FUSE TV - Nicki Minaj Explains Her VMAs Wardrobe Malfunction

UPDATE (9/10): Nicki Minaj explained what happened at the VMAs that resulted in her hitting the stage in a dress she was literally holding together. On Ellen, Nicki reveals that she didn't want to "ruin the shot" by just slipping something over her bright green "Anaconda" ensemble, because it didn't go with the black and white outfits Ariana Grande and Jessie J were wearing.

"Originally, I was just gonna have a skirt that just wrapped around the green, but when I realized that Jessie and Ariana were wearing black and white, I didn't want to ruin the shot with me wearing a green bra and them wearing black and white!" she tells Ellen. "I was like, 'I have to put on a black dress really quickly!' Sure enough, we didn't have a real quick-change right there, so it was literally my whole team just standing there, holding curtains around me. It was pitch black. I couldn't see anything. Right before it was time for me to walk out, they went to zip it up, and ... right there, I thought I died. I didn't have any underwear on! No underwear, no bra, because I had just taken off the 'Anaconda' outfit, so I was butt-ass naked!"

Ellen responded to Nicki's cool and calm explanation by handing her a giant safety pin, should she encounter similar wardrobe malfunctions in the future. Watch the LOL-inducing clip below.