Text “RICKEY” to 71007 to join the Rickey Smiley Morning Show mobile club for exclusive news . ( Terms and conditions ). Source: Andrew D. Bernstein / Getty Congrats are in order for Kobe Bryant and his wife, Vanessa. The two are expecting baby no. 4! Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Close Thank you for subscribing! Please be sure to open and click your first newsletter so we can confirm your subscription. Email Submit Bryant took to Instagram on January 1 to share the good news with a photo that read, “New year, new baby. Baby Mamba on the way.” And it’s a girl! SEE ALSO: Kobe & Vanessa Bryant’s Beautiful Baby Girl [PHOTO] “Vanessa and I are beyond excited to announce that we are expecting another #mambacita to go along with Natalia, Gianna and Bianka,” he wrote under the festive, announcement photo. Already parents to three girls (Natalia who is 15, Gianna is who is 12 and Bianka who is 2, it’s clears girls run the Bryant world! ALSO TRENDING ON RICKEYSMILEYMORNINGSHOW.COM : 15 Black Movies We’d Like to See Get a Sequel Porsha Williams Went On A Babymoon And Her Pregnant Body Is Still Bangin’ Comedian’s Nose Completely Collapses After “Decades Of Drug Abuse” [PHOTOS] Follow @TheRSMS
Source: Nancy Rivera/Bauer-Griffin / Getty Kanye West Tweets Anger At Drake Following Kim On IG Another chapter in the ongoing Kanye vs. Kanye Drake saga has sprung up this morning. Apparently, the rapper is now upset about his fellow rapper’s social media engagement when it comes to his wife Kimmy. We’re not sure how exactly Kanye misses all these things — we’re pretty sure he heard Sicko Mode for the first time two weeks ago when he decided he was upset about that. But now, he finally caught wind that Drake has been scrolling past Kimmy just like over 123 million other people do every day…and he’s big mad. In a series of now-deleted Tweets, Kanye whined about his enemy following his wife’s series of sexy snapshots on social media, and noted how incredibly offensive it is to him. I never knew till this morning that Drake followed my wife on Instagram back in September When I went to [sic] far with Wiz everybody stood up and I had to apologize cause it was too far I had to bring this up because it’s the most f*cked up thing of all and I just saw it this morning. Imagine having a problem with someone and they follow your wife on Instagram. But ultimately, it seems that Kanye was able to let this one go rather than make an all-day issue of it and face more alleged phone threats from his neighbor Drake. We truly wish this man the best and pray that he will find the same happiness that we have. Love everyone Welp. Maybe Kim should just go ahead and block Drake to calm her hubby’s ire a bit? This does seem like a bit of an overreaction…it’s not like he found Drizzy in his wife’s DM requests or anything. What do you think?? Nancy Rivera/Bauer-Griffin/Getty/Twitter
S ad news to report for Forest Whitaker and his wife Keisha Nash Whitaker after 22 years of marriage. Forest reportedly filed the docs in a Los Angeles court on Dec. 26. SEE ALSO: Some No Name, Pitchy R&B Singer Disrespected Keith Sweat And Gets Demolished On Twitter According to TMZ , “It’s currently unknown what led to the split. Whitaker cites irreconcilable differences in his divorce petition.” They have 2 daughters together but they are all adults so there will be no custody issues. The two met in 1994 on the set of “Blown Away” and were married in 1996. Just last year, Keisha talked about the secret to a long-lasting marriage to the web site She Knows , “Anything that I’m doing that Forest’s able to be there and come and support me, he absolutely does. What makes a good partnership or marriage is when you support one another.I certainly love and respect what Forest does. It’s hard.” She continued, “He works really hard to take care of our family. I think it’s