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Taylor Swift Apologizes to Nicki Minaj for Twitter Feud, All Is Right in the World Again

Rapper accepts the apology, Katy Perry still wins

Jul 24, 2015 07:37 GMT  ·  By
Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj end feud over VMAs 2015 nominations after Taylor apologizes
   Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj end feud over VMAs 2015 nominations after Taylor apologizes

One of the most mediated Twitter feuds in recent months, the one between rapper Nicki Minaj and pop star Taylor Swift over the MTV Video Music Awards 2015 nominations, has been settled. Taylor has apologized for taking Nicki’s comment on racism and discrimination in the media and the music industry personally, and attacking her for it.

In return, the rapper has accepted the apology and claims no harm has been done. Ironically, it’s Katy Perry who came out of this looking good.

Nicki vs. Taylor and how Katy got involved

You can see all the tweets in question below, under those that finally settled the dispute. When the VMAs 2015 nominations were announced, Nicki was upset that her “Anaconda” didn’t get a nod for Video of the Year and she took to Twitter to say that “other girls” with skinnier bodies did get a nomination.

To her credit, she didn’t mention Taylor by name but she couldn’t have been talking about someone else, since the only other female nominated was Beyonce - and we can all agree that she’s not skinny.

Taylor reacted instantly, telling Nicki that she shouldn’t attack her when she (Taylor) had been nothing but supportive of her until then. Taylor’s idea of feminism is that girls shouldn’t put other girls down, even if said “putting down” is part of a larger discussion on racism or justified criticism.

Nicki fought back and said that she wasn’t talking about Taylor (though she probably was), but trying to make a point about how the industry was biased against female black entertainers, who would never get the same recognition as their white counterparts.

Katy got involved the other day, by pointing that Taylor was being a hypocrite for going after Nicki for this reason, since she was actually nominated for a video, “Bad Blood,” that did just that: putting another woman down publicly. In fact, Taylor has a history of doing that.

Taylor backtracks as backlash starts

Taylor Swift has been the industry’s darling for a very long time, but not even she is safe from public criticism, especially when she comes across as terribly wrong as she did now.

Few were those bystanders who took her side in this Nicki Minaj spat, and even less after Katy Perry stepped in to point out the irony of the situation.

Her apology might seem like the result of a good night’s sleep and proper consideration, but it’s probably nothing more than the direct consequence of the swift backlash that was threatening to reach a global scale.

Salon and Gawker both came out with op-eds on how the Taylor Swift era of white faux-feminism and popularity was coming to an end, as she had finally revealed herself for what she truly was. And these are just 2 media outlets of the many that covered the topic. Celebrity bloggers were even more vocal on the issue, welcoming the day when Taylor’s Miss goody two-shoes image would be shattered for good.

For the time being, though, she gets to keep it almost intact, thanks to this apology.