9. Nicki Minaj
One of the more notable Swift drama episodes is the one that happened between her and rap queen Nicki Minaj. In June of 2015, Minaj found out that she wasn’t nominated at all for MTV’s Video of the Year Award during the MTV Music Video Awards. A very angry Minja let out a series of Tweets explaining how hard it is to be in an industry that doesn’t celebrate non-white, non-extra small size wearing females.
One of her Tweets reads, “If your video celebrates women with very slim bodies, you will be nominated for vid of the year,” which Swift then automatically assumed was about her and her music video for “Bad Blood.” So, Swift decided to Tweet directly at Minaj, saying, “I’ve done nothing but love and support you.
It’s unlike you to pit women against each other. Maybe one of the men took your slot…” This did nothing but confuse Minaj, because it wasn’t intended to be about Swift at all, but about racism in Hollywood instead. Minaj replied to Swift, saying she clearly wasn’t reading the rest of her Tweets, and that it wasn’t about her – and that she should also be speaking out about the inequality in their industry. After countless memes and criticism by the entire world, Minaj and Swift share a phone call, and Swift later Tweets that she misunderstood, misspoke, and ended up apologizing. Currently, the pair are not at war with each other, but the world will never forget that day on Twitter.
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