Cardi B has reached out to Martin Luther King Jr’s daughter Dr Bernice King after causing offense with her skit that aired on TMZ. In the Sketch called Real Housewives Of The Civil Rights Movement, she portrayed Coretta Scott King, Bernice King’s mum. During the video, which is about Luther King Jr’s infamous affairs, Cardi tells the camera while in character: ‘All these hussies wanna sleep with my huuusband! But it’s alright, ’cause I know he marches home to me.’ Having seen the piece, Bernice King took to Twitter to denounce the tone and timing, which fell on the 55th anniversary of her father’s I Have A Dream speech.
In a since deleted tweet, she called it ‘repulsive’ and ‘false’ and condemned the rapper and her co stars by saying her parents: ‘Paid an extraordinary price so people of color can have a platform & this is how you use it. @iamcardib: Let’s talk.’
Cardi B has since taken her up on her offer it seems, as Bernice returned to Twitter to confirm Cardi had reached out. ‘Thank you, @iamcardib, for reaching out to me and apologizing for the skit that aired on @TMZ. I look forward to talking with you soon,’ she wrote.