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Nicki Minaj defends Meghan and Harry's decision to quit royal family: 'Real men always say a happy wife a happy life'
Rapper says 'we don't need a redo' of what happened with Princess Diana
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Your support makes all the difference.Nicki Minaj has expressed her support for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle after the couple stepped back from their roles as senior members of the royal family.
The rapper discussed the royal couple’s unprecedented decision on Monday’s episode of Minaj’s show Queen Radio on Apple Music’s Beats 1.
“Now I do want to get into something - who thinks it’s cool that Meghan Markle left the UK with her husband? Can I just say what I think about that real quick,” Minaj said, before praising Harry as a “real man”.
“Kudos to him - is it William or Harry? I don’t know,” the 37-year-old continued. “Kudos to Harry, because let me tell you something, this is what I love about my husband.
“Real men always say: ‘A happy wife, a happy life.’ It’s so attractive, it turns me on. It’s like, put your woman first and make sure she’s always comfortable and happy.”
The rapper also touched on the death of Prince Harry’s mother, the late Princess Diana, adding: “What happened with Princess Diana - we don’t need a redo, a rerun, you feel me, everybody knows I love Princess Diana.”
According to the Anaconda singer, Prince Harry did the right thing to remove his wife and nine-month-old son Archie from the royal family.
“If you’re being bullied in the media and get sick of this ish and all you wanted was to marry the man you loved, then by God yes, he should support you and get the f*** up out of there,” the rapper continued.
Minaj, who married Kenneth Petty in October 2019, then said that, as a newlywed, she too knows what it is like to want that “new feeling,” adding that she would expect new furniture if she moved into the palace.
“Y’all got to reinvent when I come into the motherf***ng palace,” she concluded.
Following the couple’s announcement, Prince Harry said during a speech in January that, while he wants to make it clear he and Meghan are not “walking away,” he felt there “really was no other option”.
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