Ellen DeGeneres does Nicki Minaj . . . for Halloween

“Here she is like you’ve never seen her before . . .” The announcer says before Ellen DeGeneres steps on the stage of her talk show set dressed in the same outfit Nicki Minaj wore when she was Ellen’s guest a few weeks ago.

“Let me start by saying my eyes are up here . . .” Ellen joked during her “Halloween extravaganza” opening monologue, which also saw her twerking in honour of Nicki, who took The Ellen Show “from PG to double D”:

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