important to show my appreciation by being there for him and supporting him. More than that, I get to hang out with my friend. That’s pretty cool and vice versa.” The day before Forest filed for divorce he tweeted about family, “Christmas is a celebration of solidarity – a time of the year when we are reminded that the bonds our families, friends, fellow citizens and beyond are based on sharing and bringing joy. # MerryChirstmas to you all.” See below: Christmas is a celebration of solidarity – a time of the year when we are reminded that the bonds our families, friends, fellow citizens and beyond are based on sharing and bringing joy. #MerryChirstmas to you all! — Forest Whitaker (@ForestWhitaker) December 25, 2018 Forest Whitaker, 57, nor his wife, 46, have spoken out about the divorce. SEE ALSO: All The Ways Cops Are Still Trying To Cover Up LaQuan McDonald’s Execution Outrageous! Figurines Of White Cherub Crushing Head Of Black Angel Removed From Dollar Store Meet Jogger Joe, The Man Who Took Racist Cue From BBQ Becky In Tossing Homeless Man’s Clothes [ione_media_gallery src=”https://newsone.com” id=”3838917″ overlay=”true”]
Ryan Edwards and Mackenzie Standifer have not yet responded to the troubling cheating chatter surrounding their relationship. Not in any sort of statement, that is. But if a picture says a thousand words, well… … the controversial couple just said a great deal, didn’t they? Despite the ongoing rumor that Edwards was recently caught communicating with another woman on Tinder and via text message, Edwards’ mom, Jennifer Edwards, just posted a family photo of Edwards and his wife, Standifer, on Instagram. “Merry Christmas Eve Eve!!” Jennifer penned as the caption the the image, which also features her and her husband, Larry Edwards. You can see it above. For whatever it’s worth Standifer also shared a family photo on her Instagram page … and she also wished her followers a “Merry Christmas.” But the snapshot didn’t feature herself or Edwards in the photo. It simply included the twosome’s sons, including their new baby Jagger, along the two older boys that they share with previous partners. Edwards, meanwhile, just got out of rehab after a lengthy stay, which included him actually missing Jagger’s birth. But he needed to try and get sober after yet another arrest this year for drug possession. Nearly as soon as he was a free man, however, Edwards was allegedly caught chatting up women on Tinder. We cover this scandal at length HERE . Sadly, however, this scandal goes far beyond alleged cheating on his wife. There’s been talk that the troubled Teen Mom OG star also did cocaine with his Tinder side piece — which we must say is a report we cannot confirm with any hard evidence. But it’s hard not to consider it and wonder: How does Ryan keep getting involved in this very sordid stories? Radar Online actually shared screenshots of a text exchange between Edwards and his online paramour, where the woman asks him if he smokes. He answers: “No I used to do H and I’ve been to rehab 3 times since I got out of the army so I don’t do sh-t anymore.” That’s great, right? But Edwards later asks this person for a nude photo and tells her that he has a “long” one. That’s not as great. Eventually, this unnamed Tinder member spoke out about her hook-up with the MTV reality star, saying straight up: “I gave him a blow job. He told me to sit on his face.” She added that Ryan was “good” at oral sex, and after that was done, “he flipped me over and then started to have sex with me. A minute later he went soft. It was embarrassing.” Yikes. Click below to see what else this woman said… View Slideshow: Ryan Edwards’ Tinder Hookup Tells All: He Went Soft and Laid There Lifeless!! … and then join us in pondering: Does this Christmas photo mean all is forgiven? Or is Standifer still set to lay the smackdown on her lying man?
