Cardi B Has Defended Herself Against Backlash After A Viral Video Showed Her Yelling At Her Production Team On Stage For Ruining Her Performance
Over the weekend, Cardi B found herself at the center of mixed discourse after a video of her yelling at her production team mid-performance went viral.
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If you missed it, Cardi performed at the BET Experience concert event in Los Angeles on Friday night.
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In video footage circulating online, Cardi can be seen yelling on stage, āFor production, y’all messing up my pyros, the fans is off, yāall messing up my music. Fuck am I paying yāall pussy niggas for? What am I paying yāall niggas for? Put my fucking fan on, bitch. Letās go.ā
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The video immediately sparked a divide online. While several people branded Cardi ārudeā and disrespectful for cursing at her team mid-performance, others argued that she was within her right to express her anger, given how many things had gone wrong.
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āNo need for all that that’s [not] how you talk to your employees,ā one comment on Instagram read. āSo unprofessional to be calling them out like that during the show. Talk to them in private!! Diva mentality!!ā said another.
āThe production team need to do their JOBS. No one should have to correct you during the performance. I would have cussed their asses out, too. They are PAID to do their jobs correctly the first time. Not after I have to call you out. That’s ridiculous,ā someone else wrote.
Eventually, Cardi entered the conversation, defending herself against backlash as she responded to a tweet that said, āno one should ever be disrespected like this in a workplace.ā
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āGirl shut up.. when you do a show you donāt pay after you pay before.. I paid 350,000 up front the least they could do is get my pyro ready and turn the fans on because guess what??? At the end of the day that money is not returnable,ā Cardi wrote.
Girl shut up.. when you do a show you donāt pay after you pay before.. I paid 350,000 up front the least they could do is get my pyro ready and turn the fans on because guess what??? At the end of the day that money is not returnableā¦ donāt half ass my show because youā¦ https://t.co/hceuRjlL3D
ā Cardi B (@iamcardib) June 29, 2024
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ādonāt half ass my show because you comfortable when I definitely donāt half ass when it comes to paying,ā she added.
Cardi later responded to another tweet, explaining exactly what went wrong during her performance.
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āI spent 100k on pyro that we couldnāt use because the production team failed to have the fire marshall go over safety with my team which is sooo simple to do.. spent days in rehersal learning choreography just so for them to have the wrong mix and we had to swap it out,ā she said.
Thank you for understanding.. let me tell you about yesterday!! I spent 100k on pyro that we couldnāt use because the production team failed to have the fire marshall go over safety with my team which is sooo simple to do.. spent days in rehersal learning choreography just so forā¦ https://t.co/lgcur53aJl
ā Cardi B (@iamcardib) June 29, 2024
Twitter: @iamcardib
ābooked four fans so they could be turned on during Bartier Cardi and that never happened.. you wanna know why? Because they didnāt bother to show up to rehearsal while hundred thousands of dollars was put into this show. Donāt play with my money in this economy honey,ā she added.
