Nicki Minaj has been slammed for saying rival Megan Thee Stallion was trying to have her ‘Rihanna moment’ by discussing Tory Lanez shooting her during a 2022 TV interview.

Megan, 28, who reignited her feud with Nicki, 41, courtesy of new diss track Hiss, detailed how Lanez had shot her in the foot during a CBS interview with Gayle King. The attack took place during a drunken argument after a pool party at Kylie Jenner’s house in 2020 and Lanez currently serving 10 years in prison.

Rihanna famously appeared on ABC News in 2009 in which she broke down in tears while discussing Brown’s physical assault on her after Clive Davis’s pre-Grammy party in February.

Nicki joined podcast host Joe Budden on Spaces on Wednesday, with the rapper accusing Megan of garnering sympathy via feuding with her to reignite her career.

She said: ‘It’s so obvious. She wanted a Rihanna moment so bad’ before adding ‘You gon google.’

‘Rihanna never would milk. You could tell she couldn’t wait to try to move on with her life. And then people even bashed her for not milking it.

‘Rihanna knows she was a superstar with or without controversy. She’s loved, with or without controversy, sympathy.’

Fans quickly took to social media to slate Nicki , with one writing: ‘Everyday I start losing more and more respect for Nicki Minaj. like beefing with Megan Thee Stallion for no clear reason is one thing but this is just gone way too far to mock her trauma online. like this is not normal behavior.

Another typed: ‘The fact that the only thing nicki can come for is megan’s trauma and her height? goes to show who the real rap queen is!! lmao nicki minaj so corny she need to go find some business and take care of her family.’

A third typed: ‘Nicki Minaj weaponizes Rihanna’s DV against Megan Thee Stallion. Saying Meg wanted a ‘Rihanna moment’ and following with this…’

Another wrote: ‘you are actually going to hell Nicki Minaj. this is actually insane and incredibly insensitive to compare Megan Thee Stallion getting shot to claiming “she wanted to have a Rihanna moment”. domestic violence is never funny to bring up or even compare.’

One fan penned: ‘Nicki Minaj, a woman who has allegedly experienced and spoken out about abuse, has now criticized Megan Thee Stallion—a Black woman—for also enduring abuse. 

‘She even compared the trauma of Rihanna and Megan to make a point. It’s ironic how we’re expected to empathize with Nicki’s experiences, but when it’s about other women, it’s labeled as seeking ‘sympathy points.’ Her actions are really unhinged and disgusting, and she seriously needs an intervention.

Rapper Latto sent support to Megan in the wake of her feud, writing in a comment on an Instagram post: ‘U making us proud Meg’ – with the star responding with hearts,

This comes after Megan was slammed for bringing up ‘Megan’s Law’ in her new diss track, which ignited her recent feud with Nicki.

Richard Kanka, who championed the sex-offender notification law named after his late daughter Megan Kanka, who was murdered in 1994, called the lyric ‘disrespectful’ as per TMZ. 

In her new song ‘Hiss’, the rapper appears to take aim at Minaj’s husband, Kenneth Petty, 45, who is a registered sex offender in New York. 

‘These h**s don’t be mad at Megan,’ she rapped, referring to herself, before adding, ‘These h**s mad at Megan’s Law.’  

Though many defended the lyric by pointing out that it brings awareness to the law, Kanka nonetheless finds his late daughter’s name being brought up in the expletive-filled song offensive, and is considering legal action.

Kanka told TMZ the use of his daughter’s name was ‘highly offensive to the pain his daughter and family felt.’

He admitted that he has not heard the song yet, but has read the lyrics, and does not approve. Kanka also shared he found out about the song from one of his kids.

His daughter Megan was 7 years old when she was raped and killed in July 1994. It was the Kankas’ neighbor and convicted sex offender Jesse Timmendequas who committed the crimes. His two roommates were also convicted sex offenders.

Richard and his wife Maureen, who were unaware that three sex offenders lived across from them, helped champion Megan’s Law into action in 1996.

Megan’s Law mandates the ‘public disclosure of information about registered sex offenders when required to protect the public.’ 

The information is provided so that members of communities can better protect themselves and their children. 

Megan’s lyrics were perceived by Nicki’s fans as a diss toward her husband, who is a registered sex offender. He was convicted of the attempted rape of a 16-year-old in 1994. He spent four years in prison.

He was sentenced to three years probation and one year of home detention in July 2022 after he failed to register as a sex offender in California.

The lyric may have also been aimed at Nicki’s brother, Jelani Maraj, who was convicted in 2017 of predatory sexual assault for the rape of his 11-year-old stepdaughter.

He was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison in January 2020, after a 2018 appeal failed. 

In retaliation, Nicki went on Instagram Live and demanded Megan to ‘conjure up her mother and apologize.’ Megan’s mother, Holly Thomas, passed away in March 2019 from brain cancer.

Minaj also responded to the perceived slight with her own diss track over the weekend, titled Big Foot – a song packed with digs, including one reference to Megan’s alleged cosmetic surgery. 

According to a source she is ready to prey on all of Megan’s weaknesses and is ready to ‘drown’ her with further blows, having already taken serious aim at her rival on her latest single.

