Ouch! Genise Ruidiaz, the backup dancer bit by a snake while rehearsing for Nicki Minaj's 2014 MTV VMAs performance, is coming forward to explain what happened. In an interview with MTV, Ruidiaz ...

So how did it feel the first time the snake was wrapped about you? The feeling of having this creature – this reptile that is all muscle — work his way around my body was insane. I was so happy I did ...

(Pictured above: A Demuril's boa, which was not involved in the incident.) The animal has been used in performances for 15 years, MTV News said. Dumeril's boas are non-venomous, originated in ...

The Friday before last Sunday's VMAs, something scaly, er, scary went down during award show prep: A snake bit one of Nicki Minaj's backup dancers during a rehearsal of the first live performance of ...