Meghan Trainor attracted reams of criticism after she announced the arrival of her third child with husband Daryl Sabara via surrogate earlier this year.

The 32-year-old pop singer admitted the backlash caused her to shed ‘clouds of tears every night,’ but she is standing firm behind her decision to go the alternative route.

During an appearance on Thursday’s episode of Kylie Kelce’s Not Gonna Lie podcast, Trainor responded to the furor for the first time since welcoming baby girl Mikey Moon on January 18.

Trainor said she had an ‘amazing’ surrogate that she bonded with right away and who was ‘just a champ.’

The Mother singer, who was caught up in the ‘toxic mom group’ drama, explained that she could be ‘more present’ after Mikey’s birth because she wasn’t recovering from a C-section, which often requires two to three days in hospital and several weeks of healing at home.

‘I was like, “Oh, they hate me now. They ain’t going to like this,”‘ Trainor described her thought process at the time.

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Meghan Trainor appeared on Kylie Kelce’s Not Gonna Lie podcast this week and defended her use of a surrogate to have a third baby following a wave of backlash

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The 32-year-old pop singer – seen with her new baby girl Mikey Moon – admitted the criticism from fans caused her to shed ‘clouds of tears every night’

‘And it was a cloud of tears every night of just worry. I want my daughter to come to this world and not have everyone attack her for the way she got here. And all of that went through my head. But my team was with me, my therapist is with me… Everyone was so supportive.

‘And this was the healthiest way,’ she added, insisting the fault-finders ‘didn’t damper anything’ during her first week of ‘baby bliss.’

‘My husband’s like, “Honestly, if anyone says stupid s**t your fans come and defend you,’ Trainor remembered.

Some fans became incensed when Trainor posted a picture of herself holding the newborn while wearing a hospital gown, but the singer said that was all part of hospital procedure.

‘When I did skin to skin, they were like, “Why would you pretend like you gave birth?” And I was like, “What? So they’ve never been in a hospital. Like, they don’t know anything about what’s going on,”‘ she recalled.

‘And then when I heard they thought I named her “via surrogate,” I was like, “Okay, I know who I’m dealing with now. I really don’t care about their opinion.”‘

Trainor has two sons, Riley, four, and Barry, two, with Sabara, whom she wed in 2018. She previously said using a surrogate ‘wasn’t our first choice.

‘But we had endless conversations with our doctors in this journey, and this was the safest way for us to be able to continue growing our family,’ Trainor shared on social media when announcing her daughter’s birth.

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Trainor said the trolls in the end ‘didn’t damper anything’ during her first week of ‘baby bliss’

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The Mother singer also has two sons, Riley, four, and Barry, two, with husband Daryl Sabara

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Trainor previously said using a surrogate ‘wasn’t our first choice’ but ‘this was the safest way for us to be able to continue growing our family’ (pictured with Sabara in August 2025)

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The star said she was able to be ‘more present’ with baby Mikey after the birth because she wasn’t recovering from a C-section (pictured performing in May 2025)

‘We are over the moon in love with this precious girl. Riley and Barry have been so excited. They even got to choose her middle name. We are going to enjoy our family time now.’

Trainor may have turned off some of her fans, but she had Kelce’s unwavering support.

The wife of NFL star Jason Kelce told her, ‘I think the important thing to remember is that you made a very intentional decision to grow your family.

‘You have the most beautiful baby girl now and… You didn’t have to compromise your own health to be able to achieve that. And ultimately, you guys are happy and healthy, and that’s what matters.’