Fans believe that Kenneth Petty, Nicki Minaj’s husband, uttered a homophobic slur during a live interview with rapper
Fans accused Nicki Minaj’s husband, Kenneth Petty, of using a homophobic slur during an Instagram Live session on Friday, prompting Petty to come under fire.
The situation started when the Grammy-winning musician, 41, spoke to her fans while her 46-year-old husband sat behind her, encouraging them to safeguard their happiness.
«Make sure nothing or no one takes away your motherf****** happiness,» she said.’That’s right, especially tiny f***** and f***boys,’ was how many misunderstood his remark, which set up a firestorm of outrage on social media.
‘Kenneth Petty says the F slur while on live with Nicki Minaj and she does nothing,’ wrote one disgruntled fan, while another wrote, ‘Just insulted her whole male fans.’
Another made reference to Petty’s position as a sexual offender, asking, «Are we shocked? In addition, he rapes people. Nothing would be impossible for him. schmutz.
Many social media users countered that Petty didn’t employ a homophobic slur when she stated «haters,» as many had claimed.
The scandal arose over three months after Petty, who was on probation for failing to register as a sex offender, was given permission to fly abroad to assist his wife on her Pink Friday World Tour.
In court filings obtained by TMZ, he had stated that he must be permitted to travel with the artist to Europe in order to monitor their three-year-old son.
The schedule of dates started in Montreal, went via cities like London, Amsterdam, and Paris, and ended in Belgium on July 14—the day Petty had given the court notice he could arrive in the United States. ‘Hasn’t voiced any objections to his travel request,’ the site stated, citing court documents from the probation officer supervising Petty’s case, which began with his first-degree attempted rape conviction in April 1995.
Petty’s legal troubles gained attention in September of last year when he was sentenced to 120 days of house arrest for violating his probation and sharing social media videos featuring derogatory remarks directed at Migos artist Offset.
Petty ‘was recorded on film making threatening words to a specific individual while in the presence of someone with a criminal record,’ according to a court order issued in the case in California’s Central District, September 16, 2023, The Hollywood Reporter said.
Since October 2019, Minaj, whose full name is Onika Tanya Maraj, has been married to Petty.
The Super Bass musician, who has known Petty since high school, discussed the intricacies of their relationship in a December 2023 Vogue interview.
«There’s an ease we have with each other because I’ve known my husband for so long,» Minaj remarked of Petty. «We make fun of each other.» We are foolish. And we never stop talking about old stories.
«What if I didn’t look like Nicki Minaj every day? I think I would feel like they liked me if I met a guy who looked like Nicki Minaj.» And that would have probably driven me insane if I had been pregnant.
«I think that deep down inside, I believed that once I had a family, I would just lose the desire to make music,» she stated in the interview of starting a family with Petty. «Watch, when I have a child, I’m going to cook every meal for him and bake cookies every day,» I would constantly tell people.
Perhaps unconsciously, I anticipated that I would only be able to concentrate on becoming a mother. It was rather relieving. Nevertheless, you discover that you must work.Things got ‘testy between’ Minaj and Petty since they navigated their son’s early years alone; they haven’t disclosed his name to the public.
«I think we knew we’d get past it because of our history,» Minaj remarked. However, there is no such thing as parenthood confidence. Though I’m sure I couldn’t have understood it, I kind of wish someone had explained to me that there is a degree of worry and that, despite your belief that it will pass, it actually grows scarier. You think, «I don’t know how to do this,» a lot.
On Tuesday night, Minaj posted a number of pictures of Petty, her, and their son to Instagram with the message, «Go PAPA!!!!! M.»
