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Cardi B said she now spends less time arguing with people online during her appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
When asked if she had any advice for her younger self, she said, “I would tell myself, why are you arguing with people on Twitter? Why are you doing that, girl?”
The “Up” rapper recently had a heated interaction with the United States Department of Homeland Security on social media
Cardi B is taking a step back from her presence online.
The rapper, 33, insisted she now spends less time arguing with people online during her appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday, March 24.
When asked if she had any advice for her younger self, she said, “I would tell myself, why are you arguing with people on Twitter? Why are you doing that, girl?”
Cardi B and Jimmy Fallon on ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.’ in New York City on March 24, 2026
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Host Jimmy Fallon, 51, asked Cardi why she argued with people on social media, and she said, “I don’t know. But it was fun. I had a good time.”
“Now you learned and you don’t do that anymore,” he responded.
Cardi, born Belcalis Almánzar, disagreed with his statement. She mumbled for a moment, before saying, “Not as much. I reduced the time. Before, I would argue for like 13 hours.”
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The “Up” rapper, currently on her Little Miss Drama Tour, recently had a heated interaction with the United States Department of Homeland Security on X (formerly known as Twitter).
During a concert performance, Cardi told the crowd, “If ICE come in here, we’re gonna jump they asses… I got some bear mace in the back. They ain’t taking my fans, bitch. Let’s go!”
Cardi B on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon in New York City on March 24, 2026
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Her remarks drew attention online from the DHS. “As long as she doesn’t drug and rob our agents, we’ll consider that an improvement over her past behavior,” the federal agency wrote in a X post on Feb. 12, referencing Cardi’s previous admission that she had drugged and robbed men before she became famous.
She replied that same day with, “If we talking about drugs let’s talk about Epstein and friends drugging underage girls to rape them. Why yall don’t wanna talk about the Epstein files?”
The next day, Cardi fell off her chair while performing “Thotiana” at a show in Las Vegas and jokingly blamed “the government.”
Cardi B performs during her Little Miss Drama Tour at The Kia Forum in February 2026 in Inglewood, Calif.
Credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty for Live Nation
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The Grammy winner’s social media usage doesn’t stop with X. On Feb. 26, she went on Instagram Live and ate ice from a bucket for three minutes straight, comparing the act to “drinking six bottles of water.”
Cardi, who released her first studio album, Invasion of Privacy, in 2018, had an emotional moment on the opening night of her tour.
“I do not want to get emotional,” she said, according to a TikTok video. “I just want to tell you, don’t let nobody take your happiness away from you.”
Her tour is in support of her 2025 LP Am I the Drama?, and has upcoming stops in New York City, Boston and Philadelphia, among others.
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