DidNicki Minajget married?
On the newest episode of her Beats1 showQueen Radioon Apple Music, Minaj, 36, referred to her new man, convicted sex offender Kenneth Petty, as her “husband.”
“Every night when I get out of the shower, my husband takes this really good lotion that we just bought, and he massages my feet, and rubs them, and he rubs each toe individually, and the heel, and the ball of my foot, and he does it all,” Minaj said on the show, which was recorded from London ahead of her March 14 concert in Birmingham.
It is not immediately clear if Minaj is actually married or is just using the term loosely.
A rep for the rapper did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Minaj’s comment comes just a few days after the “Barbie Dreams” rappershared a photo of herselfand Petty, 40, in France captioning it, “Bae out in Paris.”
Kenneth “Zoo” Petty and Nicki Minaj.Johnny Nunez/Getty
Minaj then shared a romantic photo of Pettyholding her in his armsas the two took in the view of the Eiffel Tower at Place du Trocadéro.
“It’s bigger than a tower, I ain’t talking about #Eiffel,” Minaj captioned the shot, quoting her own lyrics from the track “Anaconda.”
“PARIS I LOVE YOU!!”
Minajconfirmed her romancewith Petty back in December when she posted a series of photos of him from her birthday celebration in Turks and Caicos.
Minaj shared two photos — one that features her posing with her leg wrapped around Petty while he looks at her lovingly another shot of him looking off into the distance — along with a caption quoting lyrics fromAdele’s2015 hit, “Hello.”
“Did you ever make it out of that town where nothing ever happens?…it’s no secret…that the both of us…are running out of time,” Minaj wrote.
Petty is alevel two registered sex offenderin New York, which means he’s considered a “moderate risk of repeat offense” and will be required to register as a sex offender for life.
According to online recordsfrom the New York Division of Criminal Justice Services, Petty was convicted in April 1995 of attempted rape in the first degree for an incident that occurred in September 1994 involving a 16-year-old girl. He was sentenced to 18 to 54 months in prison, but it is unclear how much time he actually served.
TMZ reportsMinaj has known Petty since they were teenagers and is “confident he’s matured.” The site reports sources close to Minaj claim the mother of Petty’s girlfriend at the time filed the charges because she did not approve of him.
Neither a manager nor a rep for Minaj returned PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Nicki Minaj/Instagram
source: people.com
