Nicki Minaj Says She Regrets Getting Plastic Surgery

Nicki Minaj covers the latest issue of Vogue and appeared on the magazine’s podcast, Run-Through With Vogue. During the interview, the 40-year-old rapper talked about how she regrets marrying a convicted rapist getting plastic surgery. She tells the podcast hosts that, in hindsight, she didn’t need it:

“I guarantee you, if you change anything on your body and do anything surgical and all this, you’re going to — more than likely, not definitely, more than likely — look back one day and say, ‘I was fine just the way I was.’ That’s what happened to me. I could not believe even some of the photos that I didn’t love.”

Now, as you can see from the header pics (2010 vs. 2023), Nicki has likely had some work done to her face. But, on the podcast, she’s specifically referring to her breast and butt augmentations:

“I wasn’t able to look back at my old pictures because I didn’t like the way I looked. I didn’t like being skinny, having a flat butt, you know. Having boobs that didn’t sit high enough. It was a lot of things, and when I look back at myself now, I literally was like, ‘Oh, I’m about to look like that girl again.’”

Nicki explains that her insecurities got worse the more famous she got. She felt like she was living in “a fishbowl”. Having her son three years ago helped put things into perspective:

“I think pregnancy could’ve played a role because seeing my son did remind me of myself so much. My real self. And it made me think why didn’t I like this? So weird. But seeing old photos, being able to look at old photos again made me realize, ‘These old photos are beautiful.’”

So, does Nicki’s “I’m about to look like that girl again” comment mean she’s going to ditch the silicone and go back to her natural body? It would make sense. As we all know, the Kardashian mega-tush is going out of style. During the pandemic, Kim and Khloe (allegedly, snort) removed their butt implants and embraced the latest body “trend”: thin. Sigh. As a teen of the super-skinny early 2000’s, my heart weeps for the youths. But at least they have the body positivity movement. That’s still happening, right? Right?!

Here’s Nicki for Vogue:

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