As Nicki Minaj continues to be mocked for implying that the COVID-19 vaccine caused her cousin's friend to have swollen testicles, someone used their savvy web development skills to take the tomfoolery to another level.
The unidentified comedian added to the mockery when he secured the domain NickiMinajsCousinsFriendsBalls.com. The site actually leads to the Twitter account for Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson who, like many of his colleagues, has been incredibly loud in his anti-vaccination sentiments.
Carlson had his own thoughts after Minaj went to Twitter on Monday to tell the story of her friend's cousin in Trinidad, who she says "became impotent" after receiving the vaccine. The anchor found the rapper's tweet to be "sensible."
Here's Tucker Carlson reading Nicki Minaj's "testicles became swollen" tweet out loud pic.twitter.com/CvkY4vxMB4
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 14, 2021
Others, however, didn't see anything sensible about suggesting an unproven side effect of the vaccine. As a result, the musician's comments have inspired the #MyCousinTookTheVaccine trend on Twitter, with folks creating absurd falsities about vaccine side effects.
#MyCousinTookTheVaccine when he was 36! This is him yesterday! pic.twitter.com/v3kEc4wnCq
— DavaStarr (@DavaStarr) September 14, 2021
#MyCousinTookTheVaccine in March and now refuses to take her boots off pic.twitter.com/NOGc68g5RE
— DavaStarr (@DavaStarr) September 14, 2021
#MyCousinTookTheVaccine and went to the Met Gala with Kendall Jenner pic.twitter.com/tLXa7fq18u
— DavaStarr (@DavaStarr) September 14, 2021
#MyCousinTookTheVaccine and now he's in a white Bronco pic.twitter.com/oikOAxwUNI
— bigrig_dude (@txbigrig56) September 14, 2021
No they didn’t turn #MyCousinTookTheVaccine into a song omg this is outta control ???????? pic.twitter.com/h775HrFe2W
— Favv (@YaFav_003) September 15, 2021
#MyCousinTookTheVaccine and 3 weeks later… had the balls to take it again.
— JadeinNM (@Jadeinnm) September 14, 2021
Minaj fueled the drama on Monday when she revealed the Met Gala's vaccination requirement was the reason she wouldn't be in attendance.
They want you to get vaccinated for the Met. if I get vaccinated it won’t for the Met. It’ll be once I feel I’ve done enough research. I’m working on that now. In the meantime my loves, be safe. Wear the mask with 2 strings that grips your head & face. Not that loose one ????♥️
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) September 13, 2021
People wondered what the rapper's research might consist of.
The vaccines have been out for almost a year. How much more time do you need to "research" Dr. Minaj?
— Jane Soe (@JaneSoeTwigs) September 14, 2021
The late-night shows are also having a field day with the rapper.
Not Nicki making it on Stephen Colbert ???????? What is this? ???? pic.twitter.com/t8LK0YXjIo
— ???????????????????????????????????? ❆ (@onikadrip) September 15, 2021
According to The Washington Post, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently concluded that unvaccinated people were more than 10 times more likely to be hospitalized this summer and 11 times more likely to die of COVID-19. In August, the FDA approved the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, the first vaccine created to protect against coronavirus.