Rapper Nicki Minaj performs onstage. (Photograph by Paras Griffin/WireImage)
Probably the most beneficial factor about Twitter, in my humble opinion, is that it permits us to see behind the rigorously constructed personas of celebrities and politicians, sometimes revealing their weird beliefs and eccentricities to the general public.
Rapper Nicki Minaj just lately displayed a little bit of vaccine hesitancy on Twitter, claiming that she was going to do her personal analysis earlier than committing to vaccination. Her assertion prompted a few snarky replies, however nothing extra.
Minaj’s “analysis” was tweeted an hour later, within the type of a hilarious anecdote, a tweet simply as splendidly deranged as any of Donald Trump’s succinct masterpieces.
Twitter customers had been fast to level out that Minaj’s cousin’s pal didn’t appear to undergo any of the unintended effects generally related to the coronavirus vaccine, however reasonably, that of an STD.
May the deluge of misinformation and conspiracy theories surrounding the vaccine have offered a handy scapegoat for the unnamed pal?
The tweet shortly unfold via retweets, quote tweets, jokes and memes, consuming virtually the whole thing of Twitter, even overshadowing the star-studded Met Gala. Everybody, it appeared, had one thing to say concerning the unnamed man with the swollen testicles.
Others had been amused by the considered this mysterious man who confided in Minaj’s cousin, solely to inadvertently have his secret revealed to your entire world due to Minaj’s vaccine “analysis.”
It wasn’t all mockery and memes, nonetheless; some noticed the tweet as a golden alternative to query the vaccine, a present from an extremely well-known superstar, a cudgel for use within the neverending tradition wars, wherein medical science has grow to be (sadly) intertwined.
Quickly, the tweet escaped Twitter and entered the true world, prompting a response from UK Chief Medical advisor, Chris Whitty, who stated Minaj “ought to be ashamed.”
In some way, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was prompted into making a statement about Minaj, and he delivered a really well mannered, usually English response, stating:
“I’m not as conversant in the works of Nicki Minaj as I in all probability ought to be.”
Tucker Carlson (of Fox Information) even learn Minaj’s tweet on air, verbatim, by some means managing to maintain a straight face. Carlson concluded by calling the tweet, “wise.”
Ultimately, Minaj managed to see the humorous facet, as her cousin’s now internet-famous pal may need some questions for her.
Minaj additionally had enjoyable responding to Boris Johnson, placing on a horrible British accent to troll the Prime Minister.
The swirling tsunami of vaccine misinformation is perhaps a trigger for concern, however even a public well being disaster, it appears, can have a humorous facet.