Nicki Minaj's Raw Confession Regarding Body Positivity

Vogue's newest cover girl, Nicki Minaj, is opening up like never before, including on her journey with body image, even admitting she is "not in favor of body positivity."

When speaking to the magazine, the "Bang Bang" artist admitted that if social media weren't necessary for the business, she would delete it. Nicki Minaj currently has 8 million followers on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, and nearly 10 times that many on Instagram, but that doesn't seem to matter to her.

The 40-year-old rapper opened up about body positivity, even admitting she recently had a breast reduction, and she loves it!

“I’m not in favor of body positivity if it means unhealthy bodies. That’s bull. It’s not believable, so let’s stop pretending," she told the magazine. "Recently I had to get a breast reduction, and actually I love it."

The "Anaconda" singer continued, "I used to want a bigger butt, and now I look back and realize how silly that was. So — love your curves, and love your non-curves. There’s nothing wrong with any of it.”

She then added how no matter your shape or color, you need to embrace yourself and your body, while simultaneously acknowledging that it's not easy, not even for her.

“I just looked at a video that I posted on Instagram when I was 25, and I would fucking pay to look like that right now,” she told the magazine.

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“But today I can say that I’m at peace with who I am and how I look," she said, adding, "I have to say this as a Black woman, though. I’ve made certain choices for my son, to not give him sweets and candy and juices, because of illnesses like diabetes that run in our community."

“I’ve had a lot of time to figure myself out," the "Super Bass" singer then confessed. "The idea of accepting what you can’t change—it just never clicked with me before. Now I understand."

Minaj also went on to explain how she knows many of her fans crave fame and fortune, but she wants them to "stay in school" as she is a "huge believer in higher education."

In July 2020, Nicki Minaj announced that she was expecting her first child Her son then came on September 30, whom she refers to publicly as "Papa Bear".

Following her pregnancy, she admits she felt "rushed" to get back into shape, and she wishes it wasn't that way. She wants the pressure of body image for new moms to go away.

In order to do so, she wants to shift her social media focus to connect with more mothers. "There are questions that you can’t just google,” Minaj told the magazine. “Every day a mom has to wake up and be a supermom no matter what they’re faced with.”

Click here to read Nicki Minaj's full interview with Vogue.