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Ms Minaj was caught in a media whirlwind this week after she tweeted disinformation about the coronavirus side effects, notably that her cousin had become impotent because the jab had
swollen his testicles. The tweet was retweeted 119,000 times and received 148,000 likes. Things escalated when Ms Minaj’s claim was mentioned to England’s chief medical officer Professor
Chris Whitty who said the rapper “should be ashamed” and that her tweet was “clearly ridiculous”. Boris Johnson added that he would rather receive coronavirus information from Dr Nikki
Kanani, NHS England’s medical director of primary care, than Ms Minaj. The rapper soon responded to Professor Whitty on Twitter saying “I love him even tho[ugh] I guess this was a diss” She
then recorded a voice note for Mr Johnson, where she pretended to be a British Oxford graduate and friend of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. When the voice note was shared by BBC
political editor Laura Kuenssberg the rapper called the journalist a “jack*ss” and signed off a retweet with “go away dumbo”. READ MORE: MEGHAN 'LOVED BRITISH MEN' AND 'WANTED
BRITISH BOYFRIEND' However this was not the first time Ms Minaj has waded into British current affairs. In February 2020 the rapper threw her support behind Harry after he and his
wife Meghan took the unprecedented decision to step down from senior royal duties and move to California. Speaking on Apple Music’s Queen Radio she said: “Now I do want to get into
something ‒ who thinks it’s cool that the girl Meghan Markle left the UK with her husband? “Kudos to Harry because let me tell you something, and this is what I love about my husband ‒ real
men always say a happy wife, a happy life. Ms Minaj said that she considered it attractive when men put their partner over everything, and said that was reflected in her relationship with
husband Kenneth Petty. She said: “It’s so attractive. “Put your woman first [...] and make sure she’s always comfortable and happy. “And what happened to Princess Diana, we don’t need a
redo or a rerun. “Everybody knows I love Princess Diana and if you’re being bullied in the media and you’re sick of this s**t and all you wanted was to marry the man that you loved, then by
God yes he should support you in getting the f**k up out of there.” The Duke and Duchess of Sussex featured on the cover of Time magazine this week as they were named among the world’s 100
most influential people. On Monday Harry also celebrated his 37th birthday, just months after the couple welcomed their second child Lilibet. It was Harry’s second birthday since the
Sussexes’ left the Royal Family and in celebration the Prince of Wales shared a touching photo of the pair on Clarence House’s social media. The picture was of Charles and a young Harry on
a royal engagement together in South Africa, months after Harry’s mother Princess Diana tragically died in a car crash.