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Drama Drama Drama ( Cardi B and Offset Spousal Support and Roots Picnic Experience)
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This is an I heart podcast. I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything and everybody. Exclusive. No, she don't lie about that. Right?
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Lauren came in hot.
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Hey, y' all, what's up? It's Lauren LaRosa. And this is the latest with Lauren LaRosa, your daily dig on all things pop culture, entertainment, news, exclusives. But y' all know we want to get into those conversations that shake the room. Now, I'm your host, Lauren LaRosa and Lowriders. We always kick it off with a behind the scenes of the grind. Check in, back on the grinding, which is normally where I give, you know, myself, my guests, whoever is here with me on the pod sometime to talk about how they feel. Normally, it's one word, and then you have to explain the word today. If I am putting how I feel into one word, I am blessed. I don't know what else to say besides I'm blessed today. This past weekend, I got to spend some time closer to home. I didn't get to see family the way that I normally do, which is always so different for me because I'm like very, very, very, very, very family oriented. Like, super traditional. We do every holiday together. Any free minute I get, you know, I'm going to see my family, going to see my grandmother, going to see my mom, and. And I was working this weekend in Philadelphia for the Roots picnic. I did a conversation on Friday in honor of the new BMF series that is coming to Stars on June 6th. So I did a conversation with Da Vinci, who plays Terry or Southwest T in the show, if you guys are familiar with the show. He's one of the main characters and a music supervisor named Big Tank, who is the person that basically makes sure all the music is popping and is what we want to hear when it comes to the show and being in Philly, being closer to home. And, you know, I was like. I was in such a space of like, okay, do I go home? Do I, you know, head to Delaware? Do I like all of the things? But I told myself that I was going to take this weekend after I finished that gig. Oh, I also got to talk to Malcolm D. Lee in Black Thought as well. Last minute, they needed a moderator for a final conversation at the venue I was already at. So I was like, okay, yeah, bet. Which was an amazing conversation because the best man, Unfinished Business, Malcolm D. Le's new book, it's here, it's out. Well, it's coming out. So getting to talk about that and then talking to Black Thought about just the roots picnic and the history and the culture, the roots and all those things were amazing. But as I'm in those moments, and I'm like, man, this is fire. Growing up in Delaware, I've never gone to the roots picnic, but all my friends have gone. You know, it's. It's. It's such a thing. To now be here and be a part of it is a blessing. But also I. I'm like, yo, I'm so blessed because I'm actually, you know, I have a lot going on and I get to sort through that, but I'm actually able to make the decision of, you know, what, I'm going to prioritize me this weekend and not feel guilty about it. And that's a blessing for me because you, the oldest girl in the family, the oldest sibling, but especially the oldest girl in the family, you are like the unofficial family manager. And a lot of times you don't get to make decisions just for yourself. And when you do, you feel so guilty. And I. I had a guilty feeling for a little bit, and then I told myself, like, you know what? It's okay. Like, it. You have a really busy, you know, next couple weeks coming up, getting back into court. The BET Awards are coming up, which I'll be in LA attending, and then you have time off to come home and be with family. Take this time for you, take this weekend for you. It is a blessing to be able to do so, to afford to do so, but it is also a blessing to have the ability to even know, hey, this is what I need. So I did that, and that was great. And I got some time to really just do nothing. And you know what I mean? That always feels good to do nothing. I could have used a bit more sleep, but I did get some time to do nothing. So I'm here. I'm feeling blessed. And going into the latest because y' all, the Breakfast Club has started some trouble. Okay? And I try to keep the Breakfast Club things and the stories separate than the podcast, but I felt like here on the podcast, I could give you guys a better breakdown of, you know, what happened. So. Cardi B. Offset, Stephan Diggs, this weekend, there was, like, a whole thing last week on the Breakfast Club. I did a segment during the Latest with Lauren LaRosa on the Breakfast Club where we talked about the fact that Offset recently filed for spousal support. Now, here's. Here's how I like to break it down. This is why I'm so great that I have the podcast I'm so blessed, again, that word to have the podcast, because I can take time to talk y' all through things that I wouldn't have the time to take y' all through. If I'm on air at the Breakfast Club, even if it comes up, the time is just not the same because it's me and three other people in the room. So when I do stories, even if I'm not breaking the stories exclusively, if I'm just speaking on them, it is important to me that, especially for certain subject matters, that I reach out to all parties involved. I mean, I'm going to talk about it regardless. If I'm not telling the world new information, I don't always feel the need to just say, hey, we're going to talk about this. But if there are certain things being claimed and, you know, things of that nature, I do do that because I would want somebody to do it for me. So I got in, I saw the story. Honestly, I saw the story the night prior, read through it. I'm like, okay, well, it's kind of weird to me that Offset is asking for spousal support, because Offset is very successful. Offset makes money. Offset is an entity on his own. You know what I mean? Coming from Migos. But now, you know, he's his own artist and he has songs and he's doing the fashion stuff, and he, like, he doesn't need money from Cardi B To live. So I'm like, okay, this is odd. So I instantly reached out to one of my team members who normally