Cardi B (real name Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar Cephus) isn't just an international rap superstar, she's a "regular person" like the rest of us — for the most part.
So, after fans urged the "WAP" rapper to provide more "real" and relatable content, she blessed us with a TikTok video captioned, "a glimpse of a regular day as BELCALIS and not CARDI B!!"
First, she starts the day by checking her phone — just like a regular person.
Next, she has to get the water hot for her shower.
Then Belcalis brushes her teeth and tries to be quiet before her kids notice she's up, because it's full mommy mode for the rest of the day once they're awake.
It looks like she wasn't quiet enough! Her daughter, Kulture, appeared. She's already playing dress-up in mommy's boots.
Next, she goes downstairs for adorable playtime with her youngest kid, Wave.
The next activity is lunchtime. Cardi admits that she usually has someone help her with lunch (of course, because she's a full celebrity), but they're on spring break, so she "got all the duties."
Her next stop is the gym, and she's taking Kulture along for the ride while her cousin babysits Wave.
Watching her do her baby's hair before they leave unlocks a core memory for me. My mom never let me leave the house without getting me together, whether we were hitting the store, the bank, the gym, or just walking to the mailbox on the corner.
Something about this part doesn't feel like a "regular" person.
Next, she gives some insight into her gym routine. "I been working out lately for two hours a day, and then I stretch for an hour...a lot of people are like, 'Why are you working out, you have a [liposuction]?' Well, there's this thing called visceral fat that surrounds your organs that you cannot lipo."
"Sometimes girls with lipo might have a snatched waist with a gut. And that's because they're not working out their visceral fat. They just keep eating and eating, and their waist is small, but they still got a belly," she continues.
"I want to be as flexible as I was before I had my son, but my real goal is to be as stretchable and flexible as I was when I was a stripper. But you can't build Rome in a day — or can you?" she laughs.
Next, she hits up Target to buy a massage gun and some toys for her kids because Kulture was so well-behaved at the gym.
I'm always happy that I'm not the only one who celebrates any errand or task with a quick retail therapy trip to Target to buy 1–30 items I probably don't need.
After her busy day, she buys dinner for the kids. "And yes, I'm buying dinner, and I'm buying pizza. Shit — I'm tired," she says, giggling.
Then Mommy Belcalis spends some more time with her kids before heading to the studio for the day to become Cardi B.
She quickly throws in a "Happy anniversary to IOP" in the middle of the video.
And finally, she finishes off her normal "day as Belcalis" with a glass of red wine — just like a regular person.
