Clips of Cardi B on the witness stand have gone viral after she delivered several funny quips throughout her assault trial.
Per Rolling Stone, security guard Emani Ellis alleged Cardi assaulted her in a hallway of a Beverly Hills obstetrician’s office that the rapper attended while trying to conceal her pregnancy in 2018.
The ‘WAP’ artist told jurors she made an effort to conceal the medical visit because she didn’t want to announce she was expecting her first child with Offset at that time, but claimed Ellis was recording her and blew her cover.
While she has admitted that the pair got into a “verbal altercation”, she denied that she assaulted Ellis and fought back against her claim for $24 million in damages. Ellis alleged her cheek was cut with a three-inch nail and she was spat on, leaving her “deeply traumatised”.
“ I was 130 pounds at the time” is taking me out 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/rDHPXj7x2O
— Invasion (@iaminvasionn) August 27, 2025
In a now viral clip, Cardi can be seen recounting her expletive-laden response to the alleged incident, often making bemused faces throughout her cross-examination and delivering dry one-liners about what occurred.
When asked whether she was “disabled at the moment of the altercation, Cardi responded: “At that moment, when you’re pregnant, I’m very disabled.
“You want me to tell you the things I can’t do,” she continued, to laughter from the courtroom. “I was pregnant. I couldn’t protect myself, even if I wanted to. She’s like twice my size.”
oh Cardi B was not having it in her court trial today, the lawyer was getting aggressive and she was returning the same energy😭.. pic.twitter.com/7xER7cNBwn
— ໊ (@BardisMedia) August 27, 2025
In another clip, she was asked how she knew Ellis was physically bigger than her, which she responded by pointing towards her own eyes. She then flipped her hair over her shoulder with pride and told the courtroom she was “130 pounds at that time”, another line that has garnered a lot of response on social media.
Elsewhere, the attorney questioned how her hair had changed from a cropped black wig the day before to a long blonde and then black wig.
“Yesterday you had black hair, short hair. Today it’s blonde and long. Which one is your real hair? Or are they both real?” he asked her.
She laughed before clarifying they were wigs, to which the lawyer responded: “Okay. Sorry, I didn’t know that. It’s a good wig today, then.”
That line of questioning has led many on social media to question the misogynistic and racial undertone of his approach, particularly in light of comments made about her wig and the length of her fake nails.
“This lawyer 100% is trying to enforce a racist stereotype of a black woman asking about her hair and nails,” noted one X/Twitter user, with another adding that her responses throughout had been “unintentionally hilarious, and that lawyer has basement bargain level legal skills.”
Cardi’s trial is expected to continue in Los Angeles as other witnesses take the stand.
