Nicki Minaj Slams Reporter Who Called Her Unprofessional

Nicki Minaj flipped out at a female journalist who accused her of being unprofessional after she declined an interview backstage. Minaj is really not happy with a lot of the press. The ‘American Idol‘ spitfire lashed out at a number of journalists on Twitter, singling out a few in particular she felt had disrespected her.

Minaj reserved a special vitriol for ‘Access Hollywood’ journalist Laura Saltman, who wrote a scathing but tactful article about the rapper’s backstage behavior. An excerpt from Saltman’s article is below:

In my 20 years in entertainment news, I have interviewed close to 5,000 celebrities — people who have bigger bragging rights than Nicki. Men and women who have Oscars, Grammys and Emmys. Yet, by far, she is the most ungracious of anyone I have met.
Each week, she comes backstage for interviews and we are told “two questions only” while her people hover over you and even, at times, have their hand on your arm as you end your interview to make you stop. Waiver from the two-question rule and Nicki herself will walk away. She makes zero eye contact and has no connection to whomever is interviewing her. If she likes your question, she may give you a proper answer. If she doesn’t, she may give you a dirty look and walk off. After she posted mean comments about Mariah on Twitter yesterday calling her “bitter” and “insecure,” I wanted to give her the opportunity to redeem herself or perhaps apologize. I phrased my question that her comments had caused quite a stir online and asked if she had anything to say about it. She looked at me and told me my question made no sense and when I tried to explain it further she just said “goodnight” and walked off in a huff.

Ouch! Minaj responded pretty harshly at not only Saltman, but also her colleague Billy Bush:

“Lol. They dont realize how intelligent we are, so they constantly try to insult our intelligence. I will run circles around u pieces of s—,” she snapped, adding, “like that man Billy Bush…like r u the fake ryan seacrest? like my g, who the f— r u? lmao. i gotta laugh at this s—. i swear to God,” and “Yo @LilTunechi. This h– want some trukfit. @LauraSaltman.” Minaj tweeted her former mentor Lil Wayne. The Harajuku Barbie added, "Like...why? I spk to these ppl every single week. Go above and beyond! And the one time i ignore your ignorance u try to paint a bad pic?"
 

I used to let these ppl say whatever they wanted about me, not anymore. I am blessed & highly favored, not afraid of losing your acceptance."

"I wldve respected her had she pulled me aside like a BOSS. But going to your 'friends' to have them lash out against me on TV? grow up h**," Minaj continued.

Laura also got a death threat from Team Minaj. "So disturbing the hate some people have in their veins. I think my last retweet shows that. Very sad when it comes to this. Done. Goodnight," she wrote, referring to her previous RT "@micholekemp: @laurasaltman I'll kill u. For @nickiminaj come to Atlanta h**."