It’s no secret that Nicki Minaj is NOT one to hold her tongue, and once again Nicki finds herself at the center of media attention in a “not so nice way”. The American idol judge was recently questioned on the red carpet by Access Hollywood reporter, Laura Saltman about her recent twitter rants against fellow judge, Mariah Carey and Nick pretty much dismissed the reporter and walked off after noting to the reporter that “the question made no sense”. Here’s the full two-minute exchange between the two.
Reporter asks:
“Are you looking forward to the end [of American Idol]? Because I know there were some twitter comments you made today that caused quite a stir?”
Nicki responds:
“That question didn’t even make sense,” Nick replied. “So if you want me to insinuate what you’re talking about I’m not going to.” Then, – Nicki walks off!
Saltman wrote an open letter on her blog addressing the incident and claims that Nicki was mean spirited and a cyber bully.
“In my 20 years in entertainment news, I have interviewed close to 5,000 celebrities — people who have bigger bragging rights than Nicki. Men and women who have Oscars, Grammys and Emmys. Yet, by far, she is the most ungracious of anyone I have met.
Each week, she comes backstage for interviews and we are told “two questions only” while her people hover over you and even, at times, have their hand on your arm as you end your interview to make you stop. Waiver from the two-question rule and Nicki herself will walk away. She makes zero eye contact and has no connection to whomever is interviewing her. If she likes your question, she may give you a proper answer. If she doesn’t, she may give you a dirty look and walk off. After she posted mean comments about Mariah on Twitter yesterday calling her “bitter” and “insecure,” I wanted to give her the opportunity to redeem herself or perhaps apologize. I phrased my question that her comments had caused quite a stir online and asked if she had anything to say about it. She looked at me and told me my question made no sense and when I tried to explain it further she just said “goodnight” and walked off in a huff.
Nicki’s comments yesterday on Twitter show who she really is – a mean girl, a cyber-bully who is just perpetuating the problems of social media. When will society finally take a stand and say ‘Enough!’ with all of the hateful, spiteful things people say about each other? We are more connected than ever online but more willing to hide behind our anonymous avatars and be nasty to people we barely know. As a celebrity, I would hope that Nicki would understand her fans look to her as a role model and she should choose her words more wisely. From what I have seen of her behavior since “Idol” began, I’m not sure she is capable of this. She’s a female rapper who should be proud of her accomplishments as a woman not cutting other women down.
The truth is that 20 years from now, Mariah Carey will still be known as one of the best female vocalists of all time. Nicki Minaj – well, I will let you decide that.”
Well Nicki gave her a verbal lashing in a series of tweets yesterday.
Who knows what will come of this beef but surely Nicki is un-bothered by it all. Stay tuned PLUM’s!