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Cardi B is revealing new details about her butt piercing.
On the Wednesday, Sept. 24, episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast, the rapper, 32, spoke about the risqué piercing she first showed off in January.
“It didn’t hurt,” she shared when host Alex Cooper asked about the process. Cardi then clarified that she didn’t feel any pain from the piercing because that part of her butt is “numb” due to a prior procedure.
“I’m not gonna recommend it to people because I had surgery on my butt,” she explained. “Sometimes people say that my butt is too big, but they don’t understand they already did a butt surgery to reduce my ass… I practically did a tummy tuck on my ass… So, like, the top of my ass, that skin part is numb. So when I pierce my ass, I ain’t feel s—. It was, it was the easiest piercing ever.”
Cardi also said that the piercing cost her $13,000 because it used real diamonds, before revealing that the jewelry was swiftly lost about a month after she got it.
“I realized I was like, ‘Hold on.’ I was looking around. I was looking at my pants and my panties and stuff, and I’m like, ‘Yep. Went down the toilet.'”
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When Cooper asked if she had gotten the piercing redone yet, Cardi said she hasn’t because she hasn’t “been in the mood.” However, she added that the piercer offered to refund her for the lost piercing.
The “Bodak Yellow” rapper first unveiled the piercing in a post on X on Jan. 27.
“Soooo …….i got my butt crack pierced 🤭,” Cardi wrote in her post, following it up with a photo and the caption: “Do I lie?”
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“How is it even physically possible?!” one reply on X read.
“sounds like a pain in the ass!” another user joked.
The star has been candid about several piercings she’s had done over the years, including in 2023, when a Los Angeles-based piercing artist shared photos on Instagram that showed Cardi’s new Monroe piercing — usually a stud located above the upper lip — and a few new earrings.
In 2024, she went back to the same piercer for a few more earrings, showing off her new gems in a TikTok video.
“I came in for one thing,” she joked in the video, showing off the piercings. “Look what Harrison did!”
Also in 2023, the rapper shared a video of some newly touched-up tattoos she received, revealing on Instagram the newest intricate details that tattoo artist Jamie Schene added to her colorful ink of a peacock on her hip and leg.
