Veteran comic and actor Mike Epps apologized to Nicki Minaj after he made a sexual joke in regards to the rapper and President Donald Trump throughout a present.
Epps, 55, made the joke about Minaj throughout the We Them Ones Comedy Tour at KFC Yum! Middle in Louisville on February 6, Leisure Weekly reported. Minaj, whose actual identify is Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty, is an outspoken Trump supporter.
Whereas entertaining the viewers on the present, Epps jokingly stated that Minaj, 43, was “having a practice ran on her by Donald Trump and them.”
However The Hangover star walked again on his feedback in a put up on his Instagram tales on Tuesday.
“Y’all know I’m Mr Accountability,” Epps stated. “, I say stuff and do stuff, after which I’m going to mattress, get up the subsequent morning, [having] prayed on and considered it. I simply need to apologize to you, Nicki Minaj, for saying the stuff that I stated. I need to apologize to your husband, your youngsters, all that for saying what I stated.”
“I’m a comic,” Epps added. “Generally I get on that stage, and I’ve somewhat drink, and I’m going wild. I’m non-filtered. Simply needed to apologize to you. Not explaining myself, however I’m Mr. Accountability.”
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He continued: “I like apologizing, which is one thing lots of people don’t know the right way to do. [I] apologize to you, Nicki.”
Minaj has drawn backlash from a bit of her followers and different individuals for throwing her weight behind the Trump administration. Final month, the Superbass rapper reaffirmed her unwavering assist for Trump whereas delivering a speech at a “Trump Accounts Summit” session, saying that she’s “in all probability” the president’s primary fan, Face2Face Africa reported.
In addition to that, Minaj, who immigrated to the US from Trinidad and Tobago, claimed that Trump, 79, was being subjected to bullying, and a “smear marketing campaign” had been waged in opposition to him, Selection reported.
“Effectively, I don’t know what to say,” Minaj stated after initially holding Trump’s palms as they walked towards the rostrum, “however I’ll say that I’m in all probability the president’s no. 1 fan. And that’s not going to vary.
“And the hate with what individuals should say, it doesn’t have an effect on me, in any respect,” the rapper added. “It really motivates me to assist him extra. And it’s gonna inspire all of us to assist him extra. We’re not going to allow them to get away with bullying him. The smear campaigns, it’s not going to work. He has plenty of power behind him, and God is defending him. Amen?”
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