Cardi B slams Dalai Lama’s tongue sucking debacle: ‘Predators’ are everywhere

nypost.com:

got beef — and “if it’s up, then it’s stuck.”After virtually blowing the whistle on “predators” amid controversy surrounding the Dalai Lama, who invited a small boy to suck his tongue, the Grammy winner found herself in the eye of a social media shade storm spurred by critics who eagerly noted her past allegations of predatory abuse. “This world is full of predators,” Cardi, 30, tweeted Monday as footage of the Tibetan spiritual leader’s questionable encounter with the child circulated on Twitter. “They prey on the innocent.

The ones who are most unknowing, our children,” the mother of two continued. “Predators could be our neighbors, our school teachers, even people with money, power & our churches,” added Cardi before urging parents to “constantly talk with your kids about boundaries and what they shouldn’t allow people to do to them.”  And although a faction of her online fan base shared the “WAP” performer‘s sentiments, hordes of haters blasted the Bronx native for her previous acts of misconduct, deeming her the “wrong messenger” of wisdom amid the viral contention.

Detractors swiftly pointed to Cardi’s 2019 admission to drugging and robbing men during while working as a stripper in the mid-2000s.

However, in response to the backlash, the “Up” songstress took to Instagram Live, defending her firm position on child abusers.   “When it comes to f- -king weird ass predators, and rapists, and pedophiles and s- -t…I don’t play that s- -t,” Cardi began. “Robbing and raping is two different type of s- -t,” she insisted, suggesting that her past transgressions against adult males at a strip club are not equivalent to assaults made on innocent children. “So don’t f- -king call me no rapist, don’t call me no f- -king.