Nicki Minaj is defending herself after her tweets about why she hasn’t yet gotten the
COVID-19 vaccine were misconstrued, leading to a major Internet-wide conundrum amongst
her fans.
Let’s get into it.
Yesterday, stars swarmed the red carpet for the highly anticipated Met Gala, but before
the event could even start, fans were wondering why Nicki Minaj wouldn’t be making an appearance,
as well as why she canceled her VMA’s appearance the night before.
Nicki confirmed that she contracted COVID while rehearsing for her VMAs performance,
which is why she had to cancel.
The confirmation came after a fan assumed that the reason she wasn’t attending the
Met Gala was because she was afraid of COVID.
Nicki responded by saying QUOTE, “..I was prepping for vmas then i shot a video & guess
who got COVID?
Do u know what it is not to be able to kiss or hold your tiny baby for over a week?”
A baby who is only used to his mama?”
So Nicki made it clear that she did not want to leave her baby during this time for the
Met Gala or any public events.
She also revealed that Drake actually contracted COVID WITH having the vaccine.
People on Twitter began to question Nicki, which led her to respond.
She tweeted, “They want you to get vaccinated for the Met. if I get vaccinated it won’t
be for the Met.”
She went on to explain her feelings, sharing “It’ll be once I feel I’ve done enough
research.
I’m working on that now.
In the meantime my loves, be safe.
Wear the mask with 2 strings that grips your head & face.
Not that loose one”
Nicki then continued to go into greater detail and things got a little weird as she went
on to tweet about a vaccine story which involved her cousin's friend in Trinidad...
She wrote, “My cousin in Trinidad won’t get the vaccine cuz his friend got it & became
impotent.
His testicles became swollen..”
Nicki explained that this greatly impacted his friend’s life, especially after being
weeks away from his wedding, to which she added, “So just pray on it & make sure you’re
comfortable with ur decision, not bullied.”
Some fans chimed in by sharing their own experiences, like this user who tweeted to Nicki QUOTE,
“I had to get the vaccine cause they wouldn't let me look for a job or get a job and to
earn some money and now I'm unsure about getting the second vaccine.”
Nicki responded to them stating that she actually would recommend they get the vaccine, responding,
“A lot of countries won’t let ppl work w/o the vaccine.
I’d def recommend they get the vaccine.
They have to feed their families.
I’m sure I’ll be vaccinated as well cuz I have to go on tour, etc.”
And when another fan told Nicki they have the vaccine and have not contracted COVID,
she replied with a supportive tweet, saying, “That’s amazing babe.
This is the norm.”
And since this entire tweet storm took place amongst Nicki’s 22 million followers, it’s
not surprising that fans were very worried about her spreading claims that weren’t
based in studies or science to her audience.
Some were just shocked at what had transpired over the course of just a few minutes, like
this user who shared, “I went out for a walk and came back and now my entire twitter
feed is debating the efficacy of covid vaccines because Nicki Minaj’s cousin in Trinidad
friends balls got swollen.
Am I reading this right?”
Others began poking fun at Nicki’s claims by sharing their own experiences with comments
like, “Idk my cousin got in a car accident on his way home from getting the vaccine.
Vaccine causes car accidents too, look it up.”
Another user mirrored that approach, sharing quote, “I won $200 on a scratch off right
after I got the vaccine.
Vaccines bring you money.”
But, Nicki wasn’t afraid to respond to constructive criticism on the matter.
When Meghan McCain retweeted Nicki’s story about her cousin’s friends reaction to the
vaccine, Nicki had a simple response, quote “Eat sh--t you”
At one point she even shared an article from Variety about her tweets claiming quote, “Never
said this.
Glad all my tweets were left up.
On it.”
However, fans were confused as to what she actually meant by her initial tweets which
has since caused a massive debate on her timeline, as one follower responded to Nicki with a
screenshot of her own words, adding quote, “This is literally what you said verbatim.”
And as the coverage of her tweets and her family’s experiences started to gain traction,
Nicki continued to claim that news rooms were getting it all wrong.
She shared a screenshot of headlines, adding quote, “3 lies in a row from huge news platforms.
I cited my young child as why I didn’t want to travel.
But notice how NONE of them mentioned that?
Ask yourself why that was.”
At one point, Nicki shared a voice memo to Twitter of her and her son who she calls Papa
Bear, laughing at the tweets.
At the time of reporting, the Tweet storm
seems to officially died down, as Nicki signed off after sharing one final crying and laughing
emoji.
Let it be known that Nicki Minaj always gets the last word, but if anything, she can always
count on her beloved Barbz to have her back.
For more on Nicki you can click right over here for another Clevver video!
Then let me know all your thoughts on Nicki’s reasoning for not attending the Met Gala right
down here in the comments.
I’m your host Carly Henderson, you can find me on socials @carlyhenderson_, I’ll catch
you later, bye guys!