Nicki Minaj admits she was ‘very selfish’ before becoming a mother
Los Angeles: Rapper Nicki Minaj claims that she was autistic before becoming a mother. The 41-year-old rap star has a three-year-old son with husband Kenneth Petty, better known as Papa Bear, but when asked what she’s “learned” since becoming a mother, she said the little girl In the years before she arrived, there were a lot of things she could do without thinking about anyone else.
“Just seeing how much more you can love. Because my life was so selfish before she came here. I could do anything when I wanted. I could put my phone away for days, I could sleep for days, I could travel whenever I wanted.”
“And ever since this little human came to planet Earth, I can’t help but think about him first,” she said on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” reports aceshowbiz.com.
However, Minaj went on to say that motherhood is worth the sacrifice because her son’s face is “more valuable” than anything she could buy as she joked that she is thrilled to “push him out into the world.” .
She said: “That thing happens every day when I look at his face, that’s more than anything money can buy in the world. And so, I’m really happy that I pushed him out.”
The singer recently said she doesn’t know why she specifically chose the nickname Papa Bear for her son because she initially planned to nickname him Bubba when she was pregnant.