The rapper, who said the breakup was not a publicity stunt, took to her Instagram Live to speak about her recent breakup with the father of her child.
“There’s a kid involved,” Cardi said in the video, which was also posted on YouTube. “Ain’t no type of publicity that I would ever want that would have my daughter looking at me crazy when she gets older.”
The couple secretly married in September 2017 and are the parents of a daughter, Kulture Kiari, who was born in July.
Last week, she announced hat she and Offset were no longer in a relationship.
That sparked speculation that the couple were breaking up for publicity, something Cardi was quick to shut down.
“Think we want to put our life out there for what,” she said during the Instagram Live. “What we gain from publicity? Nothing.”
She said she was “wearing her heart on her sleeve” and believed she was coping well with her marriage ending.
Cardi also refuted that her relationship with the Migos member was “fake.”