“Even When You Think You’re Being Considered, You’re Not”

Cardi B learned a valuable lesson about how one can offend people even if they did not intend to do so with a joke. The 32-year-old rapper is facing backlash after making jokes about how her 3XL-sized merch quickly sold out.

“[It] completely sold out, especially because you fat f**ks –– no Chick fil-A for y’all––all the 3x sold out in like in 20 minutes,” the Bronx artist said during a recent livestream. “Now, knowing that my fans is fat, I can’t even make fun of fat people no more […] Don’t call me fat-phobic, y’all, because everybody make fun of my BBL. So I can body-shame people ’cause y’all body-shame me.”

The Grammy winner quickly drew the ire of Samyra, a size-inclusivity advocate, who questioned how Cardi could joke like this when she has previously worked with Lizzo. “If this is what gets us to talk about artist merch and the lack of consideration for plus-size fans, then so be it,” she stated, expressing how plus-size people often aren’t kept in mind when artists release merchandise or other clothing collaborations.

“Do you think plus-size people don’t listen to your songs? […] And then when you do attempt to have a 3xL and you pair it with fatphobic comments like Cardi B made, it’s really just like even when you think you’re being considered, you’re not.” Samyra wasn’t the only person to take the “I Like It” artist to task.

“Cardi B was definitely being fatphobic even if YOU weren’t offended,” one social media user wrote. “Cardi b saying she didn’t know she had fat fans is insane I been a die hard Cardi b fan since the ‘a h*e neva gets cold’ video at its like damn people really hate fat people for just existing,” another user wrote. “Just be minding our business & here go all the shade.”

This may not be the best PR for the mother of three as she prepares to release her long-awaited sophomore album, Am I The Drama? Recently, she shared her single “Outside” and confirmed that hits like “WAP,” “Up,” and “Enough (Miami)” will all appear on the LP. Listen to “Outside” below.

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