reaches out on that side for me, and I'm like, hey, going to do this story. You know, there are other outlets that are angling this as if Offset needs this money because he has these tax liens. But I went back and I researched, and I'm like, but the tax liens were there. Like, we found out about the tax liens the same time that we found out about the divorce, and it's been months since then. So if that were the case, he would have asked for spousal support a long time ago when Cardi B First said that she wanted to get a divorce. And that's not the case, so this can't be the reason why. Can we try and figure out why? What is going on? Why is he asking for spousal support? So I had that person reaching out. And then on my end, I picked up the phone, I called Cardi's team and said, hey, look, you know, here, this story is out. I'm going to report it. I've Reached out on both sides. You know what I mean? I'm just doing the courtesy because I'm trying to figure out what is happening here. In the midst of me doing that, we received a statement from someone on Offset's team. And the statement read, this, here's exactly what I said on the Breakfast Club. Offset team says that he does not need the money, that this was filed because he alleges that Cardi B was trying to come at him on things that were not fair. He alleges that she wants to decide when he can see the kids. He also alleges that Cardi B is asking for everything, like the properties and the cars. So his attorneys did this. And he also alleges. And this is a big allegation. He also alleges that he did this because Cardi B is barely ever with their kids. So now I go back to Cardi's side of him, like, hey, here's what I've been told from the other side. I am going to give this statement on air. Let me know if you guys want to respond in any way. If not, it's totally fine. But again, just give you the heads up. Because I'm like, y' all, this is their marriage. Even though a lot of their stuff has played out publicly, you know, this is their marriage. And, like, their kids are involved. Like, the least I could do is give both sides a heads up and a chance to speak for themselves. Um, Cardi, I was told that there was no comment from Cardi's side at the time. And then we went on air and we did it, baby. The weekend. Weekend. Cardi B got on Twitter spaces and went off on Offset. Take a listen.
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The fact that I'm waking up right now to see that this and his team, I don't know. I know it's not his team. I know it's his gonna tell the Breakfast Club the only reason why this motherfucker asking for spousal support. Because I was asking for everything. And because I don't be with my kids. Yo, you such a word to my mother. I want you to die, but I want you to die slow. Where you die. I want you to die slow in the bed. And while you die, you gotta think of me. When I first filed for divorce, my lawyer filed for. And this started spazzing, right? So I told my lawyer I asked for no child support because I want to be done with this marriage. Like, I feel like I'm tied up.
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Okay? So of course this caused, like, such a tumble down of things because now you have like, oh, God. Stephon Diggs gets on Instagram and he does a swipe through, and Cardi B is in the swipe through. The last swipe through is Quavo from the Migos, who we've known that all set has had some, like, you know, I mean, they family, but, like, they've had bad blood and, you know, things of that nature, saying this. And I'm like, oh, God. As soon as I saw Stephan Dick swipe through, I'm like, okay, glad you, like, you know, y' all in love and y' all doing y' all thing. But when I say it was so petty, I was like, oh, my God. All said is gonna get online, and he is gonna respond to the things. And Lord have mercy. So then after that, Cardi B posted her own little swipe through a thread on Instagram. Stephon Diggs is in the thread. Cardi B is also wrapped up in Stephon Diggs. Like, he. He wore this, like, fur throw Shaw thing to the Met Gala. Cardi B is wrapped up in that. In one of the photos, she's, like, naked. But the shawl in one of the shit looks gorgeous, by the way. But I'm like, okay, yeah, all right. So that causes that back and forth. And then there are tweets that I haven't been able to respond. I mean, respond. I haven't been able to confirm because I went to Offset's Twitter and didn't see these tweets. So I don't know. But there are some reported tweets of him of Offset responding, calling it, like, seemingly responding, allegedly responding. He tweeted like, good PR rollout, and he was, like, spiking a ball at one of the GIFs they posted. The gif is just like a. It's like a photo, but, like, it's like a funny photo. So then you got Stefon Diggs, who posted. Who went on his Insta story and posted a photo of him catching the ball. He like, okay, caught it. Like, if you. That's what you're doing. Yeah, I'm here. I'm with. And I'm just like, lord, have mercy. Lord have mercy. When things like this happen, it's not our intent to make all of this happen at all. Honestly, I was just reporting what was already reported. I just wanted to be a little bit more cautionable with it or have a little bit more caution with it if I could, because I'm like, it makes no sense. The man makes his own money. Why is he asking for spousal support. But what I've learned is sometimes these things, you can't avoid these things. Like, a lot of times you can't avoid these things, whether, you know, you're trying to do the best, trying to keep people in, you know what I mean? Locks up with what's happening. Yeah. And it's a tough position to be in because a lot of time the talent, the celebrities involved will blame you because you brought it to your platform and you made it a conversation to you, whatever. But even with that, I've learned that, like, there's nothing I can do about that. Like, you filed for the spousal support. It was a public filing, actually. TMZ broke that story. So they, they, they told the world about it first. We're just here talking about it and having a conversation about it. But I always try and do things with good intention. I do. I'll tell y' all that. But I was like, let me get off social media this weekend. Because her name, her saying in her audio, like, breakfast. I'm