In a bizarre Twitter (X) firestorm that no one saw coming, former NFL wide receiver Dez Bryant found himself toe-to-toe with rap queen Nicki Minaj, and while he's now waving the white flag, Minaj seems to be just getting started.
It all started with an old grudge resurfacing. Bryant, still frustrated by the way his 2015 Cowboys contract situation was handled, clapped back at team owner Jerry Jones. Jones had publicly blamed Roc Nation, run by Jay-Z, for ghosting him during negotiations, using the ordeal as a reason he no longer trusts agents. Dez wasn't having it and quickly fired off his take, claiming it was Jones who went MIA during talks, not Roc Nation.
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Minaj, who's been publicly feuding with Roc Nation herself, took the opportunity to side with Jones, and in doing so, dragged Bryant through the digital mud. She referenced his 2012 legal run-in involving his mother (a charge that was later dismissed) and even tossed out a $10 million dare challenging Dez to fight her husband, Kenneth Petty, who, it's worth noting, is a registered sex offender.
"I'll give you 10 million in cash if you'd come & fight him since you BEAT UR OWN MOM," Minaj posted in a now-viral tweet.
Dez fired back, referencing Petty's criminal history and standing firm in support of Roc Nation. "Go get that 10 million in cash.. I'll stomp that n#### out right in front of you. and it's ROC for life b####," he responded, clearly not holding back.
But sometime after the dust began to settle, Dez took a step back and decided to change the tone. In a self-reflective tweet, he admitted he let his emotions get the best of him and apologized not to Nicki, but to his younger followers.
"I'm not in the sphere of people crashing out on the internet," he wrote. "I don't bother people..I never do. I was just posting about my son. I let the devil win that time…I apologize to the kids who follow me because I care about setting the right example more than you know."
While Dez tried to end things with a bit of inspiration, tweeting, "You can make it through anything if you put your mind to it," Nicki wasn't quite done unloading.
She posted an unhinged response, accusing Bryant of a very NSFW claim, and mocked the situation by saying she should start her "story times" now. Even 50 Cent couldn't help but jump in, writing, "WTF going on here Nikki be blacking out on these people LOL." Whether Nicki ever cools off remains to be seen, but Dez Bryant has bowed out, hopefully for good.
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