Cardi B falls after a robot launches at her while she was dancing on it 🤖
The incident happened on Saturday, February 7, while Cardi was in town for Super Bowl LX festivities (where her boyfriend, Stefon Diggs, is playing for the Patriots).
The “Robot Lap Dance” Incident
Cardi was spotted outside her hotel in a striking black and yellow bodysuit when she encountered a MagicBot Z1—a humanoid robot from the tech company MagicLab.
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The Intent: Ever the entertainer, Cardi told the gathered crowd and paparazzi that she was going to give the robot a lap dance.
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The “Launch”: As she began to twerk and run her hands over the robot’s torso, she leaned in to “kiss” its expressionless face. At that exact moment, the 4-foot-7-inch robot appeared to “react” (or simply lost its balance) and tipped forward directly into her.
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The Fall: The impact sent both Cardi and the $40,000 machine tumbling onto the concrete. Cardi let out a signature shriek, and for a split second, the crowd panicked before realizing she was okay.
The Aftermath and “The Lawsuit”
True to form, Cardi’s reaction to the video going viral has been just as funny as the fall itself.
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The Threat: Shortly after TMZ posted the footage, Cardi took to X (formerly Twitter) and jokingly (we think) threatened the outlet. She wrote: “Delete or I will sue… immediately,” followed by a comment that she was “calling Harvey” (TMZ founder Harvey Levin).
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The Internet’s Reaction: The memes were instantaneous. One viral tweet read, “The BBL stinks so bad even the robot fainted,” while others joked that the robot “caught a crush” and just couldn’t handle the proximity.
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The “Little Miss Drama” Tour: Some fans suspect the “clumsy” interaction might have been a subtle way to drum up buzz for her Little Miss Drama Tour, which is set to kick off in just three days on February 11.
Is She Okay?
Yes! Witnesses reported that she got up laughing and appeared entirely uninjured. She even took to Instagram later to laugh off the “embarrassment,” admitting she was just startled by how heavy the “little guy” was.