Sigh. Well, folks, the “maybe Ryan Edwards isn't such a terrible guy, after all” narrative was fun while it lasted. As you probably know, Ryan got out of rehab last month after completing a 90-day course of treatment. Those closest to the troubled Teen Mom OG star claimed he'd changed his ways, but it looks as though he's already fallen back into his old habits. Earlier this week, we learned that Ryan is once again using Tinder to try and cheat on Mackenzie Standifer . And according to new screenshots obtained by Radar Online, he's off the wagon and looking to get high with some of his hookup partners. Here's what we know about this sad situation so far: 1. A Familiar Pattern This isn’t the first time that Ryan checked into rehab, emerged triumphant, and immediately went back to his old ways. 2. Ryan’s Hope Family and friends had hoped this time would be different. It was the longest Edwards had ever remained in treatment, and his wife recently gave birth to a baby boy. 3. Squandered Potential They hoped sobriety would make Ryan a better husband and father and keep him out of trouble with the law. 4. No Magic Bullet Sadly, rehab doesn’t always result in sobriety, and sobriety doesn’t always make former addicts more trustworthy or responsible. 5. A Troubled Man Obviously, Ryan’s heroin addiction and the legal problems that resulted from it are the biggest obstacles in his life — but he has a lot of other demons to conquer, as well. 6. Lyin’ Ryan Though they’ve been married less than two years, Ryan has been caught cheating on Mackenzie on numerous occasions. View Slideshow
Ever since his intense confrontation with estranged wife Jenni Farley last Thursday night, Roger Mathews has been telling folks that the truth will come out. That does appear to now be the case, but a question still remains for Mathews: Does this truth make him look like a good guy or a bad guy? Late last week, Mathews and Farley got into a heated debate about the Jersey Shore star once again having to be away from her family for work. This had reportedly been a significant reason why the couple fell into such a downward spiral over the past several months that JWOWW filed for divorce in September. After going back and forth with Farley in their New Jersey home, Mathews claimed he grew so annoyed by her threat to dial the police that he went ahead and called her bluff… … by actually calling them himself! This is exactly what an insider recently said transpired, as documented below: View Slideshow: Roger Mathews and Jenni Farley: WTH Happened That Night?!? Thanks to Radar Online, we now have evidence that Roger was telling the truth. He really was the person who called the authorities first — but he bashed the heck out of his wife in front of her children while doing so. In the 911 call obtained by Radar from the Tom’s River Police Department, Mathews explains the ongoing situation to a dispatcher, who says to someone at one point: “Him and his wife are getting divorced and they’re in the middle of getting divorced. She’s making up all kinds of stuff. She’s threatening to throw him out and call the cops.” Again, this is how Mathews has framed things from the beginning. Shortly after he was taken away by the police, Mathews filmed a series of Instagram videos in which he slammed Farley as being “hate-filled” and said she became “completely, uncontrollably emotional.” The thing is, this 911 call reveals that Mathews told his little kids the same thing. At another point in the conversation between Mathews and the operator, we can hear four-year old Meilani and two-year old Greyson screaming. To calm them down, or just to emphasize what he thinks is the cause of their distress, Mathews is heard telling the tykes: Mommy can’t control her emotions . Ouch, right? You’d hope, no matter how angry Mathews was at that moment, that he’d be mature and aware enough not to insult the mother of his young children to their faces. Alas. When the operator asked if there are firearms in the house, he replies: “There is but no one is doing anything. Registered firearms to me. It’s not on that level.” He says the fight is merely “verbal,” not physical. Later, Mathews tells the person on the other end of the 911 call: “She’s going to wait until I leave and call the police and make up some crazy story. I’m ensuring she cannot do that.” Again, from what we understand, this is exactly what transpired. Jenni Farley Home Surveillance Footage Mathews left the house after he placed his 911 call… JWOWW called the cops herself… she got a restraining order against her husband… and he was hauled off in a police cruiser upon his return home. It seems very possible that this timeline is accurate and that Mathews had been telling the broad truth all along about everything that transpired. Still, though. We don’t know what was said between the parties in their fight. And we do know that Mathews spent time with his son this weekend. Farley does not seem to be barring him from contact of any kind, despite Roger alleging otherwise. Elsewhere, he has changed his Instagram profile to read: “A humble father in the fight of his life for his children and greater good.” Something tell us we haven’t heard the last from Mathews on this subject. View Slideshow: Jenni Farley vs. Roger Mathews: Where Does the Divorce Go From Here?
