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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Meredith Clark

Cardi B says she feels like a ‘prisoner of fame’ after criticism over joke at Met Gala after-party

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Cardi B has opened up about her anxieties surrounding fame and revealed that she feels she can’t be herself “anymore”.

The rapper’s comments come after she sparked backlash with a “joke” that allegedly alluded to drug use during a Met Gala after-party, and after rumours of a feud between herself and Billie Eilish.

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