Nicki Minaj has responded to a White House official who said the artist was never contacted for a visit given her public remarks on vaccination social media.
Following the outrage she received for conveying an unverified allegation about her cousin’s friend’s testicles swelling after taking the COVID-19 vaccination to her 22 million followers, Nicki claimed that representatives from the White House contacted her to organize a visit.
The White House has invited me & I think it’s a step in the right direction. Yes, I’m going. I’ll be dressed in all pink like Legally Blonde so they know I mean business. I’ll ask questions on behalf of the ppl who have been made fun of for simply being human. #BallGate day 3 https://t.co/PSa3WcEjH3
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) September 15, 2021
However, according to NBC News, a White House official claimed that while Nicki was contacted, it was to connect her with a doctor over the phone in order to help her gather proper vaccination information.
The White House official reportedly said: “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.”
Nicki reacted to the White House’s statement on Instagram with a 14-minute rant in which she slammed individuals who had chastised her for her tweets and comments about the COVID-19 vaccination.
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A disappointed Nicki could be heard in the video, saying:
“We’d like to offer Nicki an invitation to come to the White house to speak with two people… the two names… um, what is that man’s name… Dr. Fauci and with the surgeon general,” Nicki said.
She continued, “And do you know what I said? I said, ‘Well, I would rather not have to travel, can we do something like a [Instagram] Live’ and they said that they’re open to me to choosing a platform to do a Live but they never have taken that off the table for me to come to the White House,”
Going on in the video, Nicki explained: “And then just imagine someone saying, ‘Oh, no, we offered Nicki Minaj the same phone call we offer everybody else.’ What? You think they would offer that to Mookie in the projects. No. ‘Everybody else.’ And I see why a lot of celebrities keep themselves bubbled up. You understand? We’re living in a place without free healthcare. So anybody in this country has the right to question anything about their health. Because if your health mattered that f*cking much there’d be free fucking healthcare, bozos.”
Amid the backlash and controversy, Dr. Anthony Fauci and Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh have stated that there is no proof that the COVID-19 vaccination causes infertility or enlarged testicles.
Soon after Nicki shared the 14-minutes long video, the femcee took to her IG Stories to imply that if Malcolm X were alive today, he would most likely be apprehensive about the vaccine as well.
She wrote: “Y’all gotta stop pretending to love ppl with backbones. If Malcolm X were here, he’d be asking questions & most of y’all that holler ‘Black Lives Matter’ & ‘protect Black women’ would be telling them him to shut-UP & fall in line. Y’all say these ppl’s names but embody the spirit of a coward.”
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