Nicki Minaj skips the Met Gala due to vaccine requirement

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US rapper Nicki Minaj arrives for the 2019 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2019, in New York. - The Gala raises money for the Metropolitan Museum of Arts Costume Institute. The Gala's 2019 theme is Camp: Notes on Fashion" inspired by Susan Sontag's 1964 essay "Notes on Camp". (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Nicki Minaj wonโ€™t attend the Met Gala because of its vaccination policy.

The 38-year-old rap star has revealed via social media how she contracted COVID-19 and confirmed that sheโ€™ll be absent from the fundraiser in New York, as she continues to โ€œresearchโ€ the vaccine.

Nicki โ€“ who has an 11-month-old son โ€“ wrote on Twitter: โ€œI was prepping for vmas then i shot a video & guess who got COVID? Do u know what it is not to be able to kiss or hold your tiny baby for over a week? A baby who is only used to his mama? โ€œget vaccinatedโ€ Drake had just told me he got covid w|THE VACCINE tho so chile. (sic)โ€

The rap star subsequently questioned the idea that the vaccine lessens the symptoms of the virus.

She wrote in reply to a follower: โ€œBabe. Thatโ€™s not true. I had the exact same symptoms as ppl with the damn vaccine. (sic)โ€

Nicki then confirmed that she wonโ€™t be attending this yearโ€™s Met Gala.

The โ€˜Anacondaโ€™ hitmaker also offered advice to her followers.

She wrote on the micro-blogging platform: โ€œThey want you to get vaccinated for the Met. if I get vaccinated it wonโ€™t for the Met. Itโ€™ll be once I feel Iโ€™ve done enough research. Iโ€™m working on that now. In the meantime my loves, be safe. Wear the mask with 2 strings that grips your head & face. Not that loose one [prayer and heart emojis] (sic)โ€

Nicki later claimed that her cousinโ€™s friend became โ€œimpotentโ€ after having the COIVD-19 vaccine.

She said: โ€œMy cousin in Trinidad wonโ€™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 youโ€™re comfortable with ur decision, not bullied (sic)โ€


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