Nicki Minaj devotees are enduring a bruising stretch. First came the political turn and the conspicuous Erik Kirk association, neither warmly received. Now Ruby Rose arrives with allegations of a power trip, suggesting the spotlight is drifting from music to manners.

Ruby Rose leveled allegations at Nicki Minaj, accusing the rapper of ritualized staff humiliation while touring. The account paints fame as an accelerant, turning routine logistics into spectacles of authority, with Rose casting herself as an unwilling witness.

“Her ego is so outsized she HAD to fire someone after every show.” Rose recalled security being dismissed on night one after Nicki Minaj misjudged a stage jump. The firing, she implied, was performed loudly enough to educate everyone else.

“And now her real age had been leaked.” Rose described the birthday fallout, where a kind gesture for Nicki Minaj went downhill. One of the staff members had prepared a montage of a bunch of her friends and celebrities, wishing her a happy birthday. But that went downhill fast.

According to Rose's thread post, instead of being grateful for the gesture, the 'Anaconda' rapper was all enraged. She was upset by the fact that none of them had her age right and that now her real age has been revealed to everyone.

Ruby Rose anchored the story in her role as an opening act during the Australian Pink Friday Reloaded dates. The post disappeared as quickly as it appeared, two days ago on Threads.

While some accept Rose’s claims, others are holding up a mirror and asking her to take a look too.

Why people are calling Ruby Rose's Nicki Minaj call-out hypocritical

Critics argue Ruby Rose’s accusations against Nicki Minaj ring hypocritical because of Rose’s own workplace controversies. They point to her exit from Batwoman, where Warner Bros. Television cited multiple complaints about Rose’s on-set conduct.

Adding to that skepticism, Ruby Rose previously, in a series of Instagram stories, admitted to fighting people on the Batwoman set, even while framing those confrontations as safety advocacy. Detractors say this history complicates her current stance as a defender of staff treatment.

The timing of the accusation also raises skepticism. Social media users point out that the claims come from a tour fourteen years ago, yet they surfaced amid renewed backlash over Nicki Minaj’s political statements and public disputes, suggesting Ruby Rose’s post may be motivated more by attention than genuine concern for staff.

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Written by

Iffat Siddiqui

Edited by

Aliza Siddiqui