The
judge tweets up a storm about Devin Velez, after the finalist complains about
being ousted from the show.
'American Idol' judge Nicki Minaj is
declaring a Twitter war on ousted contestant Devin Velez for hisless than
gracious remarks following his ouster from the Fox reality show. In particular,
she warned against complaining that the judges didn't use their
"save" to spare him from getting the axe.
"America r the 'potential'
fans," she tweeted Friday. "U MUST win them over.
'Saves' are bullshit and they know it. Those girls are just too good this
year."
Minaj didn't stop there, and shared
her feelings about the show's male vocalists loud and clear, specifically
eliminated 'Idol' hopeful Curtis Finch, Jr.
"Send the judges some flowers
and a card," she continued. "If Curtis didn't get SAVED,
NONE of u get saved. Best male voice of the SEASON!!!!!!!!!!! #TruthTea."
The contention began Wednesday when Minaj slammed Velez and
his group, which also included Lazaro Arbos and Burnell Taylor, for their
sub-par performance of The Four Tops' song, "I Can't Help
Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)," during which the boys fumbled the lyrics
to the Motown classic. Minaj said "I’m gonna act like I didn’t see that or
hear it" and ordered all three boys to leave the stage.
But Velez asserted he knew his part
of the song, stopping short of naming a weak link in the group as being at
fault for its poor performance. Velez addressed the situation during a
conference call with reporters Friday, where he had some choice words for the
judge.
"I agree with the first half of
her critique, when she said that it felt like it was Hollywood week, that it
was a joke, that stuff like that should not happen, that she was going to
pretend that she didn’t hear it," he said. "When she went crazy–when
she was like ‘get off the stage, blah blah blah’ and it’s just like ‘whoa Miss
Minaj, I need you to calm down please.'"
He added that "we still love
Nicki" but that hearing her critique was "a little cutting while on
stage."
Velez even threw a little shade at
Minaj's professionalism in later comments, saying "She could have been
upset because the night before she was wearing the same colored dress as
Mariah, or that she was on time. We never know. But I know that I love her as a
judge…It’s when she gets into the exaggerative speaking, where it’s just like,
‘Ah, take it easy!’ You don’t wanna hurt somebody else’s feelings."
Minaj let it be known on Twitter
that she would have none of Velez's sour grapes, firing off a series of tweets,
beginning with one that read: "Lol. Be mad @AMERICA when u get sent
home. The JUDGES are the ones who FOUGHT for America to get the opp to vote for
you #memba?"
Minaj also informed Velez that he
needed to grow up, tweeting "Trust me BEW BEW. If EYE didn't
want u in that TOP, YOU wldnt have been in that TOP. Fought for ALL of You. So just
simply b gracious."
The outspoken judge, who continued
her impromptu mentoring session, concluded with an 'American Idol' history lesson:
"Jennifer Hudson didn't win!!! Oscar Winner! #memba??? ok. Take that
exposure and let your light shine."
The 18-year-old Velez then responded
with a tweet he later deleted: "That moment when an adult stoops down to
the 3rd grade level...LOL grow up Hun, I've got songs to write. :) #movingforward."
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