Cardi B will solely handle being pregnant rumors on her personal time. She made that abundantly clear with a pen and scathing phrases — each directed to at least one brash and curious man.
The Grammy-winning rapper was seen on digicam hurling a pen on the man within the press pool as she left an Alhambra courthouse through the lunch break of her civil assault trial. In line with footage shared by ABC7 and TMZ, the person speaks up from the press pool asking Cardi B about her relationships with ex-husband Offset and boyfriend Stefon Diggs.
“Insiders are claiming that Offset is publicly bragging about getting you pregnant for the fourth time,” he says. “Do you foresee any paternity points with Stefon Diggs?”
As he poses the query, Cardi walks over to a different particular person holding a pen and ready for her autograph. She takes the pen from his hand and throws it within the path of the inquirer. “Cease disrespecting me,” she fires again, earlier than her workforce surrounds her.
“Don’t disrespect me,” she provides.
Cardi B shares three younger kids with Offset. They married in 2017 and went their separate methods in 2024. They have been beforehand headed for divorce in 2020, however seemingly made amends. She went official with NFL star Diggs earlier this 12 months. It’s unclear how precisely the being pregnant rumors started.
After the heated alternate on Tuesday, the person tells Cardi B, “I nonetheless love you regardless that you simply threw some stuff at me.”
She didn’t share the identical emotions.
“I don’t care. You’re disrespectful, don’t try this. Do you see ladies asking these kinds of inquiries to me?” Cardi B stated as she walked to her SUV. “Why do you are feeling, as a person, you get to ask me these kinds of questions? Act like you have got some manners. And your mama taught you, respect ladies.”
She imparted a closing message to the press from the car: “You’re not going to see me out right now, and you may thank him. I’m not enjoying round. I used to be very good. I used to be very type.”
The 32-year-old “Bodak Yellow” and “WAP” hip-hop star prevailed Tuesday in a civil lawsuit introduced towards her by a Beverly Hills safety guard after two days of testimony. Emani Ellis sued Cardi B for $24 million, accusing her of assault, battery and intentional infliction of emotional misery within the aftermath of a confrontation in a hallway outdoors of an obstetrician’s workplace. Ellis claimed that the rapper scratched her with an extended nail extension, leaving a facial scar.
Cardi B was discovered not liable on all counts by jurors after lower than an hour of deliberations.
“I swear to God, I’ll say it on my deathbed, I didn’t contact that girl,” Cardi B stated outdoors the courthouse following the conclusion of the trial. She added that she had missed her children’ first day of faculty due to the civil trial.
“I wish to thank my legal professionals,” she stated. “I wish to thank the jurors, I wish to thank the choose, and I wish to thank the respectful press.”
Occasions employees author Richard Winton contributed to this report.