Cardi B does not miss all of Offset. She doesn’t mean the part of him that lied and cheated and slept with a woman named Sum Bunni while the stars were married. But the artist is very candid in the video below… … she REALLY missed getting flat-out rammed in bed by Offset. She misses his “big, fat, black and heavy” penis and how it fit perfectly down her throat and got all deep up inside her vagina and how it left her panting and exhaused and begging for more. Sorry. We’re not trying to be all crude or inappropriate here. We’re just straight up quoting Cardi B herself. About two weeks after she announced the end of her marriage to Offset, and just days after he made a public spectacle of trying to win her back, the singer has sat down for a new video in which she gets very open and very raw. About doing Offset raw. Cardi B Really Misses Getting Rammed by Offset In the footage above, Cardi continually slurps loudly on coffee while that her “gag reflexes are leaving because I haven’t sucked dick in such a long time.” She then grows all melancholy and adds: I miss sucking . Does this mean Cardi B is going to take Offset back? The rapper has openly pleaded for his wife to forgive him and Cardi does admit the following in this revealing video: “I’m about to to relapse and call this n-gga,” explaining why as follows: “I miss [his dick] a lot. I want it in my throat, inside of me, demolishing me, destroying me.” Well then. Last Friday, Offset kept things a little cleaner in filming his own video, telling Instagram followers: I only got one birthday wish and that’s to get my wife back, Cardi. We going through a lot of things right now, a lot of things in the media. I wanna apologize to you, Cardi. You know, I embarrassed you. I made you look crazy. Doing things I ain’t have no business. I was taking part in activity that I shouldn’t have been taking in, and I apologize. By this, of course, Offset meant that he was demolishing and/or destroying other women. He was being disloyal to his wife, and he was doing it while she was carrying his daughter to term. The night after this video went viral, Offset actually stormed the stage of a Cardi B performance; interrupted her show; and once again apologized. As you can see below, Cardi doesn’t appear to be happy with this crashing and sends her husband away. But questions have since arisen about the nature of this interruption. Cardi B Kicks Offset Off Stage Did Offset truly take Cardi by surprise? Did security simply fail at its only job? Or are Cardi and Offset playing the public for fools while they mess around, talk about having rough sex with each other and use this entire situation as a PR ploy? “I see a lot of people bashing me because they feel that because I’m defending my baby father, they think that I’m gonna get back together with him,” Cardi said over the weekend, after telling folks to give Offset a break. She added at the time: “I’m not saying that I’m gonna get back together with him. I just don’t like that bashing online thing.” It’s true. It’s not the bashing of Offset that she’s into. It’s the smashing from Offset that she really misses a lot these days.
After he was exposed as a cheater, Colt Johnson claimed that 90 Day Fiance fame went to his head and made him cheat. Now, Colt is publicly apologizing to his wife and condemning fans who rush to judge him. Meanwhile, Larissa is claiming that, despite her domestic battery arrests , she has never been abusive to Colt. Speaking to InTouch Weekly , Larissa Dos Santos Lima condemns claims that she was abusive to Colt. “I was not abusive to Colt,” Larissa insists. She refers to both her behavior on 90 Day Fiance and to her two domestic battery arrests. “Anything pointing otherwise is extremely edited or taken out of context,” she claims. It’s true that reality shows, 90 Day Fiance included, may edit out context. But are we to believe that police reports about them do the same? Despite the recent revelations about Colt’s rampant cheating on her with various Instagram women, Larissa isn’t giving up. “I love Colt,” Larissa insists. “And we have normal relationship troubles like any other couple.” For the record, some friction with Colt’s mom is normal. The cheating, the domestic battery arrests, and the toxic fighting are not . “I understand his actions,” Larissa says. “And I will forgive him.” Yikes. “A true relationship,” Larissa believes. “Is two imperfect people unwilling to give up on each other.” In one of the messages that Larissa exposed, Colt claimed