Nicki Minaj has finally opened up about the wardrobe malfunction that she suffered during her "Bang Bang" performance with Jessie J and Ariana Grande at the MTV Video Music Awards last month.
During her appearance on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" Wednesday, Sept. 10, the 31-year-old rapper recalled how she ended up hitting the stage with the two other singing superstars with her black dress unzipped, AceShowbiz reported.
"I had, I don't know, about 40-50 seconds to change from the "Anaconda" outfit into the "Bang Bang" outfit," she said on the talk show. "Originally I was just going to have a skirt that just wrapped around the green but then I realized that Jessie and Ariana were wearing black and white I didn't want to ruin the shot with me wearing a green bra and them wearing black and white."
"So I was like, 'I have to put on a black dress really quickly,' and sure enough, we didn't have a real quick change right there so it was literally my whole team standing there, holding curtains around me and it was pitch-black and I couldn't see anything and right before it was time for me to walk out, they went to zip it up and nothing. And right there I thought I died," continued the Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago-born recording artist.
Minaj also revealed that she was not wearing any underwear during the quick clothing change, where she had changed her green bralette and matching emerald hot pants for a black dress, according to Independent.
"I didn't have any underwear on. No underwear. No bra, because I had just taken off the 'Anaconda' outfit. So I was butt ass naked... I don't know," Minaj recalled.
Minaj firmly held her black dress throughout the performance, and was able to complete the group number without baring too much skin.
"Anaconda" is Minaj's second single from her third album "The Pinkprint." It was released on Aug. 4 and its music video debuted on Aug. 19. The video set a new 24-hour Vevo record, after receiving 19.6 million views on its first day of release and breaking the 19.3-million 24-hour record held by Miley Cyrus for her 2013 hit "Wrecking Ball," according to Billboard.