Shannon Sharpe Apologizes To Nicki Minaj For Social Media Beef

On a current episode of his standard podcast, “Nightcap,” Shannon Sharpe addressed the scenario earlier than expressing his curiosity in sitting down with Minaj to debate their points.

Showing on Lil Wayne’s new remix, “Banned From NO,” Minaj did what she does finest in terms of stringing phrases collectively.

“Bout to cop you slides, all you do is flip-flop / If I ship a pic of Shannon, you ain’t that Sharpe,” Minaj rapped over the beat.

After the road began making its rounds, many on-line customers commented, assuming that was Minaj’s payback after Sharpe appeared to shade her on X, writing, “Nicki who?” after a fan requested if the rapper might seem on his podcast, “Membership Shay Shay.”

Minaj addressed the thrill on her private X account, writing, “Yeah n—a, you thought I forgot that ‘Nicki who’ sh-t you probably did?” adopted by a number of laughing emojis. “LMFAO jk. Ochocinco nearly caught a strizzy simply by being round yo loopy tail self.”

Throughout a current episode of “Nightcap,” Sharpe opened as much as his co-hosts and listeners about why his earlier remark about Minaj could have been misconstrued.

“I used to trip with folks. I used to be speaking about Nikki Haley,” Sharpe clarified. “Nikki Haley mentioned it’s actually nice for everyone of Black America, and I used to be like … ‘When has it ever been nice?’”

Sharpe continued, “Nicki, I used to be not making an attempt to be disrespectful. After all I do know who you might be. I’d be remiss to say that I assumed you knew who I used to be, or that you just knew something about ‘Membership Shay Shay.’ I’m not that conceited.”

The Tremendous Bowl champion’s apologetic monologue did not finish there, although.

“Nicki, I apologize. I meant no disrespect,” he mentioned.

Sharpe even invited the “Tremendous Bass” rapper to have a private dialog with him, both on his present or privately.

“You’ll at all times have an open invitation in the event you ever wish to come sit down and have a dialog. Even in the event you simply wish to have a personal dialog on the telephone or one thing. It received’t go any additional between you and I,” he mentioned.

As Sharpe completed, he ended with a hopeful message, including, “That was not my intent, however intent solely issues to me as a result of clearly you’re nonetheless offended. So I apologize sincerely, and hopefully we will transfer ahead.”

Minaj ultimately responded to Sharpe’s apology, including, “LOL – nicely we obtained a humorous lil rap bar out of it.”

“Thanks, Shannon, [because] I used to be like, ‘Chiiii, what I accomplished did now?’ You by no means cleared it as much as the Barbz so I needed to avenge them.”

The chart-topping rapper additionally addressed Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson, writing, “It is all love 4LIFE, however I do know you laughed if you heard it.”

Sharpe’s newest incident with Minaj is not the one factor the media character has to fear about.

In April 2025, Sharpe, 56, was sued by a girl in a Nevada court docket for $50 million, claiming he sexually assaulted her over the course of their relationship from 2023 to 2025.

The surprising lawsuit comprises allegations of management and rape.