Nicki Minaj has had a bizarre war of words with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson after she shared an impotence myth about Covid-19 vaccines on social media.
On Monday, the 38-year-old tweeted to her 22 million Twitter followers: “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.”
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
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) September 13, 2021
The British PM made special mention of the rapper during a press conference yesterday, saying: “I’m not as familiar with the works of Nicki Minaj as I probably should be.
“But I am familiar with Nikki Kanani, superstar GP of Bexley who’s appeared many times before you, who will tell you that vaccines are wonderful and everybody should get them. So I prefer to listen to Nikki Kanani.”
England’s Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Whitty, added: “There are a number of myths that fly around with varying… some of which are just clearly ridiculous, and some of which are clearly designed just to scare. That happens to be one of them. That is untrue.
“My own strong suggestion to media present and not present is repeating them in public actually gives them credence which they don’t need. They’re untrue, full stop.
“The great majority of people are getting vaccinated, so the great majority of people are ignoring these myths.”
Nicki couldn’t leave it like that and reacted by posting a bizarre audio clip with a fake British accent mocking Boris on Twitter.
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.”