holding you down through all your HORRIBLE mood swings and treatment towards me during your basketball season now you don’t know if you can be ‘monogamous’????” she continued. “I need a REAL break after this one ... bye yall.”

Shortly after this post and the noticeable real-time removal of any signs of her relationship with Thompson on her Instagram feed, a more formal statement on behalf of the Houston rapper was announced.

“Trust, fidelity and respect are non-negotiable for me in a relationship, and when those values are compromised, there’s no real path forward,” the statement read.

That same evening, Megan broke down crying during the “Moulin Rouge!” Broadway show at curtain call as fans and fellow stars of the hit musical offered support.

Meg has since announced the end of her limited run, as she will be exiting the stage production on May 1, over two weeks earlier than initially scheduled. After making her Broadway debut on March 24, no reason was given for her abrupt departure.

Meg’s most ardent fans, the Hotties, understandably felt a way about her expressed disappointment and feelings of betrayal, and lashed out the way many of the chronically online do: roasting Thompson.

I must admit I had myself a good ol’ chuckle and the realization that Thompson does indeed resemble the PBS logo ― or, as I pointed out myself recently, Doug from the 1990s Nickelodeon sitcom. At the same time, I understand some of the criticism might’ve taken their parasocial relationship a wee bit too far.

However, what about these men who continue to use Megan Thee Stallion as a punching bag?

It’s bad enough that Megan’s ex, Pardi Fontaine, couldn’t help himself and posted some corny cryptic message mere minutes after she announced the breakup.

The other online temper tantrums are a sight to behold.

There are way too many posts that make the argument that essentially, because Megan Thee Stallion is a woman who makes music about enjoying sex, she deserves to be cheated on, should limit her expectations of what men will give her in a relationship, or some other nincompoop logic that looks like it was crafted in a lesson plan for the He-Man Woman Haters Club.

For example, in response to one post asking about the pile on, one man wrote: “Cause she’s a hoe that’s why it is lol she’s community pussy looking for sympathy.”

This sort of stigmatization has surfaced in men ranging from your average incel to your local pastor to way too many podcasters, as some have noted about the discourse.

On his podcast, TV personality Stephen A. Smith blasted Megan for posting about her relationship status.

“Ladies, stop looking for society to get in your business to police people that were involved in your life when they don’t even know the details, only what you tell,” Smith argued.

Then, 58-year-old Smith, who is not married and has never been married, said, “You don’t see the men getting any help from society.”

As for the idea that men don’t get any help, radio personality Ebro Darden boasted about Thompson’s $300 million contract and numerous NBA rings, and questioned how anyone could imagine him not cheating.

So, money allows immorality and betrayal in a relationship? How bleak — especially for the broke and adulterous.

Darden then continued to offer the very help Smith pretends doesn’t exist, providing one retort after another on Thompson’s behalf.

Joining them in the deployment of sexist tropes were rappers best known for their old school ’90s and early 2000s hits, Mase and Cam’ron, who also insisted on making Megan the problem.

“Megan’s reputation precedes her, and because her reputation precedes her, you don’t get the good fortune of it,” Mase said.

Cam’ron then listed all the famous men Meg has been linked to.

“And he was supposed to marry her?” Mase responded.

An attractive woman with a dating history should be considered the norm, no matter the level of fame, but it’s curious how Thompson’s dating history is almost never mentioned, despite having been linked to famous women before Megan and rumored to have cheated on them, too.

Some may recall that this same asinine argument — that Megan is a whore who sleeps around with famous men — was absurdly applied by some of these same characters in defense of Tory Lanez for allegedly shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the foot.

It is no coincidence that Cam’ron, who once reposted a transphobic meme following reports of Lanez shooting Megan, is using her sexuality against her.

These simple-minded misogynistic men hate that Megan is sex positive and refuses to cater to the male gaze.

It’s probable they resent her even more for daring to not only speak out about the violence committed against her by another Black man, but also for daring to continue to be herself in the aftermath.

This subset of miserable men behind keyboards and podcast mics continues to use Megan as an avatar to convey their contempt for all women, especially Black women.

The more famous offenders can pretend that if Megan had simply kept this news to herself, they wouldn’t have anything to say, but it belies a pattern. No matter what she’s doing, they all seem to come alive whenever there’s a chance to poke at her and her reputation.

There’s nothing bad about her that invites this level of contempt, and ultimately, those voices do not drown out her supporters, who outnumber them threefold.

But it does make you fear for the other hot girls out there who have to exist in a world where, no matter how far you go and how much you achieve, punk-ass men will find a way to take a jab at you and blame it on your sexuality.

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