Sajid Javid attacks ‘ridiculous Nicki Minaj tweets’ about Covid stabs

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The health minister spoke out against the singer on Wednesday morning after she tweeted that a “friend’s cousin” wedding in Trinidad had been called off because his testicles swelled after an jab.

Mr. Javid was asked about Minaj’s “baseless” tweet and whether it should be deleted by the social media companies.

He told Sky News: “I don’t want to draw attention to such ridiculous tweets.

“People who are in the public eye whether they are celebrities or politicians or whoever they are should be very careful with their language and certainly should not spread lies.”

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Speaking to BBC Breakfast, he added: “Certainly when it comes to something like lifesaving vaccines – in this country there are 112,000 fewer deaths we estimate because of our vaccine program – they should be really careful about what they say and not spread lies.”

Good Morning Britain host Richard Madley called the rapper an “idiot” for her “ridiculous” vaccine tweet.

Commenting on the show on Tuesday, he said, “What an idiot, she has no understanding that that ridiculous tweet is causing real harm.”

Minaj seemed to be taking a dip on Twitter Tuesday morning after a fake video he posted on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

The artist’s Super Bass music video was played, and his words were a joke: “I said, ‘Excuse me, this guy’s plight should be told to his more than 20 million fans.'”

In retweeting the clip, Minaj wrote: “I didn’t mention that as a reason not to get the vaccine. The lie is funny/so amusing.”

Johnson said he was “unaware of the work” of the rapper while Professor Chris Whitty called the star “ridiculous” at a Downing Street conference after she suggested a link between Covid vaccines and impotence in a tweet on Monday.

The pop star responded with a satirical video where she put on a comedic British accent addressing the Prime Minister.

In a video message she said sarcastically: “Yes, hello Prime Minister, Boris, I’m Nicki Minaj – I was just calling to tell you you were so amazing at the news this morning. And I’m actually British. I was born there. I went to university there. I went to Oxford.”

“I went to school with Margaret Thatcher. And she told me so many nice things about you. I would like to send you my profile of my work, since you don’t know much about me, I am a big, big star in the States.”

In writing, she added, “Send this to the prime minister and tell him they lied to me. I forgive him. No one else. Just him.”

Anger was ignited at the Downing Street conference when a journalist asked England’s prime minister and chief medical advisor about Minaj’s vaccine tweet.

The rapper told her 22 million followers on Monday: “My Trinidad cousin won’t get the vaccine because his friend got it and he’s impotent. His testicles swollen. His boyfriend was weeks away from getting married, and now the girl has canceled the wedding. So just pray for her and make sure That you are comfortable with your decision, not to be bullied.”

In response, England’s chief medical advisor dismissed the celebrity’s claims as “incorrect” and said they were clearly intended to “scare” people on Tuesday.

The professor said the rapper should be “ashamed” of herself for “spreading lies” on social media.

He told a Downing Street conference on Tuesday: “There are a number of myths swirling around … some are clearly ridiculous and some are clearly designed to scare. This is one of them. It is not true.

“There is a group of people who have strange beliefs and that’s okay, and they make their own choices. People are adults who are allowed to make their own choices.

But there are also people who are trying to dissuade others from taking a vaccine that could save their lives or prevent them from suffering life-altering injuries.

“And a lot of these people, I am sorry to say, I think they know they are spreading lies but they still do. In my opinion, they should be ashamed.”

By publicly repeating the myths, the professor warned, it “gives them a credibility they don’t need.”

Mr. Johnson took this opportunity to celebrate the work of a GP in Bexley named Nikki Kinani.

He added: “I’m not as familiar with Nicki Minaj’s work as I probably should be, but I am familiar with Nicki Kenani, Bexley’s star GP.

“She will tell you that vaccines are great and everyone should get them. So I’d rather listen to Nikki Kinani.”

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