Victoria Coren Mitchell caused hilarity among Only Connect fans after she made an unfortunate remark to Nicki Minaj. The Super Freaky Girl singer was the subject of a question on the popular BBC quiz show.
The team was given four options and had to figure out what connected them. They were Four Dublin Men and Tony Blair, Cardi B and Nicki Minaj, Random Task and Austin Powers, and Munthadar al-Zaidi and George W. Bush.
The team correctly guessed that all of them had been involved in incidents involving shoe throwing. They were able to recount three of the four incidents, but were stumped by the details of the encounter between Nicki and Cardi.
Victoria complied and explained what had happened between the women. “It was a party and Cardi B later said on Instagram that Nicki Minaj said she was a bad mother, which she immediately refuted by throwing a shoe at her in public,” the presenter joked.
“But then Nicki Minaj said she never said that. Apparently it was a red platform shoe from Ellie Saab. I know you were waiting for that detail and I was able to give it to you,” she said dryly.
However, it was the way she said “Minaj,” not the facts of the story, that caused viewers to comment on X.
@wonder_o_woman gasped: “#onlyconnect Vic pronounces Minaj like vag.”
@TimAshcroft noted: “VCM’s pronunciation of ‘Minaj’ was rather… anatomical. #onlyconnect.”
@Khalidaubin97 wrote: “Obsessed with the way @VictoriaCoren pronounces Minaj x #OnlyConnect.”
It wasn’t just Victoria’s pronunciation that caused confusion. Viewers were also annoyed by the way the contestants pronounced the word “horned” in another question.
@gareth055 asked: “Why do people say horned viper? That’s really annoying! #onlyconnect.”
@Cat_Morris2005 agreed, commenting: “Why oh why do contestants say ‘horn- ed’ instead of ‘horned’? This is driving me crazy @VictoriaCoren#OnlyConnect.”
Meanwhile, @EamonnHennessy fumed: “Stop saying horn-ED #onlyconnect,” followed by three angry emojis.
