Grammy award-winning singer Cardi B recently discussed her previous relationship with Offset and how mentally draining it was. This comes as she publicly debuts her new romance with NFL star Stefon Diggs.
What Happened Between Cardi B and Ex Offset?
"I don't think people understand how tired I was. How tired, how mentally drained I was," the WAP singer told fans on the X Space early Tuesday, June 3 (via People), referring to her former relationship with the rapper Offset, "Drained, drained, drained. Couldn't eat. I was getting frequent headaches. I was literally losing my mind."
It became an open secret that Offset allegedly cheated multiple times on Cardi B throughout their marriage. Enough to, as Cardi B claimed, "affect her pregnancy" with their third baby before she filed for divorce in late July 2024.
As if that couldn't suffice in explaining the mentally draining ex, she repeated for emphasis: "I was literally losing my mind. And I gave it chances after chances after chances after chances after chances after chances."
Had she not cut off ties with the man, she would not have the life she wanted for herself and her family. "I was going to end up going to jail, 'cause I was going to end up killing them. Seriously, with my own bare hands. 'Cause it was just getting so ... it was just getting too much."
It's not just about the cheating, according to the Grammy winner. It's "more than" the infidelity that caused their split, as there had been "constant lies, the gaslighting... It was really messing with my head."
It didn't help that she "got so depressed" due to the "lies, the constant drama" being the very reason why she "woke up every single morning paranoid."
Take note that this was before she and Offset reconciled last year to welcome their daughter, Blossom.
Thankfully, she went through therapy, as her managers advised, and eventually "fell back in love again."
How is Cardi B's Love Life with Stefon Diggs Going?
"I did therapy and I tried and I fell back in love again and I decided to have my baby and everything," Cardi B detailed the better life she was living now with present boyfriend, Stefon Diggs, "and it's just like, when it's the end of soemthing, it's really the end of something."
Cardi B married Offset in 2017, and eventually filed for divorce in 2020. While they did reconcile through an on-and-off relationship, Cardi filed for divorce for a second time in July 2024.
Meanwhile, the Up rapper added how much "Dating" was "new" to her, "It took a long time for me to open up to somebody."
Even more so when she described it as intensely as such, "I'm in a place right now that I'm very happy, and I feel like I'm crawling. It's like I'm learning how to do things."
It's worth mentioning that she hasn't "been this happy in a very, very long time," due to the "f***ing trauma" she went through previously.
"Before I even got with somebody, I had to learn myself," Cardi continued, "I had to come at peace with myself, and I had to shed a lot of f***ing tears so I could finally be like, 'Yeah, I'm feeling good.' And I'm sharing that."
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