Mike Epps apologized to Nicki Minaj after ruffling some feathers with his bawdy humor during a comedy show.
Epps, 55, joked about Minaj’s support for President Donald Trump and his current administration, quipping to the live audience in Louisville, Kentucky, that she was “having a train ran on her by Donald Trump and them,” during his show last week on February 6.
The comedian poked fun at Minaj, 43, who recently described herself as “the president’s No. 1 fan,” while taking the stage at KFC Yum! Center as part of his We Them Ones Comedy Tour.
“Y’all know I’m Mr. Accountability,” Epps said in a video posted to his Instagram Stories on Tuesday, February 10, revealing he thought it over and felt compelled to speak out. “You know, I say stuff and do stuff, and then I go to bed, wake up the next morning, [having] prayed on and thought about it.”
“I just want to apologize to you, Nicki Minaj, for saying the stuff that I said,” he continued. “I want to apologize to your husband, your kids, all that for saying what I said.” (Minaj has been married to husband Kenneth Petty since October 2019 and the couple share one son together, whom they welcomed in 2020).
“I’m a comedian,” Epps pointed out, revealing that he can go a little too far. “Sometimes I get on that stage, and I have a little drink, and I go wild. I’m non-filtered.”
“Just wanted to apologize to you. Not explaining myself, but I am Mr. Accountability,” he continued. “I love apologizing, which is something a lot of people don’t know how to do. [I] apologize to you, Nicki.”
Minaj praised Trump, 79, when he called the rapper up on stage in Washington, D.C. last month, noting that her support for the president was “not going to change” despite any backlash she may face. “And the hate or what people have to say, it does not affect me at all,” she doubled down. “It actually motivates me to support him more.”
The chart-topping performer has also championed his “Trump Accounts,” which provide trust funds for children.
Minaj recently took to X to share that she obtained a Trump Gold Card, telling fans on January 28 that she would be “finalizing that citizenship paperwork as we speak as per MY wonderful, gracious, charming President.”
“Thanks to the petition,” the Trinidad-born artist continued. “I wouldn’t have done it without you. Oh, CitizenNIKA, you are the moment. Gold Trump card free of charge.”
Trump previously said the card could be obtained with “a $15,000 DHS processing fee” following a “background approval” and “a contribution of $1 million.” As a result, the applicant would receive “U.S. residency in record time.”
A White House official told the New York Times that Minaj’s gold card was simply a “memento” rather than a “visa document.” In the same report published on January 29, it was noted that a Replica Luxury Handbagland Security Department official clarified that Minaj has already been a legal permanent resident for nearly 20 years, and was already eligible to petition for citizenship.
