The nominations for the 2015 MTV VMAs were announced this week and rapper Nicki Minaj hit out at the company for not including her in the Video of the Year category. 

The 'Starships' sensation publicly complained about not getting an MTV Video of the Year nomination and told her Twitter followers that "black women influence pop culture so much but are rarely rewarded for it". Minaj also shared the following statement, which caused Taylor Swift to get involved: "If your video celebrates women with very slim bodies, you will be nominated for vid of the year."

Swift responded to the comment, tweeting: "I've done nothing but love & support you. It's unlike you to pit women against each other. Maybe one of the men took your slot... If I win, please come up with me!! You're invited to any stage I'm ever on."

Now, media mogul Piers Morgan has waded into the situation and penned an op ed for the Daily Mail, in which he wrote: "Don’t play the race or skinny cards, Ms Minaj - you’re just a stroppy little piece of work whose video wasn’t as good as Taylor Swift’s."

He added: "I have every sympathy with Taylor Swift, who did absolutely nothing wrong. And I have no sympathy with Nicki Minaj, who emerges as a whiny brat that just doesn’t like losing. Her charges of racism and big-bodyism are frankly laughable when you consider that three of the five nominations for Video of the Year are black artists. And one of them is Beyoncé, whose own body is far more aligned to the Minaj school of physical beauty than Taylor Swift’s."

Follow us: @Pressparty on Twitter / Pressparty on Facebook.

Watch a preview of Minaj and Beyoncé's music video for 'Feeling Myself' below: