Nicki Minaj deletes Instagram amid backlash from assassin remark to Erika Kirk

Nicki Minaj has been facing a significant backlash on social media in recent weeks and may now have deleted her whole Instagram account.

Minaj was recently a surprise guest at the Turning Point USA event, in Phoenix, Arizona on December 21 and shared the stage with Erika Kirk.

Minaj faced a swift backlash after she appeared to misspeak while arguing that there were many conservative role models for young men to look up to.

Minaj included JD Vance in role models for men, going on to use the term ‘assassin’ in a positive light.

In most settings this would be perfectly fine, however it comes as an awkward moment as Erika Kirk’s husband Charlie Kirk was assassinated while answering questions at a Turning Point event back in September.

Minaj said: “Dear young men, you have amazing role models, like our handsome dashing president. And you have amazing role models like the assassin, JD Vance, our vice president - and when I say that...”

She then held her hand to her mouth in silence, realizing the blunder, however Erika Kirk offered her words of support and said sometimes you just have to laugh in these moments.

Kirk said: "I love this woman, she is an amazing woman. She has a soul and a heart for the Lord, and words are words, but I know her heart and it doesn't even matter - and you say what you want to say because I know your heart - and I do not judge that."

Twitter users called the gaffe 'an absolutely massive f**kup' and 'absurdity at its finest'.

Others criticized Minaj for her endorsement of Trump and Vance, with one user writing: "Nicki Minaj calling Trump and JD Vance 'down to earth' and 'one of us' tells me everything I need to know about how far celebrity wealth can detach someone from reality."

Following on from this, the star now may have deleted her account entirely, though there isn't anything to definitively link the move with her comments to Kirk.

Some people were thankful Minaj is no longer on Instagram while others remarked it wouldn't make much difference to the star(Caylo Seals/Getty Images)

Some fans have pointed out that Minaj would regularly deactivate her account, with her taking it down in October.

But it appears she may have reactivated it ahead of the event only to go a step further and delete it.

However some have argued regardless of deleting her page, the rapper will be perfectly fine.

One fan wrote: “Yesterday, She had more streams than cardi and Megan combined. I think she’ll be ok losing some lefty fans.”

With another simply writing: “She don’t care! She rich …”

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