>> NICKI MINAJ WALKED OUT OF AN INTERVIEW WITH THE NEW YORK
TIMES WHEN AN INTERVIEWER INSINUATED THAT SHE MIGHT
THRIVE OFF DRAMA.
THE FULL INTERVIEW GOES THROUGH ISSUES OF RACE, BODY IMAGE,
AND PEOPLE IN POWER.
THINGS GOT A LITTLE SHAKY WHEN THE INTERVIEWER BROUGHT UP
SOME DRAMA, OBVIOUSLY THAT IS WHAT EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT.
SHE SAID, "I ASKED ABOUT THE DRAMATIC GOINGS-ON AT HER LABEL.
LIL WAYNE IS SUING BIRD MAN FOR $51
MILLION FOR WITHHOLDING FEES, AND LIL WAYNE'S TOUR BUS WAS
RIDDLED WITH BULLETS IN GEORGIA."
SHE WAS ASKED ABOUT THE DRAMA.
NICKI RESPONDED, " THEY ARE MEN, GROWN ASS MAN.
IT'S BETWEEN THEM.
YOU DON'T EVER WANT TO CHOOSE SIDES BETWEEN PEOPLE YOU LOVE.
IT'S RIDICULOUS.
I JUST WANT IT TO BE OVER."
THE INTERVIEWER WANTED MORE, SO SHE PROBED FURTHER.
SHE ASKED IF THERE IS A PART OF HER THAT THRIVES ON DRAMA.
THAT IS WHEN NICKI HAD ENOUGH.
SHE RESPONDED, "THAT'S DISRESPECTFUL.
WHY WOULD A GROWN ASS WOMAN THRIVE OFF DRAMA?"
SHE THEN CONTINUED, "THAT'S THE TYPICAL THING THAT WOMEN DO.
WHAT DID YOU PUTTING ME DOWN RIGHT THERE DO FOR YOU?
WOMEN BLAME WOMEN FOR THINGS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO DO
WITH THEM.
I REALLY WANT TO KNOW WHY.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I DON'T.
TO MOVE ON, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ASK?
TO PUT ON A WOMAN FOR SOMETHING THAT MEN DO, AS IF THEY'RE
CHILDREN AND I'M RESPONSIBLE, HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU
ASKING STUPID QUESTIONS, BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT'S NOT JUST A
STUPID QUESTION."
SHE THEN WENT ON TO CALL THE INTERVIEWER REARWARD AND A
TROUBLEMAKER.
THE INTERVIEWER RESPONDED IN THE ARTICLE THAT SHE HAD A
RIGHT TO CALL HER OUT FOR THE QUESTION.
SHE ENDED THE ARTICLE LIKE THIS,
" IN THAT MOMENT, SHE WAS A BOSS BITCH."
>>FASCINATING.
I'VE GOT TWO MINDS ON THIS, ON THE ONE HAND, I GET WHAT
THEY ARE SAYING, IT'S A PREMEDITATED QUESTION TO
TRY TO GET AT MORE DRAMA.
YOU KNOW WHY?
PEOPLE LOVE DRAMA.
I THINK TO ASK SOMEBODY IN THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS IF
THEY THRIVE OFF DRAMA IS A FAIR QUESTION.
YES, THE REPORTER WAS GOING FOR EXTRA SIZZLE TO THE STORY.
IT'S NOT LIKE SHE STUMBLED INTO THAT QUESTION.
SHE MEANT TO PUT NICKI MINAJ ON THE SPOT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I WOULD ASK ABOUT IT.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?
NOT ASK ABOUT THE MOST INTERESTING THING GOING ON
IN THAT RECORD LABEL?
>> IT'S HARD BECAUSE NIKKI HAS BEEN AT THE CENTER OF A LOT
OF DRAMA WITH MILEY CYRUS AND TAYLOR SWIFT.
THAT HAD TO DO WITH WOMEN'S BODIES AND RACIAL ISSUES.
THIS HAS TO DO WITH PEOPLE'S CAREERS, AND MONEY, AND
PEOPLE SHOOTING AT OTHER PEOPLE.
THAT IS A REALLY SERIOUS ISSUE.
OBVIOUSLY THE REPORTER SEES HER SITTING IN A ROOM ALONE-
>>THERE IS NO WAY A REPORTER
WOULD SAY TO A MAN "DO YOU THRIVE
OFF DRAMA?"
>>I'M SPLIT ON THIS.
ON THE ONE HAND YOU THINK THE REPORTER WAS TRYING TO BE
COOL, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND COULD I ENVISION A SCENARIO
WHERE A REPORTER ASKED SEAN PENN OR ALEC BALDWIN, YOU SEEM
TO GET INTO THESE CONFRONTATIONS ALL THE TIME, DO YOU FEED OFF
THAT DRAMA?
I CAN SEE THAT QUESTION.
YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING?
>> THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FEED OFF ñ
FEEDING OFF DRAMA, BUT THRIVING OFF THE DRAMA?
I THINK IT'S TARGETED BECAUSE SHE IS A WOMAN.
>> ON THE ONE HAND, NICKI MINAJ SAYING I AM A GROWN ASS WOMAN
ñ ARE YOU KIDDING?
I KNOW SO MANY WOMEN IN REAL LIFE THAT LOVE DRAMA.
>> IT'S CALLED THE REAL HOUSEWIVES.
>> IN MY LIFE THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT CREATE DRAMA
FOR NO REASON BECAUSE THEY DO THRIVE OFF DRAMA.
I THINK IT'S BECAUSE THEY SUBCONSCIOUSLY THINK THEIR
LIVES ARE BORING.
OF COURSE YOU CAN ASK A GROWN-UP PERSON THAT QUESTION.
ON THE OTHER HAND, NICKI DIDN'T CREATE ANY OF THIS DRAMA SO
ASKING HER IF SHE THRIVES OFF THAT DRAMA WHEN SHE DIDN'T
CREATE IT IN THE FIRST PLACE, THAT IS WEIRD.
THAT GOES TO YOUR POINT, HANNAH, WHY ARE YOU PUTTING IT ON HER?
IS THAT BECAUSE SHE IS A WOMAN AND WOMEN
STEREOTYPICALLY LIKE DRAMA?
I WOULD SAY NO NOT NECESSARILY BASED ON EVERYTHING I SAID
EARLIER.
>> THAT'S JUST MY OPINION.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT?
WHY ARE YOU CREATING ALL THIS DRAMA BETWEEN NICKI MINAJ
AND THE NEW YORK TIMES?
>> I THRIVE OFF OF THAT.