Iggy Azalea was already facing enough heat heading into the Grammys Sunday night due to controversy stirred up over Iggy’s nomination for Best Rap Album (which she lost to Eminem). Most of the criticism once again centered around the argument that Azalea wrongfully appropriates black culture, something that she has defended herself against time and time again.
But it wasn’t Iggy’s Grammy loss that had Azalea angrily tweeting Sunday evening — it was a privacy-breaching Papa John’s delivery boy.
Iggy took to Twitter to call out a driver with Papa John’s for allegedly sharing her phone number with his family members when he delivered pizza to the pop-rap Grammy nominee.
. @PapaJohns was my favorite pizza but the drivers they use give out your personal phone number to their family members.
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) February 8, 2015
He fired MT @IGGYAZALEA : @PapaJohns I ordered a cheese pizza but instead I got tons of calls & messages like this pic.twitter.com/xXFI07EonH — Jason McIntyre (@jasonrmcintyre) February 9, 2015
Azalea might have stopped there, but, according to the rapper, Papa John’s refused to allow her to identify the driver so that the company could take proper disciplinary actions against him. Iggy was less than impressed with the pizza chain’s definition of “privacy.”
And the supervisors at @PapaJohns refuse to send pictures of their employess so you can identify who it is that steals your information
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) February 8, 2015
You know, to protect their privacy… Too bad they don’t value the privacy of their customers also. #DamnShame — IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) February 8, 2015
Many people who saw Iggy’s tweets about the incident didn’t seem quite as shocked by the breach of trust or Papa John’s choice not to allow her to show them who the culprit. Rather, many wondered, “Is Azalea really getting pizza before the Grammys?”
Girl @iggyazalea get ready for the Grammys and stop tweeting about pizza! TF?!
— CHAMP (@YearoftheChamp) February 8, 2015
It’s actual The Grammys soon and Iggy Azalea is mer concerned about pizza :/
— dylan (@_dylanjohnstone) February 8, 2015
Several other responses to Iggy’s predicament were similarly unsympathetic. Many users took it as an opportunity to take shots as Azalea herself — not to mention the quality of Papa John’s pizza.
Iggy Azalea ordered a cheese pizza. Cheese pizza is the most substance-lacking, terrible kind of pizza. It’s the Iggy of pizza.
— kwame quetzalcoatl (@OhGodThatGuy) February 9, 2015
Iggy Azalea is out here acting like some pizza delivery boy gave out her number to some fans when we know damn well she has none — Jon (@prasejeebus) February 8, 2015
I’d tell Iggy Azalea that Papa John’s isn’t real pizza but I don’t want her to explain to me why it’s real pizza over the next 6 months.
— Craig S. (@YUCKYBOT) February 8, 2015
@IGGYAZALEA just made me want @PapaJohns pizza. What a nice promo for them. — Page Kennedy (@PageKennedy) February 8, 2015
Papa John’s has since responded to Iggy’s disgust over the incident. The national chain even included a reference to one of Azalea’s tracks in their apology.
@iggyazalea #We should have known better. Customer and employee privacy is important to us. Please don’t #bounce us!
— Papa John’s Pizza (@PapaJohns) February 9, 2015
What would you do with Iggy Azalea’s number if you were this Papa John’s delivery boy?
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