to an Instagram mistress that Larissa was “violent.” Within the context of the message, it appeared that he was using that as an excuse for why his online affair had to remain a secret. “He was lying to these girls,” Larissa says. “It was already proved.” “He was talking to a girl making promises of a relationship,” Larissa notes. “And talking to others as well behind her back.” “He was saying whatever he wanted to make these girls feel sorry for him,” Larissa points out. “If I was an abusive wife,” Larissa says. “He could just get divorced.” There are many abuse victims who have to stay with their partners for financial security, for their children, for citizenship, or in fear of their lives. As far as we know, Colt has no such ties forcing him to stay with Larissa. Larissa says that if she were abusive, “he would not be here right now asking me to come back to him.” “He is [begging] for forgiveness,” she characterizes. “So,” Larissa asks, in the eyes of some fans, “how come I am abusive?” Most of that was pretty well-reasoned. Unfortunately, Larissa then takes things too far and shoots herself in the foot. “The real abuse is the humiliation of being cheated,” Larissa claims. Cheating is a dicksh thing to do, but it is by no means as bad as abuse. Equating the two makes it sound like domestic violence is much less serious than it really is. “I am the abused victim here,” Larissa concludes, to the frustration of fans who have begun to root for her. At best, they may hope that something has been lost in translation from her native Portuguese. Larissa and Colt both shared a message that Colt wrote on Instagram. “All of these accusations are ridiculous and need to stop,” Colt insists. “Whatever problems I have in MY relationship,” he writes. “I’ll deal with them.” He doesn’t want advice on how to apologize or how to not cheat or how to not be a condescending jerk to her constantly. Colt says: “I will work on them in private.” Last week, fans learned of Colt’s multiple flirtations on social media. But Colt says that none of it is serious — at least, not anymore. “There is nobody special for me,” Colt writes. He clarifies: “There is no new girlfriend.” And to think that he’d been telling some women that he and Larissa were secretly separated but not telling anyone yet. “I love Larissa,” Colt claims. “And,” he continues. “I want to fight for our relationship.” Colt concludes: “and I apologize for all the pain I caused to her.” This couple has seemed toxic since Larissa stepped off the plane. Can they really make it work? Only time will tell. For now, Larissa is taking a break from social media. View Slideshow: 90 Day Fiance: Most Shocking Scandals Exposed!
Source: Via Event Planner KayCee Nwasike / Via Event Planner KayCee Nwasike Ever since Cardi B recently announced that she was divorcing her husband and father of her child, Offset has been doing the absolute most to get her back. He’s taken to social media to blame everyone else for the demise of his marriage, told the world how much he misses her and even recently made a video pleading her to come back and let him spend the holidays with his family. But on Saturday night, he took his public display of nonsense to an entirely new level. During her performance at Los Angeles’ Rolling Loud Festival, the Migos rapper decided to hijack Cardi B during her performance to ask for forgiveness. With a loud and tacky flower arrangement that read “TAKE ME BACK CARDI,” Offset told his wife, “I just want to tell you I’m sorry. You’re my best friend in the world. Whatever I got to do to show I love you, I’ll do.” “I just wanna tell you I’m sorry bruh,” he said. “And furthermore, I love you.” Sigh…who is he calling “bruh”? Thankfully, she let him have it backstage. #Offset offers his apology to #CardiB on stage! Are we here for it? Via: shadylipz/Instagram pic.twitter.com/Qs46Gz4xEE — BET (@BET) December 16, 2018 Wow, Offset really just interrupted Cardi's set to beg her to take him back. This is disgusting and embarrassing. I feel bad for her. pic.twitter.com/ThrVQtnlqU — I Luh God (@aVeryRichBish) December 16, 2018 While there are plenty of folks out there who may find this to be a romantic gesture, I am not here for any of this posturing bafoonery..at all. What Offset did was manipulative, toxic and downright abusive. Cardi B has made it clear that she no longer wants to be with this man, has “fallen out of love” with him and wants to move on with her life. For folks with common sense, this is understandable given