But while Megan has yet to respond, a source close to Nicki has claimed this is just the beginning of their public spat, with the Anaconda rapper prepared to ‘drown’ her fellow artist with more punches.

‘I know that Nicki seems to be in the wrong right now because she went there, but she is unapologetic, and we are only seeing what they let the public see,’ a source told DailyMail.com exclusively. ‘Behind the scenes it is even worse.’

They continued: ‘Megan has formed an alliance with Cardi B to talk s**t about Nicki, but Nicki has been in the game much longer than both of them.

‘Nicki told Megan she needs to sit down and respect those who set the path for her. Megan came for Nicki’s husband and brother and in the worst way. So, Nicki responded by taking it a level higher.’

The source added that it’s likely this is only the beginning of their fallout, and that Nicki is prepared to take their spat even further.

They continued: ‘If Megan wants to keep this going, it is going to get extremely ugly – more so than it already is. Nicki knows her weaknesses and will play on all of them. If Megan thinks that Nicki’s beef with Cardi is bad it is a drop in the pool that she is about to drown Megan in.’

Nicki doesn’t hold back in her track Big Foot, which was released on Sunday night.

In the song, she hits out at Megan – real name Megan Pete – and asks, ‘Um, why did you lie about your lipo?’ before adding: ‘F**kin’ your best friend man is crazy, you the type, though.’

Nicki, who previously collaborated with Megan on the 2019 song Hot Girl Summer, also appeared to reference the time Megan was shot in the foot by Tory Lanez in July 2020.

Rapper Lanez, real name Daystar Peterson, was sentenced to 10 years in jail in August 2023.

Crown Princess Mary of Denmark is preparing to take on her new role as queen later this month – after her mother-in-law Margrethe shocked the nation with a surprise abdication on New Year’s Eve.

And old footage from 2003 of the 51-year-old royal, who is originally from Australia and married Crown Prince Frederik a decade ago, shows her dedication to the task as she vowed to ‘work hard’ in her duties and admitted that so it was. It has not yet sunk in that she will one day become queen.

In an interview with 60 minutes Australiathe newly engaged couple discussed the life that awaited them with a new face.

And when Tara Brown pressed Mary, then 31, about what it means for her to marry into the “perfect royal family,” she had the perfect response.

‘What is the perfect princess?’ she asked. “I don’t know, it’s a very subjective thing first of all.

‘All I can say is that I will fulfill the role in a way that suits me and that I can only work hard and do my best.

“For some, that will be good enough.”

A charmed Tara then teased that devoted Mary would definitely bring an ‘Aussie flavour’ to the role.

The fragment was shared by journalist and royal enthusiast Eugenia Garavani on her Instagram, making people happy with Mary’s “smart and warm” energy.

The post received more than 1,890 likes.

“What a fairytale story,” one person wrote.

“Blessings to her and the new king!” another wrote.

A third gushed: ‘Loved this interview.’

Fans are also intrigued to see Mary on screen for very different reasons, as a recently resurfaced clip from 1998 shows the mother of four in an advert for V-Line trains, a regional transport company in Victoria.

In the short, funny commercial, Mary plays a passenger reading a newspaper while a passenger next to her opens a packed lunch with some sandwiches.

He then secretly passes one of them into a huge suitcase on the overhead bin.

A hand peeks out of the suitcase and takes it.

“It’s now easier to get a friend on the train for free,” the ad then says. ‘Two for one ticket, in May.’

Style blog Royal Fashion Police shared the video on Instagram, writing, “Here’s a lesser-known fun fact: Mary appeared in a TV commercial for V-Line trains in 1998.”

“That’s a great casting agent who might recognize her appeal,” said one excited viewer.

‘So awesome! All these fun facts coming out about this talented future queen. Just read her fascinating life story, including details of her work before and after meeting Fred,” added a second.

‘She never stopped working and studying and even taught English in Paris. I love this clip RFP!’

A third commented: ‘What a great find. I’ve never seen this before. She looks absolutely regal.”

Before we met Frederik, the cheerful Mary was active on the Australian social scene and led a very normal life. He studied business and law at the University of Tasmania before working in advertising in Melbourne and Sydney.

In addition to Mary’s short acting stint, she had that too engaged in modeling.

On New Year’s Eve, Queen Margrethe announced that she would step down as monarch after 52 years.

On January 14, she will be succeeded by her son, Crown Prince Frederik.

It means his wife Mary, who he first met in a Sydney pub, will soon become the world’s first Australian-born queen.

She was working as an advertising executive when she first met Frederik in a packed city pub 23 years ago and had no idea that the handsome European tourist she had been talking to for hours was actually the future king of Denmark.

Now married for 19 years and the proud parents of four children, Mary has won over her adopted country through her devotion to royal duty and her command of the language.

And despite speculation about the state of the royal couple’s marriage over the years, there’s nothing concrete to suggest they’re anything but happily married.

The couple were recently rocked by rumors after photos emerged of Frederik, 55, enjoying a night out with Mexican socialite Genoveva Casanova in Madrid in October.

