Nicki Minaj Learned to Love Her Body After Giving Birth: 'My Son Remind Me of Myself'

Nicki Minaj is entering a new era of not just her music career, but as well as her life with the release of her upcoming album, "Pink Friday 2."

During her appearance at the 'Run-Through With Vogue" podcast, the "Super Freaky Girl" rapper admitted that she regrets undergoing surgery and how her son helped her come to that realization.

"I guarantee you, if you change anything on your body and do anything surgical and all this, you're going to - more than likely, not definitely, more than likely - look back one day and say, 'I was fine just the way I was,'" Minaj shared.

"And that's what happened to me. I could not believe even some of the photos that I didn't love."

The rapper does not shy away from questions about going under the knife, however, unlike before, she is now vocal about her regrets.

Nicki Minaj Learns Self-Love

Elsewhere in the podcast episode, Minaj listed all the physical attributes that she used to have that she did not particularly like about herself before.

"I didn't like being skinny, having a flat butt ... having boobs that didn't sit high enough. It was a lot of things," she continued.

However, many things have changed after meeting her husband Kenneth Petty, and welcoming her son.

"Because I've known my husband for so long, there's an ease we have with each other. We make each other laugh. We're silly. And we're always reminiscing about some old story," the "Super Bass" rapper explained.

"If it was a guy that I met as Nicki Minaj, I think I'd feel like they liked me because I'm Nicki Minaj, and what if I don't look like Nicki Minaj every day? And that, combined with pregnancy, would probably have made me crazy."

Nicki Minaj Opens Up About Motherhood

Aside from her husband, the rapper also gets strength and stays connected to her roots with the help of her three-year-old son.

"I think pregnancy could've played a role because seeing my son did remind me of myself so much. My real self. And it made me think why didn't I like this? So weird," Minaj continued.

"But seeing old photos, being able to look at old photos again made me realize, 'These old photos are beautiful.'"

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