Cardi B has opened up about her messy split with her ex-husband, Offset, who helped her during her tough times.Â
The Please Me starlet appeared in a Jay Shetty podcast on Monday, October 6, where she revealed that Shakira encouraged her to part ways with her former partner.Â
"Last year, I was planning to put out an album, but I couldnât focus. I fell into the deepest depression that I had ever had. And with that depression, I couldnât function; I couldnât function at anything. And when I talk about function, itâs not even like, oh, just working. I couldnât eat, I couldnât sleep, I couldnât do anything," Cardi said.
The mom-of-three additionally remarked, "Around that time, I was working with Shakira and I was like, âHow the f*** did you overcome this? Like, how did you overcome this?"
Notably, she recalled her conversation with Shakira, who also ended her decade-long relationship with her ex, Gerard Piqué, after two kids.
Cardi B and Offset relationship timeline:Â
For those unaware, Cardi B - who dropped her second studio album, Am I The Drama?, on September 19 â got quietly married to her now husband Offset on September 20, 2017.
However, after spending a year together, the former couple announced that they parted ways on December 5, 2018, after rumours of Offset's infidelity.
While they had an on-again, off-again relationship with periods of reconciliation, including a 2020 divorce filing that was later called off, they filed for divorce again in July 2024.
Cardi B and Offset are also parents to their daughter Kulture Kiari, son Wave Set, and daughter Blossom Belle.Â
About Cardi B's fourth pregnancy:Â
She also announced her fourth and first pregnancy with her new boyfriend, Stefon Diggs.Â
