This is why Cardi B performed in a bathrobe at Bonnaroo this weekend
It’s been a long road back to stage performing for hip-hop sensation Cardi B, so when her wardrobe nearly derailed her return, she didn’t take it lying down.
The "I Like It" rapper performed Sunday at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee. During her set, she explained to audience members that her outfit ripped before vanishing off the stage and reappearing in a plush white bathrobe, the Tennessean reported Sunday.
“We gonna keep it moving, baby,” she promised the crowd, according to the outlet. “We gonna keep it sexy. I don’t know how in this [expletive] robe, but we gonna do it!”
After leaving behind her typical glitzy, colorful garb for the leisure look, Cardi B, whose real name Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar, performed some of her radio favorites like “I Like It” and “Drip.”
Shaking off the wardrobe malfunction was a small inconvenience compared to the 26-year-old entertainer's last few weeks recovering from complications due to liposuction and other plastic surgery. The surgery led the emcee to cancel and postpone a series of shows. She declared on Twitter just last week she had been "working out for the past 2 weeks" to avoid ever going under the knife for beauty, again.
Her fans applauded her perseverance during the performance on social media.
Cardi B’s bonnaroo set was next level pic.twitter.com/XnubjurEkY
— Kelly Fadden (@kellyannfadden) June 17, 2019
#CardiB performed in her bathrobe after jumpsuit ripped.Happened to #Elvis many times too the point he started to wear tights underneath to smooth it out and kept the jumpsuits from ripping.#concert @iamcardib #ElvisPresley #music #popmusic #rocknroll pic.twitter.com/s653cGfw7M
— Robert Austin (@247et) June 17, 2019
cardi b ripped her sequined skin tight full body suit a couple songs into her bonnaroo set and had to run back stage to change. when she walked back on stage, she yelled “I’M BAAAAACK” and was wearing a white bath robe, which she wore for the rest of her set 😩 I stan
— Leesa (@leesology) June 17, 2019
cardi b in a robe at #bonnaroo is a mood. pic.twitter.com/mml3wdtHXv
— kellyn jo robison (@KellynJo) June 17, 2019
Cardi B had a little mishap at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts festival at the Great Stage park in Manchester yesterday.
— Rhythm FM (@937RhythmFm) June 17, 2019
But she kept performing anyway! 👏
Who do you think designed this quality outfit 😬#rhythmfm #bonnaroo #CardiB #wardrobemalfunction pic.twitter.com/Cncnk6tayQ
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Stephanie has been telling stories her whole life. Her interest in the written word started with short stories and journal entries about run-ins with classroom bullies as a child and matured to writing for her high school newspaper over the years. She has written and edited for The Tennessean, Augusta Chronicle and American City & County.
