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Cardi B thinks homophobic people are โjust uglyโ.
The chart-topping rapper โ who is married to Migos star Offset โ has taken to Twitter to hit out at homophobes and to voice her support for the gay community.
Cardi, 29 โ who has Kulture, three, and a son who was born on September 4 โ wrote on the micro-blogging platform: โEvery bad b**** have a gay best friend or gay best friend cousin โฆโฆIf you homophobic you just ugly. (sic)โ
Cardi has previously taken to social media to hit back at accusations of homophobia and transphobia, after she came under fire from a Twitter follower.
The โWAPโ hitmaker wrote: โHow the f*** am i homophobic or transphobic?have you been to a carribean island where you really see homophobia! Have you dealt with a parent that canโt accept you for your sexuality?i said some ignorant things b4 that apologized for & educated myself on it donโt mean Iโm homo (sic)โ
Cardi subsequently explained that sheโs had family members who have struggled with their sexuality.
She said on Twitter: โI donโt support the LGBT community because I have โgay fansโ I support because of the confused feelings I had growing up on is it normal to like girls? I support because I know how hard it was for my gay cousin to come out to his very strict Dominican family
โI support because I know the pain my cousin from my mom side which is a Tran โ have a f***** up relationship with her dad for years ! I support because I seen the transitions & the feelings my glam team having during their time with they body transition & my sister ..
โComing out to my mom & dad religious people as gay so before ya make it cool to call me homophobic & transphobic learn what those words mean and research my encouragement to the LGBT community b4 ya mother******* even knew who was CardiN (sic)โ