But despite accusations of an ‘affair’, Frederick and Mary put on a show of unity as they entered Aarhus Cathedral on Christmas Eve.

Chanelle has landed herself in hot water on Big Brother as her immunity from eviction has been revoked over a rule break.

The 29-year-old has been punished by Big Brother after she broke the rules around discussing nominations.

Chanelle had earlier won immunity from being nominated on Monday’s episode following the Hunger Games task.

But she is eligible to be nominated along with her fellow housemates in this week’s nominations.

The official Big Brother X/Twitter account wrote: ‘Breaking news! Big Brother sees it all, including a recent rule break… 

‘As a result, Chanelle has had her Eviction immunity revoked, and another Housemate will suffer the wrath of Big Brother. All will be revealed tonight on Big Brother: Late & Live!’

Jenkin is already up for nomination after his fellow housemates voted for him during the Hunger Games task. 

During a chat in the living room, Olivia tells Chanelle and Jenkin: ‘Tomorrow is going to be f***ing hard.’

Jenkin says: ‘For you,’ and Chanelle adds: ‘For you.’

Olivia says: ‘Do you know?’, leading Chanelle to say: ‘I forgive but I’ll never forget. For me, my best mate is up for eviction.’

Jenkin interjects: ‘You can’t,’ and Chanelle says: ‘I’m not saying it’s that.’

Olivia replies: ‘Do you know what? In a way I needed to hear that because sometimes I can be a bit like that where I see something in someone and think…’

Fearing the consquences of their chat, Jenkin interjects again: ‘Guys. Just stop this conversation.’

But despite Jenkin’s interruptions, Chanelle and Olivia’s conversation didn’t gone unnoticed by Big Brother.

Tuesday’s episode will also see the housemates given the chance to reunite with their friends and family as part of their shopping task, but only some will get to see their loved ones.

As the day begins, the housemates are woken by Big Brother who instructs them to gather in the living room immediately.

The housemates sit on the sofa and Big Brother says: ‘Housemates. Over the past few hours Big Brother has been made aware of a series of security breaches. In order to keep safe, Big Brother has installed a safe zone in the living room and a security hut at the perimeter of the house.’

Big Brother adds: ‘In a moment Big Brother will run through some new instated security protocols. 

‘If all housemates follow these protocols you will win a luxury shopping budget. If you do not follow the protocols, your economy budget will be downgraded to basic rations.’

‘Over the next few hours, housemates will be paired up and take it in turns to complete a shift in the security hut. 

‘Throughout the day intruders will attempt to break into the Big Brother house and hack the Big Brother mainframe.’

Big Brother then reveals: ‘Each intruder will have a connection to a housemate.’

Intruders arrive at the Big Brother house in pairs, and the housemates on shift in the security hut must decide together which intruder will be allowed access to the house, with the other being ejected from the perimeter of the house immediately.

While intruders may try to communicate with housemates, if the housemates communicate back, or turn to face the intruder, they will fail the shopping task.

From the start, Jenkin vows he’s willing to break the rules so he can speak to his mum, declaring: ‘I just want to say that if my family come here, I don’t care about the situation, I will be engaging in conversation with them.’

Later that day, Jenkin’s mum enters the house… can Jenkin stay silent or will he speak with his mum and risk failing the shopping task?

Jenkin is already set to face eviction on Friday after his team lost Sunday’s Hunger Games-themed task, while Chanelle was awarded immunity as part of the winning team.

It comes after viewers demanded Jenkin be evicted from the show after his treatment of Yinrun, with many branding the Welshman a ‘bully’. 

Viewers took to social media on Monday after spotting him ‘bullying’ his fellow housemate during the live feed, however the footage failed to make the main show. 

It comes after the divided house saw a huge blazing row this week with the participants reportedly being locked down for over two hours before Paul and Dylan were both booted in a shock double eviction. 

And fans were left horrified after watching Jenkin joyfully tell pals Tom and Olivia how he had refused to share his birthday cake with rival Yinrun.

Saying: ‘You know when you sung Happy birthday to me? She got a me a knife to cut everyone a piece of cake and I went “That’s where you’re mistaken”‘. 

With Tom laughing: ‘That would go in the bin before you shared it right?’.

And Olivia agreeing: ‘Yep’.

Taking To X, formerly known as Twitter, one viewer wrote: ‘Jenkin is definitely a nasty Bully Get him out Of the Big Brother House #BBUK Making Trish & Yinrun Cry’.

While a second said: ‘Where is the clip where Jenkin told Yinrun she can’t have any cake. Why are the producers protecting this bully’. 

Someone else said: ‘Jenkin is so fake. In the live yesterday he was bitching about Yinrun trying to cut up cake for everyone and how she didn’t deserve it to his 2 minions’.

And: ‘Perhaps @bbuk could show the real Jenkin – the one who was rude to Yinrun when she gave him a knife to cut the birthday cake’.

Another typed:  ‘So I’m hearing Jenkin actually refused Yinrun some of his bday cake?? Yinrun has been making an effort to put herself out there with him and always gets shut down. Get jenkin out’.

Big Brother continues tonight at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX.