Overview
- TMZ reported that during Jan. 31 rehearsals for SNL’s 1,000th episode, Cardi B allegedly reacted to a Weekend Update joke referencing Nicki Minaj’s perceived MAGA ties.
- The outlet’s unnamed sources claimed she threatened to leave, threw her phone at a monitor, and punched a producer’s screen before the joke was cut.
- Cardi B performed as scheduled that night and appeared in a sketch with host Alexander Skarsgård.
- Multiple entertainment sites echoed TMZ’s account, but none provided independent corroboration or official statements confirming the incident.
- Cardi B posted dismissive comments about the “random stories” on X, and one outlet asserted SNL downplayed the matter, a characterization not independently verified.