Nicki Minaj put Dr. Anthony Fauci in her crosshairs again, mocking the former White House COVID-19 adviser with a fake diary skit before ripping into the damage she believes pandemic policies left behind.
The rapper’s Friday video played off Fauci’s recently released pandemic-era diary, with Minaj filming in near darkness and pretending to write as the embattled public health official.
“Dear Diary, well the press is hot for me,” Minaj said in the clip.
From there, she turned Fauci’s public profile into the punchline.
Feeding tubes will be his portion.
He will lose the ability to speak & then & only then will he feel the collective pain & long term ramifications he caused to new borns, young children who are still trying to become acclimated into society & schools, traumatized pregnant women… https://t.co/CXSNxIte3v pic.twitter.com/9a4joYw5Gk— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) July 31, 2026
“They say I’m sexier than Tyra Banks. Julia Roberts gasped when she saw how handsome I was. Brad Pitt played me on ‘SNL,’” she joked.
Then the parody curdled into an attack on his pandemic record.
“Never mind that I sent millions of children back years on their education … the elderly are alone and afraid, dying by themselves,” Minaj said.
Nicki is a rarity in show business, a real truth teller!! https://t.co/m5puSMuhti
— Rob Schneider 🇺🇸 (@RobSchneider) July 31, 2026
She closed the bit with a warning about what happens to people who challenge the official line.
“If anyone asks questions, me and my gang ruins their lives.”
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The video followed Fauci’s appearance before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, where he invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times while facing questions about his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The hearing was tied to the release of Fauci’s pandemic-era diary by Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rand Paul, R-Ky.
The entries included meetings, pandemic observations, notes on Fauci’s public profile and discussions about COVID-19’s origins.
Republicans have kept up the pressure since then, including Rep. Rich McCormick, R-Ga., who introduced legislation that would block Fauci from returning to government service and potentially expose him to criminal prosecution.
Minaj was not content to let the diary skit do all the work.
On X, she mocked the government’s COVID-19 booster messaging by comparing the shot schedule to sneaker drops.
“They started telling yall to get a new booster shot every 5 to 10 business days like it was the new Jordans droppin?!?!!!!!!! That’s when I knew,” she wrote.
She said that was when she started preparing for disaster.
“I went in my backyard & started building the Arc. Nicki’s Arc. I know the Lord won’t send another flood but still.”
Another post was much darker, with Minaj unloading on Fauci over what she described as the lasting human cost of pandemic rules.
She wrote that “feeding tubes will be his portion” and said he would only understand the pain he caused if he lost “the ability to speak.”
Minaj’s post named the people she believes were hurt most, including newborns, young children still trying to adjust to school and society, pregnant women kept from family in delivery rooms, elderly people who died alone, young people struggling with mental health and suicide, and patients turned away from hospitals.
She also pointed to “billions of stolen money from hard working tax payers via con artists” and said trust in government had been destroyed for innocent people.
“I’ve been struggling to find the humor in any of this,” Minaj wrote. “God bless everyone who made it to the other side. You’re stronger than you thought. God is in control.”
The post included an AI-generated image of Fauci in a 1990s-inspired bedroom, writing in a diary.
Some fans treated Minaj’s posts as a chance to air their own regrets from the pandemic era.
One supporter wrote that “Nicki getting that shot is one of the biggest regrets of my life” and said the stress of possible unemployment pushed them into taking it.
“Only God knows the impact it’s had on my body. We deserve justice,” the supporter wrote.
Minaj responded by telling fans not to punish themselves for the decisions they made under pressure.
“I don’t want you guys to beat up on yourselves,” she replied. “You did what you had to do to feed your family. You had no choice. Now take it to God in prayer & trust that by his stripes you are healed. In Jesus name, Amen. love you guys. And yes! Justice is imperative!!!!!!!!!”
Actor Rob Schneider jumped in with praise for Minaj’s stance.
“Nicki is a rarity in show business, a real truth teller!!” Schneider wrote on X.
The Fauci pile-on came after another recent political flare-up involving Minaj and the Trump orbit.
In July, she defended Alex Bruesewitz, a top outside adviser to President Trump, after Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., reportedly pushed for Trump to cut him loose.
The fight came through a NOTUS report that said Fine told White House officials he would “vote against every rule on the floor until Trump fires Bruesewitz.”
Minaj answered with a jab of her own. “Randy, Alex will be just FINE,” she wrote on X.
Randy, Alex will be just FINE.
1. 100% LOYALTY to our President. ✅
2. 100% LOVED by the Barbz. ✅Let’s wrap this 🆙. Quickly. Blessings. https://t.co/acaJDTlCl3
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) July 16, 2026
Fine, a close Trump ally and vocal defender of Israel, was the only House Republican to vote against a rule setting up floor debate on the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, one of Trump’s top priorities.
NOTUS reported that Fine told colleagues he would keep voting against every rule until Bruesewitz was fired.
Bruesewitz is not a White House employee and has criticized foreign-funded campaigns and influence, including those tied to Israel.
Minaj backed him anyway, framing her support around both Trump and her fan base.
“100% LOYALTY to our President. 100% LOVED by the Barbz,” Minaj wrote.
Bruesewitz said the NOTUS report was the first he had heard of Fine’s effort, which threatened to complicate the GOP’s slim House majority.
“Doesn’t this seem insane?” Bruesewitz wrote on social media. “I simply don’t want ANY foreign countries funding online social media campaigns aimed at undermining the USA! Why is that controversial?”
Fine had grouped Bruesewitz with Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens in a post last month, comparing them to former MAGA allies who split with Trump after criticizing his handling of foreign conflict and Israel.
“There is a mind virus that is trying to infect the Republican party,” Fine wrote. “Tucker, Alex Bruesewitz, and Candace Owens fundamentally hate the American origin story.”
Fine accused the trio of pitting Jewish people against Christians and called it “one of the biggest issues” facing the Republican Party.