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Singer Nicki Minaj Speaks Out Against Cancel Culture

Transcript of an excerpt from a censored podcast of 2021

For context, here’s a screenshot of Minaj’s censored tweet:

LIZ GUNN: And in your notes you said, I was a huge pro-mask, pro-vaccine and pro-science, left-leaning supporter. So you were a big supporter of Jacinda Ardern.

ANTHONY MO: Yeah, yeah. I was pretty fond of her. Yeah, I always felt like, I always thought she was very charismatic and I always felt like she did the right thing. And I feel like everything went wrong after vaccine roll out. Even, even during the, before the vaccine roll out
I feel like she did quite a good job at just managing the, managing covid and, and the infection. But yeah, after vaccine showed up I feel like everything went wrong and just feels like it kept going south, like, for example the traffic light system. It just feels ridiculous.

LIZ GUNN: And we'll investigate that, and many of us are feeling exactly what you are feeling.
Up to September the 13th when you trusted her words that it was safe and effective and you went to get your jab, you were a very different man, weren't you? And we have some footage of you. Tell us what your life was like up until that point.

ANTHONY MO: I was really not working pretty much since all the lockdowns started. And I pretty much enjoyed staying home and making music and making artwork and trying to sell them if they're good enough. And just working out, weight-lifting, doing cardio and boxing. Because, you know, the gym they all closed when the lockdown happened. And occasionally playing games, yeah, on the X-Box. ...

LIZ GUNN: And when did you first start to experience something that was odd in your body?

ANTHONY MO: The third day.

LIZ GUNN: On the third day. And what was that, Anthony?

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ANTHONY MO: At first I felt like I, I couldn't remember the details, but I can't remember if the headache and the tinnitus came together, but they were the first things that showed up. There was this overwhelming pressure inside my head, at the top of my head and also at the forehead. Feels like there's a balloon inside. But it's, it's, even now I feel like there's pressure in my head. But in the beginning it was, it was, the worst. Yeah, the pressure at the top of my head and at the front of my forehead. And suddenly I had this muffled feeling, it's almost like I'm under water. But I didn't think about it too much. And, yeah. And I think after a few hours of that, this high-pitched tinnitus, this screeching tinnitus showed up, this ringing in my ear that is still happening today. ...

ANTHONY MO: Yeah, that is one of the biggest things that is making me want to end myself because all the other symptoms, it feels like they, they wax and wane, they, it's on and off. I, I can deal with a little bit of blurry vision, I can deal with a lot of dark spots or floaters in my vision, but I cannot deal with this, this sound in my ear or in my head. Like, I, yeah. I can't remember the sound of silence anymore. And, and alongside the tinnitus and the headache—

ANTHONY MO: Which, I, I suddenly wake up with my heart just pumping and feels like it's going to beat out of my chest. The only thing that's sort of toned this reaction down was taking beta blockers like [inaudible] or [inaudible] which is not good for the heart long-term.

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LIZ GUNN: Before, you said when I came in, before all of this, you didn't even speak in the way you're speaking now, did you?

ANTHONY MO: Yeah. I, before the vaccination I, I, I spoke really fast. My mind was very sharp, my mind was very clear. I didn't speak in this flat tone. I almost feel robotic right now, because the tone I'm speaking in. My voice isn't dry and hoarse, and I never get lost in my thoughts or try to struggle really hard to find the words I want to say. I now, now constantly stutter and even some sort of slurring of speech going on, which is quite worrying because that is one sign of stroke or brain damage.