Chucky Creator Reveals Doll Has a Trans Kid in Nicki Minaj Rebuttal

Don Mancini, creator of the Child's Play franchise, publicly rebuked Nicki Minaj after the rapper used an apparently AI-generated image of Chucky wearing a 'Vote Red' badge to encourage Republican support on Election Day.

The exchange has drawn attention because Mancini invoked Chucky's queer family history to reject the increasingly outspoken Trump ally's attempt to enlist the horror character in conservative politics.

The clash puts a decades-old fictional character into the middle of a national debate over transgender rights at a time when the issue remains the subject of presidential politics, federal policy and extensive litigation.

'Chucky has a trans kid,' Mancini wrote on X on Tuesday.

'Chucky protects the dolls. Chucky is anti-ICE.'

Mancini also predicted a Democratic 'BLUE WAVE,' before posting an image of the doll with blue hair and telling Minaj: 'Too bad, Nicki!

No AI, by the way!'

The intervention was not simply Mancini retrofitting contemporary politics onto an apolitical franchise.

Gender identity and queer characters have been part of the Chucky universe for decades, and Mancini previously described efforts to deliberately expand that representation.

The episode began when Minaj posted an image of Chucky dressed in pink and wearing a 'Vote Red' button on Election Day, accompanying it with the message: 'HAPPY ELECTION DAY!!!'

The image appeared to be AI-generated and fit with the rapper's increasingly explicit advocacy for President Donald Trump and Republicans.

Mancini responded by declaring the Republican Chucky an 'IMPOSTER' and saying the character belonged to the Democratic 'blue wave.'

He then made the dispute more pointed by citing the franchise's LGBTQ+ history, writing that Chucky 'has a trans kid' and opposing the suggestion that his character should be identified with the MAGA movement.

The reference concerns Glen/Glenda, Chucky and Tiffany's child, introduced in the 2004 film Seed of Chucky.

The subsequent television series explicitly revisited the character's gender identity, including a scene in which Chucky says he has 'a queer kid.'

Mancini's response also fits his own history with the franchise.

In a 2022 interview with Them, he said queer material began entering the series with Bride of Chucky and described support from producer David Kirschner for gay, queer and nonbinary characters.

Newsweek has contacted representatives for Minaj for comment.

Minaj's legal troubles have also intensified in recent days.

Her lawyers at Kurzman Eisenberg Corbin & Lever have asked a New York court for permission to withdraw from a $275,149.62 lawsuit brought by 24/7 Productions.

The production company alleges it was not reimbursed for expenses connected to Minaj's 2023 Jingle Ball bookings and promotion for Pink Friday 2.

In the withdrawal application, attorney Bruce W. Bieber cited 'irreconcilable differences' over representation.

He said disagreements about litigation strategy and a breakdown in communication had made effective legal work unreasonably difficult.

A process server's account of an unsuccessful visit to Minaj's residential building appeared in court documents reported by TMZ on November 5.

The server said a concierge told him Minaj was away but her husband, Kenneth Petty, was home.

According to the declaration, the concierge also claimed the couple had a 'tendency of not answering their phones.'

The firm sought permission to send the withdrawal papers to the clients' last known email addresses and by overnight mail.