Celebrity Quotes of the Week: Eve Critiques Nicki Minaj’s Fame

Plus Wendy Williams and Kim Kardashian tackle hot topics.

Eve on Nicki Minaj’s beef with Lil’ Kim: - “Nicki is doing her thing and she’s maximizing the market, but that’s because there is no one else out. She’s the only female. She came in at a time when music was so different. She’s doing stuff now that we couldn’t do — well we could do it — I did the collaboration with Gwen [Stefani], but it’s at a different place."(Photo: Mathis Wienand/Getty Images)

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Eve on Nicki Minaj’s beef with Lil’ Kim: - “Nicki is doing her thing and she’s maximizing the market, but that’s because there is no one else out. She’s the only female. She came in at a time when music was so different. She’s doing stuff now that we couldn’t do — well we could do it — I did the collaboration with Gwen [Stefani], but it’s at a different place."(Photo: Mathis Wienand/Getty Images)

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Vanessa Williams on a childhood memory: - "I didn’t really understand until college. I was with my boyfriend and it hit me and I blurted out: 'Oh my god — I was molested.'"(Photo: Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

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Vanessa Williams on a childhood memory: - "I didn’t really understand until college. I was with my boyfriend and it hit me and I blurted out: 'Oh my god — I was molested.'"(Photo: Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

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Mary J. Blige on her controversial Burger King commercial: - “I agreed to be a part of a fun and creative campaign that was supposed to feature a dream sequence. Unfortunately, that’s not what was happening in that clip."(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Mary J. Blige on her controversial Burger King commercial: - “I agreed to be a part of a fun and creative campaign that was supposed to feature a dream sequence. Unfortunately, that’s not what was happening in that clip."(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

Tina Campbell on Chris Brown and Rihanna: - “Let them people be in love if that’s what they want to do. You cannot be directing everybody’s comings and goings, and now they gotta decide, ‘Well, what is this gonna say to the media?’ If they forgave each other, let them forgive each other.”(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

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Tina Campbell on Chris Brown and Rihanna: - “Let them people be in love if that’s what they want to do. You cannot be directing everybody’s comings and goings, and now they gotta decide, ‘Well, what is this gonna say to the media?’ If they forgave each other, let them forgive each other.”(Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Kandi Burruss on the importance of a prenuptial agreement:  - “Just like if you have a fire extinguisher in your home it doesn’t mean you expect it to burn down. But you’re just prepared to put out the fire before it starts if need be.” (Photo: Cindy Ord/Getty Images)

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Kandi Burruss on unofficial RHOA cast member Marlo Hampton: - "I think she was trying to get a job and stay on Housewives because right now, she’s NOT a housewife. But it doesn’t look like she accomplished anything because she’s still not a housewife, and I don’t think she ever will be."(Photo: Cindy Ord/Getty Images)

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Romany Malco on his crush on engaged Think Like a Man co-star Meagan Good: - “Yeah, don’t worry about it. Meagan already knows all about this. We’ve had the conversation.”(Photo: Fernando Leon/Getty Images)

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Romany Malco on his crush on engaged Think Like a Man co-star Meagan Good: - “Yeah, don’t worry about it. Meagan already knows all about this. We’ve had the conversation.”(Photo: Fernando Leon/Getty Images)

Kim Kardashian on rumors she’s dating Kanye West: - “Kanye and I have been friends for years. You never know what the future holds or where my life will take me.”(Photo: PacificCoastNews.com)

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Kim Kardashian on rumors she’s dating Kanye West: - “Kanye and I have been friends for years. You never know what the future holds or where my life will take me.”(Photo: PacificCoastNews.com)

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Wendy Williams on Mary J. Blige's Burger King commercial: - "There’s just something about Black people singing about fried chicken that’s embarrassing."(Photo: Thomas Concordia/Getty Images)

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Wendy Williams on Mary J. Blige's Burger King commercial: - "There’s just something about Black people singing about fried chicken that’s embarrassing."(Photo: Thomas Concordia/Getty Images)

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Michael Jai White on working with his teen co-stars on We The Party: - “I felt like the old guy on set until the Nicki Minaj video that I’m in, "Your Love," aired for the first time while we were shooting. I play Nicki's love interest. I turned into the coolest guy in the film for all the teenagers who had seen the video. I became really hip to them.”(Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

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Michael Jai White on working with his teen co-stars on We The Party: - “I felt like the old guy on set until the Nicki Minaj video that I’m in, "Your Love," aired for the first time while we were shooting. I play Nicki's love interest. I turned into the coolest guy in the film for all the teenagers who had seen the video. I became really hip to them.”(Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

Michelle Obama on how she and her presidential husband are raising their daughters: - "My husband talks to our girls about how he expects men in their lives to treat them, and he offers examples by how he treats me and how he treats them."(Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

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Michelle Obama on how she and her presidential husband are raising their daughters: - "My husband talks to our girls about how he expects men in their lives to treat them, and he offers examples by how he treats me and how he treats them."(Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

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Niecy Nash on being a relationship guru among her friends:  - “My friends call me their relationship nanny so we have a good time working through problems. Now I don’t claim to be an expert, but I am a woman who has been through everything. I’ve been married, divorced; I’ve been the baby momma, the side piece and the secret…”

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Niecy Nash on getting married again: - “This is my second go ‘round. I was married once before for 16 years. I just put on a tight pair of Spanx and got back out there.”(Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images)

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Naturi Naughton: May 20 - The actress, who just joined the cast of Lifetime's The Client List, turns 28.(Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images For Lifetime)

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Naturi Naughton on her female co-stars in The Client List: - “Working with women is fun for me. I feel like I’ve gained a new group of friends, which is always nice. It’s hard to do that in this business.”(Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

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Jennifer Williams on throwing fisticuffs on Basketball Wives: - "I've never been a fighter. I'm in my 30s and I'm not trying to start now."(Photo: Fernando Leon/Getty Images)

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Jennifer Williams on throwing fisticuffs on Basketball Wives: - "I've never been a fighter. I'm in my 30s and I'm not trying to start now."(Photo: Fernando Leon/Getty Images)

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MeMpHitz on future TV plans: - "Right now, I have a reality show I’m working on called The Mistresses. That’s just one of many shows that I have that’s kind of attacking certain issues in life but at the same time there is a lesson to be caught inside of them.”(Photo: Skip Bolen PictureGroup)

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MeMpHitz on future TV plans: - "Right now, I have a reality show I’m working on called The Mistresses. That’s just one of many shows that I have that’s kind of attacking certain issues in life but at the same time there is a lesson to be caught inside of them.”(Photo: Skip Bolen PictureGroup)