{"id":347528,"date":"2026-03-25T19:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T19:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/347528\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T19:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T19:08:10","slug":"cardi-b-jokes-shes-scaled-back-her-time-spent-arguing-with-people-on-twitter-and-x-i-would-for-13-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/347528\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardi B Jokes She&#8217;s Scaled Back Her Time Spent Arguing with People on Twitter and X: &#8216;I Would for 13 Hours&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cardi B said she now spends less time arguing with people online during her appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When asked if she had any advice for her younger self, she said, &#8220;I would tell myself, why are you arguing with people on Twitter? Why are you doing that, girl?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The &#8220;Up&#8221; rapper recently had a heated interaction with the United States Department of Homeland Security on social media<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/cardi-b\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cardi B;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Cardi B&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Cardi B<\/a> is taking a step back from her presence online.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The rapper, 33, insisted she now spends less time arguing with people online during her appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/cardi-b\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon&quot;}\" class=\"link \">The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/a> on Tuesday, March 24.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When asked if she had any advice for her younger self, she said, &#8220;I would tell myself, why are you arguing with people on Twitter? Why are you doing that, girl?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Cardi B and Jimmy Fallon on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.' in New York City on March 24, 2026Credit: Todd Owyoung\/NBC via Getty\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/594cb29b728f56b6b754eaba555e5c02.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Cardi B and Jimmy Fallon on &#8216;The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.&#8217; in New York City on March 24, 2026<br \/>Credit: Todd Owyoung\/NBC via Getty<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Host <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/jimmy-fallon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jimmy Fallon;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Jimmy Fallon&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Jimmy Fallon<\/a>, 51, asked Cardi why she argued with people on social media, and she said, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know. But it was fun. I had a good time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Now you learned and you don&#8217;t do that anymore,&#8221; he responded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cardi, born Belcalis Alm\u00e1nzar, disagreed with his statement. She mumbled for a moment, before saying, &#8220;Not as much. I reduced the time. Before, I would argue for like 13 hours.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/people-app.onelink.me\/HNIa\/kz7l4cuf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/people-app.onelink.me\/HNIa\/kz7l4cuf;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;https&quot;}\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/people-app.onelink.me\/HNIa\/kz7l4cuf<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The &#8220;Up&#8221; rapper, currently on her <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/cardi-b-asks-fans-not-get-into-fights-at-concerts-11917358\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Little Miss Drama Tour;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Little Miss Drama Tour&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Little Miss Drama Tour<\/a>, recently <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/cardi-b-gets-into-online-flame-war-with-trump-administration-after-saying-shed-jump-ice-11905986\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:had a heated interaction;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;had a heated interaction&quot;}\" class=\"link \">had a heated interaction<\/a> with the United States Department of Homeland Security on X (formerly known as Twitter).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During a concert performance, Cardi told the crowd, &#8220;If ICE come in here, we\u2019re gonna jump they asses\u2026 I got some bear mace in the back. They ain\u2019t taking my fans, bitch. Let\u2019s go!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Cardi B on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon in New York City on March 24, 2026Credit: Todd Owyoung\/NBC via Getty\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"641\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cd71a064bd565df3c4ceedf69741b975.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Cardi B on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon in New York City on March 24, 2026<br \/>Credit: Todd Owyoung\/NBC via Getty<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Her remarks drew attention online from the DHS. &#8220;As long as she doesn\u2019t drug and rob our agents, we\u2019ll consider that an improvement over her past behavior,&#8221; the federal agency wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DHSgov\/status\/2022034104125112784\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:X;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;X&quot;}\" class=\"link \">X<\/a> post on Feb. 12, referencing Cardi&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/music\/cardi-b-responds-backlash-after-saying-she-drugged-robbed-men\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:previous admission;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;previous admission&quot;}\" class=\"link \">previous admission<\/a> that she had drugged and robbed men before she became famous.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She replied that same day with, &#8220;If we talking about drugs let\u2019s talk about <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/doj-withheld-some-epstein-files-npr-claims-11912970\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Epstein and friends;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Epstein and friends&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Epstein and friends<\/a> drugging underage girls to rape them. Why yall don\u2019t wanna talk about <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/every-photo-epstein-estate-file-release-trump-clinton-others-11868027\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the Epstein files;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;the Epstein files&quot;}\" class=\"link \">the Epstein files<\/a>?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The next day, Cardi fell off her chair while performing \u201cThotiana\u201d at a show in Las Vegas and <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/cardi-b-falls-off-chair-mid-concert-jokes-that-was-the-government-11906998\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:jokingly blamed &quot;the government;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;jokingly blamed &amp;quot&quot;}\" class=\"link \">jokingly blamed &#8220;the government<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"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\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"641\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/225c36c052b1ea7e493b103327a764dd.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Cardi B performs during her Little Miss Drama Tour at The Kia Forum in February 2026 in Inglewood, Calif.<br \/>Credit: Kevin Mazur\/Getty for Live Nation<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE&#039;s free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;PEOPLE&#039;&quot;}\" class=\"link \">PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Grammy winner\u2019s social media usage doesn\u2019t stop with X. On Feb. 26, she went on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Qnqn5zRj77E\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram Live;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Instagram Live&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Instagram Live<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/cardi-b-eats-bucket-ice-instagram-live-11915147\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ate ice from a bucket for three minutes straight;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;ate ice from a bucket for three minutes straight&quot;}\" class=\"link \">ate ice from a bucket for three minutes straight<\/a>, comparing the act to &#8220;drinking six bottles of water.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cardi, who released her first studio album, Invasion of Privacy, in 2018, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/cardi-b-gets-emotional-at-little-miss-drama-tour-opening-night-11905838\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:had an emotional moment;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;had an emotional moment&quot;}\" class=\"link \">had an emotional moment<\/a> on the opening night of her tour.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI do not want to get emotional,\u201d she said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@tomasmier\/video\/7605881826279755038?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:according to a TikTok video;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;according to a TikTok video&quot;}\" class=\"link \">according to a TikTok video<\/a>. &#8220;I just want to tell you, don\u2019t let nobody take your happiness away from you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/cardi-b-jokes-shes-scaled-back-her-time-spent-arguing-with-people-on-twitter-11934241\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;People&quot;}\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW Cardi B said she now spends less time arguing with people online during her appearance&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[9724,46112,156,44039,111,139,69,437,10450],"class_list":["post-347528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-cardi-b","tag-department-of-homeland-security","tag-entertainment","tag-jimmy-fallon","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv","tag-twitter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}