Cardi B Confirms Pregnancy With Patriots Receiver Stefon Diggs During TV Interview

Cardi B during a “CBS Mornings” interview. The rapper confirmed she is expecting her fourth child — her first with boyfriend and NFL wide receiver Stefon Diggs — and said the baby is due before her February arena tour. (Image via CBS/Youtube)

Cardi B turned album week into family news — on her terms.

In an exclusive “CBS Mornings” interview, the 32-year-old rapper confirmed she’s pregnant with her fourth child, her first with boyfriend and NFL wide receiver Stefon Diggs, and said the baby is due before her arena tour begins in February.

“I’m having a baby,” she said, adding, “I’m excited. I’m happy… I feel very strong, very powerful that I’m doing all this work while I’m creating a baby.”

 

She explained why she waited to share the news amid weeks of speculation: “Can I just say it on my own time?… on my time, on my own terms. Let me close some deals first… Let me see a couple more sonograms. Let my baby be healthy.” She laughed that, as of the taping, she still hadn’t told her parents — “I’m very scared of my parents!” — and turned the reveal into a playful pitch: “Now that I talked about it… now y’all could buy my album so I could buy Pampers and diapers.”

Cardi said Diggs has been a steadying force during the pressure of a high-profile rollout. “He just makes me feel safe and very confident and very strong,” she said, recalling a recent panic attack tied to online blowback and his no-nonsense pep talk: “Girl, you better get it together.” Asked about the timing, she said the tour will stay on schedule: she’s already “at the gym” and “taking dance classes,” and rehearsals will start soon after delivery. “I don’t come from weak women.”

“Am I the Drama?” — her long-awaited sophomore album — arrives Friday. The pregnancy news makes the release week even more personal, but the message was clear: she wanted to share it herself, when she was ready, and she’s preparing to juggle motherhood and a full arena run this winter.