Nicki Minaj tried to step back into her stiletto-shaped bag, but gravity said not today.
The “Queen” rapper posted a video on Tuesday, August 5, where she attempted to recreate the iconic pose. In the clip, Nicki tries to channel her former self, standing on one foot while grabbing a nearby pole and wall for balance, all while wearing a thigh-high Chanel dress and a peek-a-boo thong. But it wasn’t quite giving what the Barbz had hoped for.
Instead, it turned into a near-slip moment that’s racked up over 10 million views and even more hot takes.
One fan joked, “She got too old to pull it off,” sparking a mini-firestorm in the comments. Another posted, “Auntie Nicki, please be safe!”
“This Chanel dress was just a tad shorter than I thought, and the thongs definitely didn’t help. Didn’t want to make it explicit,” she captioned the video.
The viral challenge, which has been taking TikTok by storm, originated from a pose in her “High School” music video with Lil Wayne. In the original video, Nicki is wearing stilettos and crosses one leg over the other while balancing on the edge of a pool with both feet on the ground.
The challenge, however, has since escalated. TikTok users are now balancing on one leg while standing on gravity-defying objects, such as soup cans and champagne bottles.
After fans pointed out that she hadn’t done the stiletto challenge correctly, Minaj was more than ready to respond. She tweeted, “They think they [are] peer pressuring me? … And when I post the real one, it’s gon’ be private, so only the non-freaks can view it.”
She also assured the Barbz that the “real one” is on the way, adding, “I’m a put on a [different] outfit that won’t show so much skin and do it again for you guys later.”
While some fans are being a little too harsh, others are just happy to see the Queen of the Barbz engaging in the viral trend, even if she did nearly fall.
Stay tuned. Auntie Barbie might just have one more stunt left in her heels.
