Nicki Minaj came to the defense of her husband, Kenneth Petty, on Monday after former NFL player Dez Bryant referenced Petty’s status as a registered sex offender.
Addressing the exchange during a conversation on Stationhead, Nicki Minaj responded by highlighting Bryant’s 2012 arrest for domestic violence.
“It’s starting to look like some of you men who didn’t have a father in the home want other people to not have a father in their home,” Minaj said, as reported by AllHipHop.
“It’s starting to look like some of you men whose daddy and granddaddy is the same man, has been projecting his anger in relations to women being abused all over the internet. Because psychologically, he’s defending his father.”
She went on to compare her husband’s 1995 conviction with Bryant’s own legal troubles.
“If a man can say after finding out his mama/sister was raped by his daddy/grandad, that he forgives both of them. What do you mean both of them? What did she do? So is that why you’ve been beating her? Because you are taking out what he did on your mother, who was a child, you dumb btch. Just like my husband was a child. You dumb btch.”
Nicki Minaj also reiterated a previous challenge she made for Petty to fight Bryant for $10 million.
“I’mma make this n**a beat you bad btch,” she said.
“Listen, all of this has been for entertainment purposes only. These are all alleged.”
The back-and-forth began when Bryant called out Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones after Micah Parsons reportedly requested a trade, according to CBS Sports. Nicki Minaj reacted by suggesting a tit-for-tat approach.
“How about we play a game? Every time you do a ‘Jerry Jones’ or ‘NFL’ story time, I’ll do a ‘story time’ of my own.”
Nicki Minaj also turned her attention to Jay-Z and Roc Nation, which have ties to the NFL.
Bryant responded with a video saying:
“Look Miss Nicki, leave me out of it, I don’t want no problems, I’m a huge fan. I hope you’re having a great day.” In reply, Minaj brought up Bryant’s 2012 domestic violence arrest, to which Bryant retorted by referencing Petty’s criminal record.
Eventually, Bryant walked back his comments and offered an apology.
“I’m not in the sphere of people crashing out on the internet,” he wrote on X.
“I don’t bother people..I never do, I was just posting about my son. I let the devil win that time…I apologize to the kids who follow me because I care about setting the right example more than you know..By the way..whenever people bring up my past..I want everybody to stop and think for 5 minutes..you can make it through anything if you put your mind to it..no matter how big the battle is..no excuses.”