like, oh, Lord have mercy. Yeah. So I. What, what I did this weekend was I was only posting here and there. I told y' all, I took some time for myself this weekend, but I also went down to Philly for the Roots Picnic. Roots Picnic lineup crazy this year. They got me. Had Meek Mills, Pusha T, d' Angelo Maxwell. All of these people, right? All of these people. Two days, Saturday and Sunday were the actual festival days. Glorilla. Who else? Lotto. But here's the issue. The first day of the Roots Picnic, it was predicted the rain. I was actually supposed to. I was actually supposed to go to the Roots Picnic and do content for them officially with the actual picnic. And I decided to not do that anymore because when I saw that the rain was like, in forecast and it was going to rain so heavily, like, at one point in time, Philly was on a tornado watch. And I was so happy that I decided not to do it. So Saturday, basically, you get there and the festival doors were supposed to open, I believe, a little bit after 2:00pm in the afternoon. When I tell you all, it's cold outside this day. It's a bit windy. It's raining. It does not feel like the end of May, beginning of June, whatsoever. It's raining. And I mean, like, raining, raining, wind blowing, wind blowing, the rain. And this is in the middle of a real park. So now it's muddy, the grass is wet when I arrived, and I wasn't even going to go to the picnic, but after doing the conversation with the BMF stars, I was like, you know what? I'm already here. The star scene has been so good to me. Some of my friends are doing activations within the picnic. Let me just go and support y' all. We got there. When I tell you the lines were insane. The lines were insane. The VIP line, the general admission line. And as soon as I walked up and I saw people standing there in these lines in the rain complaining that the lines weren't moving, I was like, man, this is going to be a social media nightmare. And that is exactly what it was. Of course, it went super viral with many outlets covering the fact that people were waiting in line for hours and requesting refunds. And the Roots Picnic officially actually had to come out and apologize. So they posted on their Instagram. We would like to say sorry. As we shared yesterday, the rain over the last 48 hours made the grounds unsafe. And in abundance and caution, we had the delayed doors opening resulting in the lines to get into the festival. Please understand, safety will be our number one priority. We worked hard to make sure every artist still got on stage and extended the festival hours, all so that they could perform without violating the city noise curfews. Today is a new day because they posted this on Sunday, which would have been the second day of the festival. This was the day. The second day you had Pusha T and Meek Mill. A lot of the acts that people. I mean, people were excited about both days, but second day, there was a lot of hype around it, and it actually didn't rain that day. They say today is a new day. Talking about Sunday, and we will do better. There is no rain in the forecast, and we are making changes to improve the entry process and communication overall, because that was another thing too. Like, even me as talent, when I got there, I'm like, oh, we got these lines. Iron all my waiting in line. But I'm like, y' all. Like, this is like, insane. Like, if I didn't have umbrellas, I would have been drenched. And I'm coming in here as talent that is working with you guys. So I can't imagine how it is for people that just bought tickets randomly. Like, I felt so bad for people. I got my Uber and left. Like, I. I think I was in that. I was there in that Mess for about 20 minutes, and then I got in there and left. They said that that next day. They made the entry process of communication, as I mentioned, good, better overall. They also increased the number of Roots Picnic ambassadors that will be at the front gates. Because that was another thing too. Like, it just wasn't enough people working it, which is insane because the picnic has been around for so long. And I think that was a lot of people's issue. People were requesting refunds. And even when I posted my bmf, like, photos and stuff that I did for Roots Picnic, I'm taking it in the streets to the tweets. You for the tweets. Every other page I go, the people. Was the Dming me. I mean, not dming. People were tweeting me. People were commenting under my photo, like, hey, are you gonna be reporting about this tomorrow on the Breakfast Club on the podcast? Can we get our refunds? Hey, any way you could talk to. And I'm like, I have nothing to do with the picnic. I just was an attendee. But I'm like, imagine if I had done all that official content and kind of like, was like an ambassador officially for the picnic this year. Like, not that they plan to purposely put people in the position that some people were put in. But I was so grateful that I didn't do it because I'm like, this would have been something. I don't even have anything to do with that. People would have been looking at me too. So that was my weekend. But that was a big. Like, I saw a lot of the blogs posting people outside in the rain, the mud. There was one. Like, people were like, y' all. It was a lot. It was a lot going on. But nonetheless, I enjoyed the weekend. I didn't know. I do know that some people left that first day. You know, they are. Some people travel in from states, in other countries. So they were. They were kind of stuck in Philly. So they did end up returning the second day. Had a good time. I'll have a bunch of behind the scenes content from the Roots picnic, not the actual picnic, but from the events that I did on my Instagram. I'm Lauren LaRosa everywhere Twitter and then also my YouTube channel. I have a vlog that I'm putting up as well. So, yeah, we outside on the Internet, because obviously I don't need to be outside of the big me, because it was crazy. It was insane. But this has been the Latest with Lauren LaRosa. Thank you guys for tuning on. The end. Yeah. Tell a friend to tell a friend. You know, Low Riders is right here where they need to be at the end of the day. There's always a lot to talk about and y' all are right here with me every single episode to talk about it. I appreciate you guys, and I will see you guys in my next episode. This is an I Heart podcast.