White House Offers Call to Nicki Minaj to Discuss Vaccine Safety

U.S.|White House offers a telephone to Nicki Minaj to sermon vaccine safety.

• Sept. 15, 2021, 9:48 p.m. ET

After the rapper Nicki Minaj questioned the efficacy of the Covid-19 vaccine successful a station connected Twitter this week, the White House confirmed connected Wednesday that it had offered her a telephone with a doc to reply questions astir the information of the vaccine.

Ms. Minaj’s comments drew wide attention aft she said she would not be the Met Gala connected Monday due to the fact that she had yet to person the vaccine, which was required for attendees.

“As we person with others, we offered a telephone with Nicki Minaj and 1 of our doctors to reply questions she has astir the information and effectiveness of the vaccine,” a White House authoritative said successful a connection connected Wednesday night.

Ms. Minaj appeared to judge that she was going to sojourn the White House. She said connected Twitter connected Wednesday that she would “be dressed successful each pinkish similar Legally Blonde truthful they cognize I mean business.”

“I’ll inquire questions connected behalf of the ppl who person been made amusive of for simply being human,” she added.

On Monday, Ms. Minaj asserted that her cousin’s person successful Trinidad and Tobago “became impotent” aft receiving the vaccine, a assertion that nation’s curate of health, Terrence Deyalsingh, rejected.

“There has been nary specified reported either broadside effect oregon adverse event,” helium said successful a quality league online. “And what was bittersweet astir this is that it wasted our clip yesterday, trying to way down, due to the fact that we instrumentality each these claims seriously, whether it’s connected societal media oregon mainstream media.”