that Offset has cheated on her multiple times during the course of their relationship. But Offset isn’t trying to hear that. He refuses to leave her alone and learn from his mistakes. So, he took it upon himself to steal her moment, which was monumental given that Cardi was the first female headliner in Rolling Loud’s 3-year-history. He decided that his needs trumped her feelings, personal space and spotlight. So he came to her job uninvited, ambushing and coercing her in front of thousands of people, thinking she would crumble under the pressure of not wanting to bruise a Black man’s ego in public and essentially take him back. If this isn’t the definition of toxic masculinity, I don’t know what is. Sadly, he didn’t do this all by himself. For the complicit folks at Rolling Loud who knew about this before hand—and even bragged about it on Twitter—and the people close to Cardi who were in on the stunt and didn’t tell her ahead of time, they all need their asses beat too. This did not have to happen in public. Be clear: My critique isn’t about me stanning. I’ve never been a Cardi B fan—I’m still confused at all her Grammy nominations and am often turned off by her online and in-person behavior , especially that NYFW nonsense with Nicki Minaj a few months back. Not to mention, her colorism and past homophobic and transphobic remarks. But what I do appreciate is her come-up story, her resilience and watching her grow as a woman, a rapper and a mother. I want Cardi to be happy, successful and revel in the fact that she knows her worth. But perhaps, that’s the problem. Perhaps that’s why philandering goons like T.I. , The Game , Kirk Frost and 50 Cent continue to berate the 26-year-old for “breaking up her family,” while downplaying the severity that having sex with other women can have on a marriage. Could you imagine if Cardi B would have cheated on Offset? These same “men” would never be fighting this hard for this relationship to work. But I digress. See, folks hate when Black women stick up for themselves, have standards and are empowered in their decisions. In addition, folks routinely shame Black women who refuse to allow their relationships to be solely based on pain, one-sided sacrifice, trauma and infidelity. It literally makes folks’ blood boil to see Black women unbossed, unbothered and happy on their own terms—just ask Ciara . In the end, if Cardi takes Offset back, that’s her own business and I promise not to judge. And while she has asked for folks to not “bash him,” it’s important that we continue to hold this man—and other Black men like him— accountable, an act that too often feels like a rarity instead of the norm. It’s also important that we listen to Black women and remind them that despite what the world may tell them, they are the experts of their own lives and know what’s best for them and their families. Finally, if anything, it’s important for us to use Offset’s behavior as a teachable moment to educate brothas on why this is unacceptable, what healthy relationships and boundaries actually look like, and why Black women are not garbage bags to dump your trashy trifling baggage into. We’re tired of carrying that load, and frankly, we’re entitled to so much better. RELATED NEWS: Offset Admits He Misses Cardi B, Black Twitter Reminds Him He’s The Reason Why She’s Gone After Announcing Her Split With Offset, Cardi B Finally Posts Pic Of Their Daughter’s Face ‘Y’all Won’: Black Twitter Roasts Offset For Accusing Folks Of Conspiring Against His Marriage [ione_media_gallery src=”https://hellobeautiful.com” id=”3020041″ overlay=”true”]
Source: Via Event Planner KayCee Nwasike / Via Event Planner KayCee Nwasike Ever since Cardi B recently announced that she was divorcing her husband and father of her child, Offset has been doing the absolute most to get her back. He’s taken to social media to blame everyone else for the demise of his marriage, told the world how much he misses her and even recently made a video pleading her to come back and let him spend the holidays with his family. But on Saturday night, he took his public display of nonsense to an entirely new level. During her performance at Los Angeles’ Rolling Loud Festival, the Migos rapper decided to hijack Cardi B during her performance to ask for forgiveness. With a loud and tacky flower arrangement that read “TAKE ME BACK CARDI,” Offset told his wife, “I just want to tell you I’m sorry. You’re my best friend in the world. Whatever I got to do to show I love you, I’ll do.” “I