Taylor Swift apologizes to Nicki Minaj: 'I missed the point, I misunderstood'
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I thought I was being called out. I missed the point, I misunderstood, then misspoke. I'm sorry, Nicki.@NICKIMINAJ
- Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) July 23, 2015
Here's what went down previously: Swift and Minaj had some words on Twitter after the MTV Video Music Awards were announced on Tuesday. Minaj, whose "Anaconda" video wasn't nominated for Video of the Year, wrote a tweet about racial bias in the awards world.
When the "other" girls drop a video that breaks records and impacts culture they get that nomination. ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
- NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) July 21, 2015
Well, Swift took it personally (obviously, as she's the only white person nominated for Video of the Year) and tweeted/inferred that Minaj was pitting women against each other:
@NICKIMINAJ I've done nothing but love & support you. It's unlike you to pit women against each other. Maybe one of the men took your slot..
- Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) July 21, 2015
In the time since Tuesday, others started weighing in -- including pop star Katy Perry. She says in her tweet that she finds it strange that someone is accusing another of pitting women against each other, when that person makes money off the very same thing. While no names were used, she seemed to be siding with Minaj on this one and referring to reports that she was the subject of Swift's song, "Bad Blood."
Finding it ironic to parade the pit women against other women argument about as one unmeasurably capitalizes on the take down of a woman...
- KATY PERRY (@katyperry) July 22, 2015
The real travesty is where is the shine for #BBHMMVideo when VMA eligibility period was 7/7/14-7/1/15 & that gem dropped 7/1... @MTV
- KATY PERRY (@katyperry) July 22, 2015
That's a lot of pop princesses in one feud. It remains to be seen if Swift's apology tweet shuts down the conflict.
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