Cardi B ‘didn’t want to deal with the whole abortion thing… I’m a grown woman’
Cardi B is pregnant. We’ve known that for months, but she only confirmed on Saturday Night Live last weekend. She’s pretty far along – some people claim she’s already 6 or 7 months pregnant. Which should make her Coachella set pretty exciting, just as her promotional tour her album will probably have to hit pause for her maternity leave too. It’s been a while since a young – mid-20s – celebrity got pregnant at an inopportune moment for her career. Variety had a breakdown of all of Cardi’s scheduled appearances throughout the summer and into the fall, many of which I think it’s safe to assume she’ll probably end up canceling. Especially if she’s already seven months along. So… is it fair or unfair to ask Cardi B if she thought about terminating her pregnancy when she first found out? I think it’s a fair question, although it’s certainly rude and none of our g–damn business. Still, that’s what she was asked on Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club this week.
Cardi B said that she “kinda, sorta” thought about getting an abortion when she found out she was pregnant with fiancé Offset’s baby, but knew early on that she would continue her pregnancy. On Power 105.1’s “The Breakfast Club” on Tuesday, Charlamagne tha God asked Cardi whether she ever thought about “not having the baby,” since she conceived at the height of her fame and just before her album’s release.
“Kinda, sorta,” Cardi said. “I just didn’t want to deal with the whole abortion thing. I just didn’t want to … I’m a grown woman, I’m 25 years old, I’m gonna say this in the most humblest way: I’m a schmillionaire,” Cardi said. “I’m prepared for this.”
She added that her pregnancy wasn’t planned, and that finally confirming the persistent pregnancy rumors this weekend was a “relief.” Cardi was concerned with balancing her work and home life, but was peeved at the idea that she can’t be both a mother and a No. 1 MC.
“It just really bothers me and it disgusts me,” she said, “because I see a lot of women online like, ‘Oh, I feel sorry for you, your career is over,’ and it’s like, ‘Why can’t I have both? Why do I have to choose a career or a baby?’”
She also said, “I don’t want to wait until I’m 30-something to have a kid. I want my kid now that I have energy and stuff.” As far as her post-baby plans, Cardi said, “I have been working and thinking about album and thinking about what I gotta do next. I gotta take my time to nest and think … I’m hoping to [take] a month, three weeks [off].”
The lack of privacy surrounding her pregnancy was frustrating for Cardi, who didn’t even tell her own friends about the news before it got out.
“I have to prove [to] people that a baby won’t stop me … I just wish that I had a little bit more time for me to think for me. I didn’t like that people [were] harassing me,” she said. “I had a whole bunch of friends calling me like, ‘Why did I have to find out [about your pregnancy] on the internet?’ … It’s something so precious and private to me, and I didn’t even get to keep that for myself.”
I understand this point of view: “I’m a grown woman, I’m 25 years old, I’m gonna say this in the most humblest way: I’m a schmillionaire, I’m prepared for this.” Yes, of course she thought about terminating her pregnancy but ultimately she was like “but I’m 25 and I can handle this, even if it’s scary.” The thing is, I have my doubts about whether she’s really prepared for this. That’s not a slam on Cardi, it’s just that you can be as “prepared” as you can possibly be and then you have the baby and suddenly all of those preparations go out the window. The idea that she’ll only need to take off one month? Please. No, really: please don’t limit yourself that way. Take as much time as you need, Cardi. You don’t have anything to prove to anybody. You don’t have to go back to work until you are ready.
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