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She Performed at the Grammys Three Weeks After Giving Birth | Mickey Guyton
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Cassidy and Skylar sit down with Grammy-nominated country music trailblazer and mom Mickey Guyton for one of the most unfiltered conversations we've had on this show.
Mickey found out she was pregnant four days after becoming the first Black woman ever nominated for a Grammy in the country music category. What followed was five years she describes as a "dumpster fire" — and the most meaningful chapter of her life.
This conversation touches on:
Why Mickey's first reaction to seeing two pink lines wasn't joy — and the deeply ingrained belief she had to unlearn before she could let herself be happy.
What it was like to write "Black Like Me" in 2018, watch it go nowhere, and then post it on Instagram in 2020 and have it change everything — four days before finding out she was pregnant.
Being nine months pregnant when MAGA trolls came after her online — what they said, how it affected her, and how she got through it.
Performing on the Grammy stage three weeks postpartum — what she was wearing under that dress, what was happening to her body, and what she was feeling inside.
The night her nine-month-old son Grayson was the sickest patient in the ER — what she did wrong, what she'd do differently, and the maternal instinct moment that still stays with her.
Why she deliberately sought out Black women doctors during her pregnancy, and the unexpected connection she discovered with her OB six months in.
What nobody told her about the fourth trimester — and why she thinks it needs to be talked about way more than it is.
How motherhood humbled her in ways that no stage, award, or viral moment ever could.
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