FOX News’ Laura Ingraham Mistakes Nicki Minaj For Cardi B
Fox News host Laura Ingraham had to go back to mixing incorrectly on Nicki Minaj with her long rap rival and resident WAPtivist Cardi B on air, a mix-up critics are copiously cackling about.
The hilarious on-air mistake happened when the two were discussing Nicki's appearance at the president's Trump Accounts Summit on Wednesday, where she declared herself the controversial Republican “No 1. Fan”, and allegedly donated between $150,000 and $300,000 to support his Trump Accounts initiative-individual retirement accounts designed to encourage early wealth-building, CNBC noted.
Ingraham told Bernie Moreno that she and a few other conservatives were “beyond disgusted” by the rapper's lyrics and specifically mentioned “WAP” as one of the songs they found appalling, which, unless you've really been living under a rock without Wi-Fi, everyone knows is the hit song by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion.
“Nicki Minaj and Donald Trump. Well, conservatives, including myself, were beyond disgusted by some of their lyrics in their songs over the years,” Ingraham said without a shred of doubt. “'WAP,' I won't say what that stands for,” she continued.
At that point, Ingraham stopped, apparently received an emergency fact-check via earpiece, and corrected herself.
“That's Cardi B. Oh, that's how bad I am. That's Cardi B. Thank you, Sam, I stand corrected,” she said, as Moreno laughed at the mistake.
Later on in the segment, she tried to laugh it off the big mix-up again, telling viewers, “I can't believe that I insulted Nicki Minaj comparing her with Cardi B. That's so bad. Think you can say that I'm a country music fan.”
The internet is reacting to Laura Ingraham's mix-up.
The internet, being the internet, wasted no time dragging Ingraham for the mistake. Some called the mix-up absolutely stupid, while others found it hilarious, especially considering the fact that Cardi B and Nicki Minaj are a very public feud for years. Blending in is basically the pop culture version of stepping on a land mine and/or just thinking we all look alike.
DJ Judd summed it up perfectly: “Of all the possible reactions to Nicki Minaj joining the president at the White House today, confusing her with Megan Thee Stallion or Cardi B is probably the one that would make her the angriest!”
A few social media users said the moment was proof that despite their public support for Trump and his administration, conservatives still didn't take her seriously, or even recognize her, for that matter.
Democratic commentator Bakari Sellers also slammed X, bluntly writing, “We all look alike.”
Why are people dragging Nicki Minaj?
As previously reported, at the Trump Accounts Summit on Wednesday, the “Anaconda” rapper spoke about how much she loves Trump before addressing the backlash about her public admiration for the president, making it clear that she is unhindered, immovable and apparently unmuteable.
“I will say that I'm probably the president's No. 1 fan, and that's not going to change,” Minaj said. “And the hate or what people have to say, it doesn't affect me. It actually motivates me to support him more.”
She went on to say that she would not allow Trump's critics to “get away with bullying him and the smear campaigns. It's not going to work.”
“He has a lot of strength behind him, and God protects him. Amen,” she added.
Nicki was also gifted with a shiny new Trump Gold Card granting her US residency, as apparently celebrities come with those now.
She followed up with a, shall we say, energetic message to the summit, writing on X:
“Residency? Residency? The cope is coping. Finalizing that citizenship paperwork as we speak as per MY wonderful, gracious, charming president. Thanks to the petition. I would not have done it without you.
Oh CitizenNIKA you are the moment. Gold Trump Card Free. “
And, if that wasn't enough, Nicki continued to show off her pro-Trump support on January 29 when she attended the premiere of Melania at the Trump-Kennedy Center.
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