Cardi B DEFENDS her choice to refer to her Met Gala designer as 'Asian' instead ... trends now
Cardi B is defending herself for not knowing the name of the man who designed her stunning black gown at the 2024 Met Gala.
When asked by Emma Chamberlain who was the mastermind behind her show-stopping look, the Grammy winner, 31, hesitated before saying: 'They're Asian and everything.'
Following the now-viral faux-pas, which has sparked substantial backlash on social media, the singer took to social media to explain what happened.
The rapper, who was called out by Vogue's former managing director Gilbert Cheah for letting designer Sensen Lii's name slip her mind, clarified that she actually forgot how to pronounce Lii's name.
Cardi B is defending herself for not knowing the name of the man who designed her stunning black gown at the 2024 Met Gala
Lii is the founder and designer behind the label Windowsen.
In a new video, uploaded to Instagram, the mother-of-two revealed that she 'had a lot of things on' her mind and was 'very scared' as she was being rushed to the front of the line on her way into The Metropolitan Museum of Art for the annual gathering.
'I kind of forgot how to pronounce the designer's name because his name is a little bit complicated... my mind was just racing,' she recalled.
The Bodak Yellow hitmaker explained that rather than butchering the pronunciation of Lii's name, she said 'Asian designer.'
She also revealed that she said Asian, not Chinese, because she was unsure of his nationality and 'didn't want to be offensive.'
While addressing Cheah, Cardi reiterated that she wasn't trying to 'be offensive.'
'I feel like the designer and my stylist worked really hard for this theme, so for you to be kind of shady because she feel offended or whatever, it just proves why you're the former director,' she fired. 'You're trying to offend me but you're actually offending the people behind-the-scenes.'
Cheah had commented under one of Cardi's post to state he was disappointed by her lack of knowledge about the designer of her Met Gala gown.
'For the record and recognition, and no thanks to Cardii B, the designer of her gown is Sensen Lii who's Chinese. The gown took two months to make. I personally think it's boring and not even on theme but she chose
