A bizarre row between Nicki Minaj, Boris Johnson, Chris Whitty and Piers Morgan has broken out following a controversial tweet from the pop star.
Nicki Minaj took to Twitter on Monday, September 13, to share an anti-vax impotence myth. The pop star tweeted: 'My cousin in Trinidad won't get the vaccine cuz his friend got it & became impotent. His testicles became swollen. His friend was weeks away from getting married, now the girl called off the wedding. So just pray on it & make sure you're comfortable with ur decision, not bullied.'
The tweet, sent out to her 22.6 million followers, has received criticism from England's Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Whitty, and the Prime Minister during their coronavirus briefing on Tuesday, September 14. When asked, Professor Whitty criticised her tweet, and stated: "In my view, they should be ashamed."
Boris Johnson added that he was not familiar with Nicki Minaj's work, and instead promoted the GP Nikki Kanani who "who will tell you vaccines are wonderful and everyone should get one."
However, things took a turn when Nicki returned to Twitter and shared a voice note in a fake English accent addressing the Prime Minister. She said: '"Yes, hello Prime Minister, Boris, it's Nicki Minaj. I was just calling to tell you that you were so amazing on the news this morning. And I'm actually British. I was born there. I went to university there. I went to Oxford.
"I went to school with Margaret Thatcher. And she told me so many nice things about you. I'd love to send you my portfolio of my work, since you don't know much about me, I'm a big, big star in the United States."
Following the briefing Piers Morgan also took to Twitter to condemn the "ghastly" pop star, stating she's "one of the rudest little madams I've ever met" and "pedalling lies that will cost lives."
The row then turned sour as Piers accused Nicki of being "too busy" to say hello to his three young sons on America's Got Talent, to which she responded: "Stop fkng lying. I never turn down pics with kids. If a middle person told you that, they were out of line. don’t blame me you stupid piece of s***."
Nicki also denied ever appearing on America's Got Talent, however, Twitter users have since shared pictures of the pop star and presenter on the show together.
BBC reporter Laura Kuenssberg has also been on the receiving end of Nicki's tweets which told the journalist to "Go away dumbo."
The Starships singer's fans have also got involved in the two, sending death threats to the Twitter user Politics For All.
Despite this, Nicki seems to be finding humour in the situation, changing her bio to 'Rudest little madam' with a Union Jack and stating "I been laughing till my stomach hurts".
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