Nicki Minajs VMA beef with Miley Cyrus was real, multiple sources say

I gotta admit to still being entertained at how Nicki Minaj called out Miley Cyrus in a huge way at the VMAs. Miley was clearly rattled, and she should have been. She was pretty darn rude to Nicki about the VMAs snub, especially while lecturing Nicki about “the statistics” of racism. MTV cut Nicki’s mic once they realized what was happening, and it happened fast, which makes people wonder if this was a planned stunt.

The internet and general public still seem divided on whether the call-out moment was staged. People are throwing out professional wrestling analogies and pointing out how Eminem and Sacha Baron Cohen staged a VMA feud one year. This crap happens with MTV, but I have no problems believing Nicki was seriously upset with Miley for belittling her as “not polite” and “angry.” Miley believes people should have love in their hearts at all times, but Nicki was legitimately upset.

Now come conflicting reports about the onstage interaction. MTV put out word that the beef is completely real. Us Weekly also takes the same route with quotes from an insider:

Not an act! Nicki Minaj wasn’t kidding when she confronted 2015 VMAs hostess Miley Cyrus during the live broadcast on Sunday, Aug. 30. After the “Anaconda” rapper called the pop star a “bitch” for talking about her in the press, some people wondered whether the onstage tiff was part of a pre-planned bit between them. But a source tells Us Weekly that there was nothing fake about Minaj’s rage.

“Nicki was livid with Miley and decided to air her feelings onstage,” the insider tells Us of the “Truffle Butter” hitmaker, 32, who was angry over an interview Cyrus gave to the New York Times. “The anger was very real and not a pre-planned bit at all.”

In fact, the source says, MTV staffers “had to be sure Nicki and Miley didn’t cross paths for the rest of the evening because they were legitimately worried about a confrontation happening.”

[From Us Weekly]

See, I believe this is the case. Nicki is excellent at holding grudges, and Miley didn’t recover for a few minutes. Yet People says the whole thing was a game, and “Nicki was joking. You could see her laughing toward the end.” The thing is, Nicki can smile while she’s angry. There was a tiny flash of a smile, yes, but it didn’t look like a happy one. She simply looked pleased at Miley’s reaction. Still, this is all a mystery!

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