Cardi B made her debut with her baby bump in New York City Aug. 1 hours after filing for divorce from Offset and sharing her pregnancy.
Cardi B is stunting and shining with her baby bump.
Hours after filing for divorce from her husband Offset and announcing she is pregnant with her third baby, the “I Like It” rapper showed off her growing belly while leaving a hotel in New York City Aug. 1.
Cardi was photographed in a matching gray sweatsuit with her bump peeking out of the cropped hoodie, along with a sliver of her cheetah tattoo on her hip. The 31-year-old—who shares daughter Kulture, 5, and son Wave, 2, with Offset—carried a gray bag on her shoulder with her hood pulled over her head.
Cardi first shared the news she was expecting on Instagram earlier that day, posting a glam photoshoot in front of the lit-up New York City skyline.
“With every ending comes a new beginning,” she reflected in her Instagram caption. “I am so grateful to have shared this season with you, you have brought me more love, more life and most of all renewed my power! Reminded me that I can have it all!”
“You’ve reminded me that I never have to choose between life, love, and my passion,” she continued in her message to her unborn child. “I love you so much and can not wait for you to witness what you helped me accomplish, what you pushed me to do! It’s so much easier taking life’s twists, turns and test laying down, but you, your brother and your sister have shown me why it’s worth it to push through!”
While the news is bittersweet for Cardi, she also knew a divorce was the most likely outcome of her on-again, off-again relationship with the musician. As her rep explained to E! News, “It has been a longtime coming.”
But the “Bodak Yellow” rapper, who tied the knot with the Migos member in 2017, also recognized the part she played in the end of their marriage and her lack of effort at times.
“Sometimes I cannot be … not that I cannot be a wife,” she explained to Rolling Stone in May. “My career takes my life. You know what I’m saying? My career comes first, then my kids come second. And then sometimes I don’t realize that I’m putting so many things before my relationship.”
But even so, Cardi is grateful for her relationship with the “Bad and Boujee” rapper.
“The part I love is that we really like each other, like a support system,” she reflected. “We’re really both each other’s cheerleader.”
Now, keep reading to see where it all began for Cardi and Offset.
On Sept. 20, 2017, the couple privately tied the knot at home, just a few months after their relationship first began. “We found someone to marry us, and she did, just the two of us and my cousin,” Cardi revealed to fans months later. “I said I do, with no dress, no makeup and no ring!”
A month after their wedding ceremony, which was unbeknownst to fans at that point, Offset got down on one knee at a sold-out show and poppped the big question with an 8-carat sparkler.
Six months later, Cardi took to the SNL stage to announce she was expecting her first child with Offset.
The couple celebrated their little one on the way with a fairytale baby shower that summer.
“It was a special moment for Offset and Cardi, and you could tell there was a lot of love between them and in the room,” a source previously told E! News. “They are both very excited about the baby coming and are counting down the days.”
