{"id":2438623,"date":"2026-05-30T22:59:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T22:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2438623"},"modified":"2026-05-30T22:59:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T22:59:15","slug":"ted-cruz-called-out-for-allegedly-begging-for-a-picture-with-nicki-minaj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ted-cruz-called-out-for-allegedly-begging-for-a-picture-with-nicki-minaj\/","title":{"rendered":"Ted Cruz Called Out for Allegedly &#8216;Begging&#8217; for a Picture With Nicki Minaj"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/ted-cruz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Ted Cruz;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Ted Cruz&quot;}\">Ted Cruz<\/a> apparently really wanted a picture with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/nicki-minaj\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Nicki Minaj;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Nicki Minaj&quot;}\">Nicki Minaj<\/a>, according to one of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:President Donald Trump;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;President Donald Trump&quot;}\">President Donald Trump<\/a>&#8216;s advisors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Saturday (May 23), Alex Bruesewitz, who worked on Trump&#8217;s campaign during the 2024 election and is responsible for all of his podcast appearances, got into a social media spat with Texas Senator Ted Cruz over their opposing opinions of a potential appeasement with Iran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Sorry you\u2019re still salty that I prevented you from getting a picture with Nicki Minaj after you came running after her like a school girl,&#8221; Bruesewitz wrote in a response to Cruz, who called him a &#8220;young political grifter&#8221; on X.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;You\u2019re going to get wiped out in 2028, clown,&#8221; Bruesewitz added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/shop?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=syndication&amp;utm_campaign=shop2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:COMPLEX SHOP: Shop the brands you love, anytime and anywhere. Uncover what's next. Buy. Collect. Obsess.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;COMPLEX SHOP&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><b>COMPLEX SHOP:<\/b> Shop the brands you love, anytime and anywhere. Uncover what&#8217;s next. Buy. Collect. Obsess.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><span>Alex Bruesewitz via X, formerly Twitter<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a follow-up post, Bruesewitz shared a picture that showed a blurry Ted Cruz trying to meet with Nicki Minaj.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Not to overexaggerate, but I\u2019ve never seen anything like it,&#8221; he captioned the post. &#8220;[Ted Cruz] and his staff literally sprinted down the hallway screaming &#8216;Nicki! Nicki! Nicki!&#8217; begging Nicki Minaj for a picture. I told Ted we were in a rush, we had to get to the White House and didn\u2019t have time to stop for photos with every fan. (To her credit, Nicki stopped and took pics with as many staffers and elected officials as she could.) We just didn\u2019t have time for Ted. Plus, brand-wise, it\u2019s not exactly a good look to pose with Lyin\u2019 Ted, so I was looking out for my girl.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He claimed that after he was turned down for the photo, he later cornered them, and his team took a photo of Cruz with them just as they were leaving. &#8220;Extremely creepy,&#8221; Bruesewitz added. &#8220;I sure as heck won\u2019t be taking any foreign policy advice from a guy who behaves like that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a final X post on the subject, Bruesewitz said that he will &#8220;always&#8221; have Nicki Minaj&#8217;s back, even if she decides to stop talking about her political beliefs. &#8220;She\u2019s the goat,&#8221; he wrote, which got a heart emoji response from Minaj.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"A tweet by Alex Bruesewitz supporting Nicki Minaj, with her replying with a heart emoji.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"799\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/fs7pSPjDz2ey9HxVu2PZAw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTc5OTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/complex_131\/74643e779843f5b34e77ee2adac88921\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><span>Alex Bruesewitz via X, formerly Twitter<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This year, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.complex.com\/music\/a\/alex-ocho\/nicki-minaj-donald-trump-no-1-fan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Nicki Minaj has heavily put her support behind the Trump administration;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Nicki Minaj has heavily put her support behind the Trump administration&quot;}\">Nicki Minaj has heavily put her support behind the Trump administration<\/a>, and suggested at the Trump Accounts Summit in January that she was his &#8220;no. 1 fan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During the summit, she also held hands with the president and suggested that any &#8220;hate&#8221; coming her way would not change her political stance.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Related News<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/nicki-minaj-thanks-elon-musk-161402192.html\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"(L-R) Nicki Minaj and Elon Musk.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/QPTTNkvSr9AudF4RbJuXAw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/complex_131\/a6c50d20d410e1ba636b21a7adc8d5c6\"\/><\/div>\n<p><\/a><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><span>Nicki Minaj Thanks Elon Musk for &#8216;Everything&#8217; He&#8217;s &#8216;Doing for Humanity&#8217; During SpaceX Launch<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/lizzo-addresses-nicki-minaj-dissing-164418724.html\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Split image. 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On Saturday (May 23), Alex Bruesewitz, who worked on Trump&#8217;s campaign during the 2024 election and is responsible for all of his podcast appearances, got into a social media spat with Texas Senator Ted Cruz over their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2438624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[478541,478542,22389,335498,371187,478543],"class_list":["post-2438623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-alex-bruesewitz","tag-bruesewitz","tag-donald-trump","tag-nicki-minaj","tag-ted-cruz","tag-trump39s-campaign"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ted-Cruz-Called-Out-for-Allegedly-Begging-for-a-Picture.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2438623"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2438625,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438623\/revisions\/2438625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2438624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2438623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2438623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2438623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}