A brief explainer of the Miley Cyrus-Nicki Minaj VMA beef
Now we’ve got bad blood.
While Nicki Minaj buried the hatchet with Taylor Swift at Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards, she opened a new wound with host Miley Cyrus. When accepting the award for Best Hip Hop Video for “Anaconda,’’ she gave a round of thanks to her fans before turning the camera “back to this bitch that had a lot to say about me in the press.’’
In case you were lost, Minaj’s remarks —defined by unmistakable “Miley, what’s good?’’— referenced Cyrus’s recent interview with The New York Times, in which she criticized the rapper’s recent Twitter tift with Swift. When the Times asked about the disagreement/catfight/misunderstanding/possible publicity stunt, Cyrus admitted she didn’t know too much about the specific situation, but added:
“What I read sounded very Nicki Minaj, which, if you know Nicki Minaj is not too kind. It’s not very polite. I think there’s a way you speak to people with openness and love. You don’t have to start this pop star against pop star war.’’
Cyrus brushed off Minaj’s wrath as she introduced her next segment, saying, “Hey, we are all in this industry and we all do interviews. We all know how they manipulate.’’ But Vulture unearthed this Vine of her looking visibly shaken offscreen:
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Despite reports that the exchange was staged, EW cites sources who say, Ehhhhh… not so much. Or more specifically, “The anger was very real and not a pre-planned bit at all.’’
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