despite the resistance Nikki went ahead and performed the song which only served to anger Rock Nation further to make matters even more intense Megan was in the audience during Nikki's performance making the situation even more uncomfortable for her Rock Nation wasn't happy about this public display and reportedly took steps to retaliate Nikki didn't shy away from addressing the situation either during her time on stage at the VMAs she openly told the audience that people were making calls to the show's EXE netives in an attempt to sabotage her performance heror however Nikki made it clear that she wasn't backing down and would perform her song no matter what