Cardi B’s Blunt One-Liner About Offset Confirms She’s Done

There are plenty of ways to dodge a question about an ex — a polite “we’ll always be family,” or even a vague “we’re in a good place.” Cardi B went with the five-word version. In her new Billboard interview, she was asked if she could picture a friendship with Offset. “I tried. Next question,” she said.

That single line says more than a dozen carefully worded statements ever could. After years of on-again, off-again reconciliations with the Migos rapper — and a third child born just last September — Cardi sounds like she’s finally drawing a clean line. The once-inseparable pair have weathered public cheating scandals, multiple breakups, and even a divorce filing that was later withdrawn. In late 2023, Cardi told fans she’d been “single for a minute now,” and she filed for divorce a second time just before announcing her third pregnancy with him. Her new response suggests there’s no energy left for playing the “amicable exes” game.

If anything, Cardi’s words reflect how much her priorities have shifted since becoming a mother of three. “It turned me into a real woman,” she told the outlet. “I do everything for my kids. I’m the only provider and you know what? Ain’t no complaining about it. I love them so much and they ground me.”

Her focus on family hasn’t stopped her from opening up about her next chapter in love, either. Cardi confirmed she’s dating NFL star Stefon Diggs, admitting that stepping back into the dating pool hasn’t been easy: “It was very tough, but it is what it is. It’s tough dating in your 30s, too, but I like him. I love him, today.” It’s a refreshingly un-romanticized take, equal parts vulnerable and funny — a reminder that even global superstars get nervous about starting over.

Between her decision to pass on the Super Bowl halftime show (“I feel like… I’m going to have more hits”) and her frank political commentary (“All I’m going to say is America is in a very bad place. No matter who’s in charge, it’s going to stay like that because we’re paying for bad karma,”) Cardi is painting a picture of someone both in control and unwilling to waste time. That “Next question” may read as brutal, but it also reads as freedom. For Cardi, the future isn’t about friendship with an ex — it’s about kids, career, and a love life that’s finally on her own terms.

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