just wanna tell you I’m sorry bruh,” he said. “And furthermore, I love you.” Sigh…who is he calling “bruh”? Thankfully, she let him have it backstage. #Offset offers his apology to #CardiB on stage! Are we here for it? Via: shadylipz/Instagram pic.twitter.com/Qs46Gz4xEE — BET (@BET) December 16, 2018 Wow, Offset really just interrupted Cardi's set to beg her to take him back. This is disgusting and embarrassing. I feel bad for her. pic.twitter.com/ThrVQtnlqU — I Luh God (@aVeryRichBish) December 16, 2018 While there are plenty of folks out there who may find this to be a romantic gesture, I am not here for any of this posturing bafoonery..at all. What Offset did was manipulative, toxic and downright abusive. Cardi B has made it clear that she no longer wants to be with this man, has “fallen out of love” with him and wants to move on with her life. For folks with common sense, this is understandable given that Offset has cheated on her multiple times during the course of their relationship. But Offset isn’t trying to hear that. He refuses to leave her alone and learn from his mistakes. So, he took it upon himself to steal her moment, which was monumental given that Cardi was the first female headliner in Rolling Loud’s 3-year-history. He decided that his needs trumped her feelings, personal space and spotlight. So he came to her job uninvited, ambushing and coercing her in front of thousands of people, thinking she would crumble under the pressure of not wanting to bruise a Black man’s ego in public and essentially take him back. If this isn’t the definition of toxic masculinity, I don’t know what is. Sadly, he didn’t do this all by himself. For the complicit folks at Rolling Loud who knew about this before hand—and even bragged about it on Twitter—and the people close to Cardi who were in on the stunt and didn’t tell her ahead of time, they all need their asses beat too. This did not have to happen in public. Be clear: My critique isn’t about me stanning. I’ve never been a Cardi B fan—I’m still confused at all her Grammy nominations and am often turned off by her online and in-person behavior , especially that NYFW nonsense with Nicki Minaj a few months back. Not to mention, her colorism and past homophobic and transphobic remarks. But what I do appreciate is her come-up story, her resilience and watching her grow as a woman, a rapper and a mother. I want Cardi to be happy, successful and revel in the fact that she knows her worth. But perhaps, that’s the problem. Perhaps that’s why philandering goons like T.I. , The Game , Kirk Frost and 50 Cent continue to berate the 26-year-old for “breaking up her family,” while downplaying the severity that having sex with other women can have on a marriage. Could you imagine if Cardi B would have cheated on Offset? These same “men” would never be fighting this hard for this relationship to work. But I digress. See, folks hate when Black women stick up for themselves, have standards and are empowered in their decisions. In addition, folks routinely shame Black women who refuse to allow their relationships to be solely based on pain, one-sided sacrifice, trauma and infidelity. It literally makes folks’ blood boil to see Black women unbossed, unbothered and happy on their own terms—just ask Ciara . In the end, if Cardi takes Offset back, that’s her own business and I promise not to judge. And while she has asked for folks to not “bash him,” it’s important that we continue to hold this man—and other Black men like him— accountable, an act that too often feels like a rarity instead of the norm. It’s also important that we listen to Black women and remind them that despite what the world may tell them, they are the experts of their own lives and know what’s best for them and their families. Finally, if anything, it’s important for us to use Offset’s behavior as a teachable moment to educate brothas on why this is unacceptable, what healthy relationships and boundaries actually look like, and why Black women are not garbage bags to dump your trashy trifling baggage into. We’re tired of carrying that load, and frankly, we’re entitled to so much better. RELATED NEWS: Offset Admits He Misses Cardi B, Black Twitter Reminds Him He’s The Reason Why She’s Gone After Announcing Her Split With Offset, Cardi B Finally Posts Pic Of Their Daughter’s Face ‘Y’all Won’: Black Twitter Roasts Offset For Accusing Folks Of Conspiring Against His Marriage [ione_media_gallery src=”https://hellobeautiful.com” id=”3020041″ overlay=”true”]
