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Cardi B Says Shakira Guided Her Through Offset Split, Cites 'Love Dying' and New Strength

She says months of processing helped her move past depression to focus on a new baby with Stefon Diggs.

Overview

  • Speaking on Jay Shetty’s On Purpose podcast posted Oct. 6, Cardi B said she felt the love in her marriage to Offset was “dying” and described choosing solitude during that period.
  • She recounted asking Shakira for guidance while they worked together on Puntería, recalling the assurance that healing would come and saying she now feels the strongest she has been.
  • Cardi said the unraveling of the relationship led to her deepest depression, leaving her unable to eat or sleep and derailing plans to release an album last year.
  • The rapper released her sophomore album, Am I the Drama?, last month, with new music reflecting the breakup and her state of mind.
  • She filed for divorce from Offset in July 2024 and the case remains unresolved; she shares three children with him and is currently pregnant with her first child with NFL player Stefon Diggs.