

if I get vaccinated it won’t for the Met. They want you to get vaccinated for the Met. She said if she did get the shot, it “won’t (be) for the met.” Minaj said she was likely to get vaccinated after she had “done enough research.”

Minaj said the gala required attendees to be vaccinated, and she said she was not yet immunized.

Minaj picked things up on Monday when she announced why she wouldn’t be seen at Monday’s Met Gala, where so many other A-listers put on flamboyant, heading-making fashion statements. Petty, who pleaded guilty last week to failing to register in California, was a teenager when he was convicted of attempted first-degree rape in 1995. The rapper’s explosive week on social media follows last week’s equally incendiary news that her husband, Kenneth “Zoo” Petty, might be facing 10 years in prison for his failure to register as a sex offender in California. On his show, Carlson appeared eager to use Minaj’s controversy to promote vaccine skepticism and to stick it to “bullying” public health officials. Meanwhile, the White House refuted her claim that she had been invited to come for a personal visit to discuss her tweets about vaccines and the controversy she herself dubbed “#BallGate.” The White House said it had just offered a phone call to address her concerns, the Daily Beast reported.Īdditionally ,Twitter said it had not locked her out of her account over her coronavirus-related tweets, putting her in what she claimed on Instagram Wednesday, “Twitter jail,” the Daily Beast reported.īut there’s more: Minaj has also irked fans for welcoming a defense from Tucker Carlson by promoting a clip, with a bulls-eye emoji, from the controversial Fox News host. One by one, claims the rapper has made on Twitter - starting with her justification for not getting vaccinated to go the Met Gala - have been debunked.įor example, top health officials in Minaj’s native Trinidad and Tobago have criticized her for spreading “false” information by claiming that someone she knows on the Caribbean island suffered impotence and swollen testicles after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, Reuters reported.

On the other hand, Conservative commentator Candace Owens and Fox News’ Tucker Carlson gave their support.Īnd as the chronicle continues, it’s safe to say that it’s been quite the week for Minaj.It’s been a wild week for Nicki Minaj as she ignited international furor on social media for her various COVID-19 related claims. In good old social media war fashion, Minaj also came toe to toe with MSNBC’s Joy Reid, Megan McCain, comedian Stephen Colbert, and Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Anthony Fauci shot down the prospect of her sentiments having any truth. Terrence Deyalsingh, the minister of health in Trinidad and Tobago where Minaj was born, and Dr.
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Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter, ‘The Viral Democracy’Ĭountless experts such as Dr. On Monday, Minaj broke the internet after making comments that one of the reasons she was refraining from getting a dose of the shot was due to her cousin in Trinidad allegedly having a friend whose testicles became swollen after getting the vaccine. “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,” the spokesperson told the outlet. In conversation with NBC News, a White House spokesperson did note that officials did contact Minaj, but not for an in-person visit.
