Nicki Minaj has ignited a fresh firestorm after unloading on Trevor Noah in response to a Grammys joke about her support for Donald Trump, accusing the comedian of hiding his sexuality and invoking religion as she defended her political stance.

Noah, hosting the Grammys, folded Minaj into a segment that blended awards-show banter with political commentary. While riffing on celebrities and power, he told the audience that Minaj was “still at the White House discussing very important issues” with Trump, a line that drew laughs in the room but landed very differently online.

The jab referenced Minaj’s increasingly public embrace of the former president. She recently appeared at a US Treasury event where she was presented with a Trump Gold Card, a symbolic gesture that cemented her shift from politically ambiguous superstar to outspoken Trump supporter. That evolution has fractured her fanbase, with some praising her independence and others accusing her of betraying long-held progressive ideals in hip-hop.

Minaj, who has earned 12 Grammy nominations without a single win, has long had a fraught relationship with the Recording Academy. Her latest nods came for contributions to the Barbie soundtrack, but her absence from the ceremony underscored the tension between the rapper and the institution she has repeatedly accused of sidelining her.

After Noah’s monologue circulated on social media, Minaj fired back on X with a post that quickly went viral. She claimed “everyone in the industry” knew Noah’s alleged boyfriend and wrote that he “refuses to come out the closet,” a remark widely condemned as homophobic even by some of her own supporters.

Minaj then escalated her response, framing the Grammys as a spiritual battleground. Calling the show a “ritual,” she warned that “God almighty will reveal himself to them” and declared that the ceremony’s supposed ritual would “backfire.” She invoked Christian scripture, insisting that “every tongue that rises up against me in judgement shall be condemned & put to shame.”

The clash has intensified an already volatile mix of celebrity politics, culture-war rhetoric, and long-standing grievances over the Grammys’ treatment of Black artists, leaving both Minaj and Noah at the center of a debate about free speech, faith, and the boundaries of comedy.