After keeping a fairly low profile for awhile, Nicki Minaj has reappeared in all of our lives as she jumped back onto the scene this week. Following a public dispute with ex-boyfriend, Meek Mill, alongside her husband, Kenneth Petty, Nicki reappeared on Instagram this week to share her first post in months. Not only did she return to social media, but the Queen also continued to shut down her alleged retirement from music with her feature on Meghan Trainor's new single, "Nice To Meet Ya." To top it all off, she announced she'd be a serving as a guest judge on season 10 of RuPaul's Drag Race.
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Now that Nicki's next era is upon us, a clip of her from over a year ago has resurfaced as the latest viral meme. The simple video shows Nicki standing up from her seat at the MTV Video Music Awards in 2018 to accept the Best Hip-Hop Music Video award while "Chun-Li" plays in the background. The way she takes a second to actually get up and then proceeds to stroke on of her pigtails has people producing some content that is just pure gold. Check out the funniest uses of the meme on Twitter:
Beyoncé Catches Flack For Not Standing When Joaquin Phoenix Won His Golden Globe
Not impressed or obstructive dress?
Beyoncé arrived fashionably late to the 2020 Golden Globes last night, alongside her husband, Jay-Z. They skipped out on the red carpet and walked in once the ceremony had already begun. Their bodyguard escorted them to their seats as he held two bottles of Ace of Spades champagne so they wouldn't have to drink the Moët & Chandon being poured at the event. They were seen mingling with the other celebs at their table, but many people on Twitter believe that Bey was indifferent toward the whole ordeal. She was there to pick up her gold statue if The Lion King's "Spirit" happened to win for Best Original Song (it didn't), and that was all.
The fact that she didn't stand up when Joaquin Phoenix won his award fueled this suspicion. When Phoenix won for Best Actor In a Drama Motion Picture for his role in Joker, the whole room rose, but Bey was seen comfortably seated. Some got a laugh from her head peaking out behind Phoenix when the camera showed him going to accept his trophy, but many others called her out for being disrespectful. One Twitter user claimed that her refusal to stand was "thoroughly distasteful." On the other hand, many came to Bey's defense and suggested that her dress may have made standing a difficult task for her. She wore a custom Schiaparelli Haute Couture gown with enormous metallic gold puffy sleeves that some argued could have been distracting or obstructive if she stood.
Read both sides of the debate below.