Celeb Quotes of the Week: Nicki Minaj on Having an Abortion

Plus, words from Amber Rose and Macklemore.

Nicki Minaj on having an abortion as a teenager: - “I thought I was going to die. I was a teenager. It was the hardest thing I’d ever gone through. It’d be contradictory if I said I wasn’t pro-choice. I wasn’t ready. I didn’t have anything to offer a child.”(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

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Nicki Minaj on having an abortion as a teenager: - “I thought I was going to die. I was a teenager. It was the hardest thing I’d ever gone through. It’d be contradictory if I said I wasn’t pro-choice. I wasn’t ready. I didn’t have anything to offer a child.”(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Jada Pinkett-Smith on working on Magic Mike 2: - “It was a character that was written for a male that they wanted to turn into a female… I’m used to that kind of beefcakeness in my environment. I can handle it.”(Photo: David Buchan/Getty Images for Westfield)

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Jada Pinkett-Smith on her husband inspiring her to stay fit: - “When my husband of almost 20 years can’t take his eyes off me? That’s amazing. But the number one reason I go to the gym is because it keeps me sane… I can deal with whatever’s coming at me.”(Photo: David Buchan/Getty Images for Westfield)

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Mathew Knowles statement from his rep to the British Sun regarding a piece that said he was cut out of Beyoncé's life:  - "He did not state that any 'bitter rift' exists between him and his daughter, Beyoncé, or that he has been pushed or cut out of her life."  (Photo: Claire Greenway/Getty Images)

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Mathew Knowles on a possible Destiny's Child biopic: - “One of the great aspects of a Destiny’s Child movie or a play is the empowerment of the songs and the empowerment that Destiny’s Child has given to women.”(Photo:Claire Greenway/Getty Images)

Amber Rose on getting back into the dating scene: - “I’m not thinking about that right now. If I'm not married to Wiz right now, I don’t want to be married. I don’t even want to date right now, I just want to get my heart back together.”(Photo: Frazer Harrison/PMA2014/Getty Images for dcp)

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Amber Rose on getting back into the dating scene: - “I’m not thinking about that right now. If I'm not married to Wiz right now, I don’t want to be married. I don’t even want to date right now, I just want to get my heart back together.”(Photo: Frazer Harrison/PMA2014/Getty Images for dcp)

Ledisi on playing Mahalia Jackson in Selma: - "I was so proud and afraid to play the part, because it’s such big shoes to fill. But when [costume designer] Ruth E. Carter put the costume on me I just started crying. I said, 'Oh wow, I’m no longer me. I’m Mahalia.'"(Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for AFI)

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Ledisi on playing Mahalia Jackson in Selma: - "I was so proud and afraid to play the part, because it’s such big shoes to fill. But when [costume designer] Ruth E. Carter put the costume on me I just started crying. I said, 'Oh wow, I’m no longer me. I’m Mahalia.'"(Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for AFI)

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Tink on wanting to change hip hop: - "2015 is going to be a big year. I’ve set goals but all I can say is in 2015 I just want to raise the standard in music. I want to be the shift of hip hop.”(Photo: Tink via Instagram)

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Tink on wanting to change hip hop: - "2015 is going to be a big year. I’ve set goals but all I can say is in 2015 I just want to raise the standard in music. I want to be the shift of hip hop.”(Photo: Tink via Instagram)

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Kurupt on the NBA 'screwing' Donald Sterling: - "They took a good man down. What did he do to anybody? Who did he harm? What's the crime?”(Photo: Lisa Lake/Getty Images for Reebok)

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Kurupt on the NBA 'screwing' Donald Sterling: - "They took a good man down. What did he do to anybody? Who did he harm? What's the crime?”(Photo: Lisa Lake/Getty Images for Reebok)

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Macklemore on racism and white privilege in hip hop: - “White people, we can just turn the TV off when we’re sick of talking about race. It does not work that way for everybody, and the thing for me is, like, white liberal people wanna be nice. We don’t wanna mess up. We don’t wanna be racist.”(Photo: Craig Barritt/Getty Images for GQ)

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Macklemore on racism and white privilege in hip hop: - “White people, we can just turn the TV off when we’re sick of talking about race. It does not work that way for everybody, and the thing for me is, like, white liberal people wanna be nice. We don’t wanna mess up. We don’t wanna be racist.”(Photo: Craig Barritt/Getty Images for GQ)

Journalist Mara Schiavocampo on 'accidentally' losing 90 pounds: - "I’m definitely not the kind of girl who loses weight by accident. But that’s exactly what happened... Ok, so it wasn’t completely by accident. I had a baby, and desperately wanted to lose the 40 pounds I’d gained, especially given that I was about 50 pounds overweight before the pregnancy."(Photo: Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Thurgood Marshall College Fund)

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Journalist Mara Schiavocampo on 'accidentally' losing 90 pounds: - "I’m definitely not the kind of girl who loses weight by accident. But that’s exactly what happened... Ok, so it wasn’t completely by accident. I had a baby, and desperately wanted to lose the 40 pounds I’d gained, especially given that I was about 50 pounds overweight before the pregnancy."(Photo: Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Thurgood Marshall College Fund)

Khloé Kardashian on loving being single: - "I think being single is really healthy for people. I think people who go into one relationship to another, I don't know if they have a healing process or know what went wrong or how to better themselves.”(Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

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Khloé Kardashian on loving being single: - "I think being single is really healthy for people. I think people who go into one relationship to another, I don't know if they have a healing process or know what went wrong or how to better themselves.”(Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

President Obama to Chicago teen who asked Santa for safety for Christmas: - "I want to offer you a few words of encouragement. Each day, I strive to ensure communities like yours are safe places to dream, discover and grow. Please know your security is a priority for me in everything I do as president.”(Photo: YURI GRIPAS/AFP/Getty Images)

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President Obama to Chicago teen who asked Santa for safety for Christmas: - "I want to offer you a few words of encouragement. Each day, I strive to ensure communities like yours are safe places to dream, discover and grow. Please know your security is a priority for me in everything I do as president.”(Photo: YURI GRIPAS/AFP/Getty Images)