Cardi B responds to backlash after referring to Met Gala designer as “Asian” rather than by name
nme.comCardi B has responded after she faced criticism for referring to the designer of her Met Gala dress as “Asian” rather than by his name.The moment took place on Monday night (May 6) as the rapper took to the red carpet at the 2024 edition of the Met Gala – held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.While walking the red carpet, the rapper was asked by Emma Chamberlain for Vogue who the creator of the look was.
After hesitating for a moment, admitted she forgot his name in the moment and noted: “They’re Asian and everything.”The dress she wore was put together by Chinese designer, Sensen Lii of Windowsen, and the comments made in the interview soon attracted backlash online, with numerous fans accusing her of being racially insensitive.Among those to criticise the ‘Bodak Yellow’ rapper was Vogue‘s former managing director Gilbert Cheah.
Taking to a comment section on Instagram, the fashion mogul wrote: “For the record and recognition, and no thanks to Cardi 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 it and should have at least remembered his name and not just that he’s ‘Asian’.”Now, Cardi B has taken to Instagram to defend herself and the comments she made during the Vogue interview – claiming that she forgot the name as she “had a lot of things on” her mind and wasn’t trying to “be offensive”.“I want to make this very clear because I see a former director of Vogue trying to be funny… maybe because he felt offended about something, and I see a lot of you guys fake gagging on Twitter.
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