Megan Moroney Opens Up About Protecting Her Mental Health, Avoiding ‘Scary’ DMs and Comments Ahead of Cloud 9 Tour

Megan Moroney is opening up about the mental side of fame and why she’s learned to stay out of her DMs and comment section.

During a recent appearance on Bobby Bones Presents: The BobbyCast, now streaming on Netflix, Moroney sat down with the show’s host Bobby Bones to discuss how she navigates social media, especially as she gears up for another busy stretch on the road.

When asked about her DMs, the country star admitted, “I don’t go there too often. It’s a scary, dark place.”

Avoiding the messages has become a big part of getting ready for her upcoming Cloud 9 Tour because she has learned that her mental health is just as important as all the rehearsals and the physical preparations. In order to stay away from any negativity that may come her way, the Georgia native has set some boundaries with herself.

“It’s been really relevant lately to me. I’m obviously in tour prep, you know, like doing all the things physically. And I had this epiphany the other day where it’s like, I am disciplined about my physical prep, my mental prep has to be just as important,” she explained. “And so stuff like reading the comments, like I actually have to not do it. Like you just can’t. And if I do see something, like I have to tell my brain that can’t affect you today. You can’t dwell on it and let it fester.”

She added that therapy has helped her avoid carrying that negativity and better manage the moments when she does come across hateful messages online.

“It’s more so been like a, that can’t affect me today so I’m gonna move on…but in my head too it’s like 99% of the time, for me, it’s gonna be bad so I’m just like I don’t need to know. Screw y’all.”

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At the end of the day, Moroney acknowledges that she is still human and as much as she tries to not let things like that bother her, she still has days where she finds herself agreeing with the hurtful words. So the best solution for her is to stay disciplined and “not look.”

That same discipline has come across in the physical ways she is preparing for tour. With her massive 2026 headline trek kicking off May 26, the “Medicine” singer says she really hits the ground running with her diet and exercise routines around May 1.

For Moroney, getting into tour shape involves doing all her rehearsals in a weighted vest to mimic the showstopping outfits she wears on stage, which can sometimes weigh 10 to 15 lbs.

“When I’ve done the performance I’m like oh like I am not in shape for this…Singing with a weighted vest on a treadmill, doing that.”

On top of that, she has started doing red light therapy, saunas and cold plunges daily, cuts out alcohol and focuses maintaining a healthy diet. All of this hard work is leading up to what she expects to be “the biggest” and “best” run of her career yet.

“I’ve never taken touring as serious, like as far as like the prep for it as I’m doing right now… I want it to be the best show…so just really locking in,” she admits.

The Cloud 9 Tour launches next month and runs through October 2026 with 43 dates in major arenas across North America, Europe, and the UK.

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Additionally, she has received nine nominations going into the 61^st ACM Awards, including Entertainer of the Year. Fans can tune into the show on Sunday, May 17 when it streams live exclusively on Prime Video for a global audience across more than 240 countries and territories at 8 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. CT / 5 p.m. PT from the iconic MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.

More of Megan Moroney’s conversation with Bobby Bones can be found in the latest episode of Bobby Bones Presents: The BobbyCast, now streaming on Netflix.