The Cardi B breakup conversation just got its clearest update in months. During an Instagram Live on July 28, Cardi pushed back against speculation that recent cosmetic surgery caused her weight loss and instead pointed to touring, eating less while performing, and going through a breakup. She never named Stefon Diggs, but it appears her comment appeared to reference the NFL player, with whom she welcomed a son in November 2025.
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Her remark carries more weight because it follows another candid update about her dating life. During a July 22 X Spaces conversation, Cardi said she was single and not entertaining anyone throughout her Little Miss Drama Tour. She acknowledged briefly going back to an old situation after the tour before quickly leaving it again, though she declined to mention Stefon by name.Still, the timeline makes the latest Cardi B breakup comments significant. Cardi and Diggs were publicly linked after appearing courtside together at a New York Knicks playoff game on May 12, 2025. By September, Cardi confirmed during an interview with CBS News that she was expecting a child with Diggs and described their relationship as supportive while discussing how difficult it had been for her to open herself to love again.
Their relationship soon faced intense public scrutiny. In November 2025, a paternity test established that Diggs was also the father of model Aileen Lopera’s daughter, who had been born that April. Lopera had filed a paternity action in December 2024 and that Diggs initially sought genetic testing before paternity was established. The timeline fueled online accusations about Diggs’ dating life, but the paternity result itself does not prove that he cheated on Cardi.
That distinction matters because cheating rumors followed the couple heavily, especially as their relationship began unraveling. The strongest sourced account of what went wrong came months later from People. A source told the outlet Cardi pulled away in February 2026 because she did not trust Diggs and believed things were happening behind her back. The report described tension and trust problems, not a confirmed affair.
Cardi herself made the split public during her February 15 Los Angeles tour stop. While defending Diggs from a jab by BIA, she told the crowd that just because she was no longer involved with her child’s father did not give others permission to attack him.
The breakup did not appear permanent at first. Diggs attended Cardi’s Washington, D.C. concert on April 8 and was later seen around her afterparty. In May, the pair spent time together at Diggs’ Mother’s Day charity event and showed affection publicly.
Now Cardi’s own words suggest that chapter may have closed again. She has not issued a formal statement naming Diggs as the breakup responsible for her weight loss, but between saying she spent the tour single, acknowledging a brief return to an old situation, and now openly citing a breakup as part of her recent physical transformation, the reconciliation appears to have been short lived.
What has been confirmed is simpler than the rumors surrounding them: they became a public couple, had a child together, separated amid reported trust issues, briefly reconnected, and Cardi is now speaking about a breakup in the past tense.
