INTERNATIONAL DESK — Offset is clearing the air about his tumultuous divorce from Cardi B and where they stand now as co-parents. Appearing on the Popcast podcast on November 12, the Migos rapper addressed the online chatter painting him as the “villain” in their 2024 divorce, insisting that he and Cardi are now on good terms.
“I hate that people think that I’m a bad person, bro. It bothers me — I can say it as a man, like, that bothers me,” he said, revealing that his older children have started to get in trouble at school over the narrative about their father (Offset shares three kids with Cardi and one child each from three previous relationships). When asked why he thinks he’s getting so much hate online, Offset — whose real name is Kiari Kendrell Cephus — pointed to his on-and-off 7-year relationship with Cardi B — whose real name is Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar.
Me and her are cool.” He insisted that the online speculation is far removed from “what’s actually happened in real life,” but he won’t try to set the record straight by sharing his positive interactions with her and their kids online out of respect for her privacy. “I might take a hit for not showing it, but I respect her privacy, what she got going on in her world — it’s two different worlds now. I would never wanna conjoin that and put her in discomfort.
Cardi was pregnant with her fourth child — her first with then-boyfriend Stefon Diggs — when she was finalising her divorce with Offset. She celebrated little Grey’s first birthday earlier this month as she looked back on the difficult pregnancy. “I carried you through one of the most uncertain and high pressured times of my life but having you inside of me through it all gave me a extra strength,” the proud mom wrote on Instagram.