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Nicki Minaj has more than 22 million followers on Twitter.
So if the US rapper has something to say, she has a certain stage at her disposal.
Most recently, the musician let out on alleged side effects of a corona vaccination - and even startled the White House.
There the pop star was offered an interview with an expert.
White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Thursday (local time) in Washington that it had been suggested that Minaj could speak to one of the government's health professionals to answer her questions about the safety and effectiveness of a vaccination.
The offer was made at the employee level.
A possible format or other details have not yet been discussed.
Minaj wrote on Twitter on Wednesday that she had been invited to the White House.
The musician, who was born in Trinidad and Tobago and grew up in New York, raised doubts about the safety of a corona vaccination in a tweet on Monday.
The 38-year-old wrote that a friend of her cousin's in Trinidad had swollen testicles after being vaccinated against the coronavirus and that he had become impotent.
Minaj also advised her followers to think carefully about the decision to vaccinate and not to be intimidated.
Minister from the country of birth is annoyed
For this, the rapper earned a lot of ridicule and criticism.
Britain's top government medical advisor, Chris Whitty, said Minaj should be ashamed.
There are people who spread untruths about vaccination even though they knew better.
The Minister of Health of Trinidad and Tobago, Terrence Deyalsingh, found himself obliged to make a public statement: he declared that there were no reports of such a case in his country and at the same time complained that "a lot of time had been wasted investigating this false claim." .
The US government has been trying hard for months to convince vaccination skeptics and vaccine refusers in the country.
Around 54 percent of the US population is fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.
In the past few weeks, however, the vaccination campaign has made very slow progress.
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