RICHARD Madeley branded US rapper Nicki Minaj an "idiot" after her bizarre spat with Professor Chris Whitty. Nicki, who has 22million Twitter followers, claimed on the social media site that a Covid vaccine left her cousin's friend impotent.
When asked about her tweet at a Government press conference, Prof Whitty said she should be "ashamed". While Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he wasn't familiar with her work.
Speaking on today's GMB, Susanna Reid said: "What Nicki Minaj said about the vaccine is quite a leap, let me tell you." She then read out the star's tweet: "My cousin in Trinidad won’t get the vaccine cuz his friend got it and became impotent.