Nicki Minaj's New Year's Resolution Leaves Anderson Cooper Confused Live On Air

BYLavender AlexandriaPublished on January 02, 20241.8K Views

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ATLANTA, GEORGIA - DECEMBER 14: Nicki Minaj performs onstage during iHeartRadio Power 96.1's Jingle Ball 2023 at State Farm Arena on December 14, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Derek White/Getty Images for iHeartRadio)

The clip left Cooper wondering who Nicki was talking about.

Earlier this week, CNN's Anderson Cooper left his role in delivering the news for a night to host New Year's Eve Live. Though he seemed to have a pretty strong performance throughout the night, one clip did stump him. During the show, they played a video of Nicki Minaj when she appeared on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen last month. They cut out one particular question where the "Super Freaky Girl" rapper was asked about her New Year's resolution and her answer left Cooper somewhat stunned.

“My New Year’s resolution is to keep my foot on these b*tches’ necks," Nicki said in her original interview with Cohen. Cooper doesn't seem to understand it at first and has it read back to him by Cohen himself, who is serving as co-host. And after hearing it again Cooper only has one question. “Wow. Who is she referring to?" Cooper asked. The clip was shared online shortly after where it took off for his surprising and hilarious reaction. Check out the full video of the segment below.

Nicki Minaj Stuns Anderson Cooper

While a clip of Nicki was appearing on CNN, she was elsewhere having a New Year's celebration of her own. She took the stage at a packed Miami club to deliver a hyped performance for the last night of 2023. But she also left fans with quite the tease when her DJ tried to put on her classic hit "Starships." Nicki decided skip the song, saying that she doesn't play it anymore because she doesn't like it. Unsurprisingly, that's met with some disappointment by fans in attendance.

Nicki Minaj's new album Pink Friday 2 immediately shot up to the top of the Billboard 200. The album pushed more than 200k copies in its first week alone to take the top spot. With the project she became the first female rapper to ever score three number one albums following Pink Friday and Roman Reloaded. What do you think of Nicki Minaj's New Year's resolution? Was your reaction to hearing it anything like Anderson Cooper's? Let us know in the comment section below.

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Lavender Alexandria is a music and culture journalist based in Los Angeles, California. She’s covered dozens of musical genres and styles from the most mainstream to the most experimental and underground on her blog and accompanying YouTube channel that looks at music, pop culture, and Billboard charts since 2017: Lav’s Music Corner. Lavender has produced editorial and listicle content both in written and video form over the past far years and has also interviewed up-and-coming artists like Censored Dialogue. Her experiences covering culture have taken her from Hyperpop parties in LA to underground rap shows in Atlanta, to DIY punk shows in Charlotte. Lavender has also written for iHeartRadio, covering some of the biggest artists in Hip Hop such as Ice Spice, Drake, Doja Cat and Cardi B. She also has bylines with ScreenRant and continues to write for Ringtone magazine. Lavender is a lifelong Charlotte Hornets fan and her favorite rap artists include Clipping, Little Simz, Earl Sweatshirt, and Kendrick Lamar.