Nicki Minaj has made it clear that she is firmly Team Britney Spears, coming to the pop star's aid following her ongoing spat with ex-husband Kevin Federline.
On Thursday (October 16), the Pink Friday 2 rapper returned to X to issue a brief but stern warning to K-Fed.
“KEVIN FEDERLINE BITCH WHEN I CATCH U,” she wrote in a since-deleted post.
Nicki quote-tweeted Spears’ recent response to Federline’s controversial memoir, You Thought You Knew, which included damning allegations about their three-year marriage, 2007 divorce, as well as their coparenting dynamic.
"The constant gaslighting from [my] ex-husband is extremely hurtful and exhausting," Spears wrote on X.
Federline’s tell-all doesn’t hit shelves until Tuesday (October 21), but several outlets have released eyebrow-raising excerpts focused on his relationship with Spears and her role as a mother. The ex-couple are parents to two adult sons, Jayden James, 19, and Sean Preston, 20. Federline was granted full custody of the boys in 2008, shortly after Spears’ conservatorship went into effect.
According to an excerpt published by The New York Times, Federline recalled an alleged incident in which his sons woke up one "night to find [Spears] standing silently in the doorway, watching them sleep – 'Oh, you’re awake?' – with a knife in her hand. Then she’d turn around and pad off without explanation."
He also accused his ex-wife of acting erratically around their kids and using cocaine while they were still being breastfed.
Spears dismissed the allegations as "white lies," and insisted she had nothing but love for her sons.
"I have always pleaded and screamed to have a life with my boys," she said, referring to Jayden and Sean. "Relationships with teenage boys is complex. I have felt demoralized by this situation and have always asked and almost begged for them to be a part of my life. Sadly, they have always witnessed the lack of respect shown by own father for me. They need to take responsibility for themselves."
Spears claimed that over the past five years, she’s only seen one of her sons for "45 min[s]" and the other had only visited her four times.
"I have pride too," she continued. "From now on I will let them know when I am available. Trust me, those white lies in that book, they are going straight to the bank and I am the only one who genuinely gets hurt here. I will always love them and if you really know me, you won’t pay attention to the tabloids of my mental health and drinking. I am actually a pretty intelligent woman who has been trying to live a sacred and private life the past 5 years. I speak on this because I have had enough and any real woman would do the same.”
Thursday’s post on X wasn’t the first time Nicki has spoken out in support of Spears. The rapper, who was featured on Spears' 2011 "Till the World Ends” remix, slammed Federline several years ago after he released — and quickly deleted — a video that appeared to show Spears arguing with their sons.
"Only cowards use the media against a famous person who they once loved, they procreated with, they're being taken care of by, they once were being taken care of by," Nicki said on Queen Radio, as reported by Business Insider. "She loves her kids more than life itself."