Speaking during an appearance on a Jay Shetty podcast, Cardi B said that the divorce and the scandal that happened before it made her fall into a deep depression that made it difficult to eat and sleep.
According to her, during the period of uncertainty that even made it hard for her to focus on recording her album, she reached out to Shakira, who had a similar experience before and after she ended her decade-long relationship with her ex, Gerard Piqué.
The lyricist stated that she had to speak to someone who had gone through her pain to know how she overcame the trauma.