After Nicki Minaj’s tweets about the COVID-19 vaccine mandate on Monday, Twitter has erupted
into a massive firestorm with many sides getting involved,
and now, Nicki is claiming that her tweets have landed her in TWITTER jail.
Let’s get into it.
Buckle up, you guys, because we’ve got a LOT to discuss in regards to Nicki Minaj’s
tweets that all stemmed from why she chose not to attend Monday night’s Met Gala.
For starters, we covered this in depth on Tuesday, so if you’d like the full lowdown,
we’ll put a link to the story right up above.
But for a quick refresher, Nicki expressed her honesty to fans in that she is still doing
research herself about getting the vaccine, and that she had to pull out of her VMAs performance
after contracting COVID, to which she wasn’t able to be around her newborn son for a week,
which was really hard.
However, Twitter went into a full-fledged meltdown after she shared a personal story
about her cousin’s friend in Trinidad who had to cancel his wedding because his testicles
swelled as a result of getting the vaccine.
The tweet went viral and has since become the butt of many late-night talk show monologues,
and it seems Nicki herself even decided to get in on the matter, dubbing this entire
debate #BallGate.
All jokes aside, Nicki quickly caught the attention of many public figures including
Meghan McCain and Piers Morgan, and even claimed that the White House has invited her to discuss
her thoughts about the vaccine and its effectiveness.
The White House has since confirmed to Fox News that the Biden administration had extended
an invite to Nicki, with one official saying, “As we have with others, we offered a call
with Nicki Minaj and one of our doctors to answer questions she has about the safety
and effectiveness of the vaccine.”
Medical officials have also issued a response to Nicki’s claims, including Trinidad and
Tobago (TUH-BAY-go’s) Health Minister, who said that the country “wasted time” investigating
Nicki's cousin's claim, and found it to be false.
In a video shared to Twitter on Wednesday, the country’s Health Minister said QUOTE,
“As we stand now, there is absolutely no such reported side effect or adverse event
of testicular swelling in Trinidad or, I dare say ... anywhere else in the world.”
Just as well, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases and chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden, also explained in a statement to
CNN that while he didn't blame Minaj for repeating her cousin's story, the vaccine does not cause
reproductive issues or testicular swelling.
In another surprising turn of events, fans were quick to notice that Nicki had suddenly
stopped tweeting and responding to fans on Wednesday night as she took to her Instagram
stories to explain that she’d been put in “Twitter Jail” after attempting to create
a poll as her next tweet.
She wrote, “They didn't like what I was saying over on that block,” and then reshared
posts that suggest the real issue here is the fact that people are being silenced for
saying anything other than “get the shot,” and perhaps due to the fact that she’s a
Black woman.
Nicki went on to urge her followers to, “stop pretending to love people with backbones,”
adding QUOTE, “If Malcolm X were here, he’d be asking questions & most of y’all that
holler ‘Black Lives Matter’ and ‘Protect Black women would be telling him to shut up
and fall in line.”
However, a representative for Twitter explained to CNET that “Twitter did not take any enforcement
action on the account referenced” as Nicki’s tweets “did not violate their rules.”
At the time of reporting, Nicki still has yet to return to tweeting-- however, she shared
a video to Instagram defending herself, and asking fans why they think she would ever
lie about getting an invite to the White House.
She also expressed how “disgusting” it is that she’s been dragged and silenced
for simply asking questions relating to something being inserted into our bodies.
“It’s disgusting that a person can’t speak about… just… questions or thoughts
they’re having about something that they’re gonna have to put in their body.”
While there are many good points being made on both sides here, just as Nicki stated,
it’s important to do your research, continue to wear a mask, and realize that we are still
in the middle of a pandemic, so please do your part in staying safe and helping as best
you can with stopping the spread of this deadly virus.
For more on Nicki’s stance on why she didn’t get the vaccine in order to attend the Met
Gala, click right over here to watch another Clevver News video.
Then be sure to let me know all your thoughts on #BallGate down here in the comments, and
if you think this discussion is beneficial in order to educate the masses about the vaccine.
I’m your host Carly Henderson, you can find me on my socials @carlyhenderson_, and I’ll
see you next time!