The Breakfast Club - Cardi B & Stefon Diggs Never Broke Up? A variety of news…

Episode Date: July 9, 2025

Loren LoRosa takes us from the Matell Barbie production studio where a new Type 1 Diabetes Barbie has been introduced to the couture streets of Paris with Cardi B. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakfastClubPower1051FMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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And y'all know we get into them conversations that shake the room as well. Behind the scenes of the grind. Back on the grind. Checking on in with you guys. We are mid-week back to work after being off of the breakfast club and waking up at 3 a.m. I keep checking in with y'all about this because baby, I am struggling. This morning, I freaking barely made it through my alarm. So it's running late this this morning.

And I was just thinking about, you know, as you get older, taking vacations from work is like you celebrate the vacation and having the time off. But man, getting back to work is hard. Getting back to waking up at three, four o'clock in the morning is insane at 33 years old, but I am not complaining about having to do it. I'm just tired.

I'm tired, but we are almost through the week. First week back, I got some really good stuff for you guys today. I'm always excited here on the podcast when we get to talk about a variety of topics. I know we get into the entertainment news and the pop culture stuff, which is normally like the dating and, you know, kind of like the,

you know how all those things go. We are going to talk about that because my girl Cardi B is out in Paris looking amazing. And there has been a little bit of an update on her and Stephon Diggs. But before we get into that, in the latest, there's a story right now circulating everywhere. It's all over the place.

And I thought that this story was pretty interesting. So Mattel, that is the company that makes Barbie. Mattel has actually introduced its first ever Barbie doll with type one diabetes. They've been making toys that are representative of like, you know, skin tone and disabilities and, you know, different things, right? This Barbie with type 1 diabetes is, you know,

geared toward expanding representation even more. And Mattel wants to inspire more children with this Barbie. Now, this makes me happy because I feel like on face value, when people see this story, it's like, who would even understand a Barbie with type 1 diabetes, right? Because this is not a person who can talk to you about their condition and what they're experiencing and how they manage it or anything like that. So what is the point? But then I went to look at the Barbie and I'm like yo this is fire because not only you know does this Barbie just give

Barbie like you can dress her up, you can dress her down, and change her clothes. But she comes with a lot of accessories that any young kid dealing with diabetes has to learn about. It has to learn how to carry around, has to learn how to manage, how to use in case of emergency, and just in managing their care. And I don't think that we talk enough about as kids

or when we were kids, how, you know, what we played with as far as the dolls and the toys and what we watched on TV, what we heard on the radio, what we learned from our friends, how much it actually influenced our life. And when you think about that, if any of you guys out there are parents,

but if you're a parent of a child dealing with type one diabetes, I think that this normalizes the conversation for a kid around diabetes. I think that this normalizes the conversation for a kid around diabetes. It's again where we are in our society today in our medical world today people with diabetes you know who are managing their care talk about it outwardly and openly because it is something that is you know it's a normal thing for some people today and it's been made to be one of those things that people can talk about because

You know everybody's dealing with it and because of our technology in our medical system It has made it a lot easier for people who are going through and managing care to do so but kids are different Kids don't you know understand that on face value all the time like hey I'm not the only person going through this. If they're friends in their friend group, depending on how old the kid is, y'all know how all that goes. They're ousted out or they feel different.

And you know, that can mess with a kid, but I think, you know, you've seen this Barbie, you're able to play with this Barbie. Barbie dolls are so regarded. If you're an actual kid and you have a Barbie, there's an excitement around, you know, seeing this Barbie doll who is glammed up and dressed up

and can go everywhere with you and is always just ready to play and just always put together. And seeing yourself in that, I think, is important, which is why they did the ethnically diverse Barbies and all the different things, right? So there was a press release that came from Mattel, and the press release read that Mattel is announcing a new Barbie. This edition is going to be an addition to the line that enables more children to see themselves reflected in Barbie and

encourages dial play that extends beyond a child's own lived experiences. Mattel says they want to foster a greater sense of inclusion and empathy. See we just talked about that. In pillars and all of the pillars of the Barbie brand. Now this Barbie, because they want to make sure the design truly captures, you know, what it's like to be a part of the Type 1 diabetes community. They say that Barbie, the brand worked closely with Breakthrough T1D, which is the leading global Type 1 diabetes research and advocacy organization. And that organization is actually committed to accelerating life changing breakthroughs

to cure, prevent and treat type one diabetes and all of its complications. So Barbie worked with this organization because they wanted to make sure they accurately showed the medical equipment that this Barbie comes with because this is the medical equipment that anyone with this condition may utilize at the same time. So that's a part of the Barbie's look and it has a very stylish look and feel like you know it matches the

Barbies outfits and things of that nature. So again it just makes it very kid inclusive. We all are inclusive no matter what we are dealing with on a day to day friendly. Some of the things that the Barbie comes with a continuous glucose monitor. And I also think too that this is fire because if you are a kid and you're having to learn about your glucose monitor and wearing it on your arm and what it's for and why you have to wear it

and why it's important, it's the same way as if a kid were to watch a cartoon or something like that, that in a very kid-friendly way breaks down type one diabetes and how to care for it. Like you can do it through the Barbie if you are that child's parent. So the glucose monitors are small, they're very wearable devices,

and what they're for is they continually measure a person's blood sugar levels. And then in addition to this, the Barbie even comes with a phone to help track her blood sugar levels throughout the day. They also have an insulin pump that comes with Barbie, which we know is used to figure out what your insulin dosage should be. And that's attached to her waist. She has a blue polka dot outfit on. Now the polka dot outfit is the top matching the skirt and it has

ruffles on it. The colors themselves represent diabetes awareness. And then the Barbie also comes with a purse. Now the doll comes with a blue pastel purse. The kids love to take the purses off the Barbies and put it back on and interchange the outfits. But inside of the purse, the Barbie carries, and I thought that this was really important because I remember having a family member in my family with diabetes and they would have to eat certain snacks throughout the day to keep their levels in a certain place. Inside of the Barbie's purse purse she carries very essential things so she carries her type 1 diabetes supplies and she also carries snacks when she's on the go which

is again a perfect way to explain to your child like look here's how your life is set up your friends may not have to snack on these type of things throughout the day but here is why you have to and here's how Barbie carries hers and here's how you should carry yours I thought that this was fire, and it also touched my heart to hear. I also, you know, to me, I never like to hear about kids who are dealing with different illnesses. I just think that kids are just so innocent.

They don't have a choice at, you know, how they're born, when they're born, and all those type of things. So it's just always a very sensitive topic when you talk about kids who are dealing with any medical condition that has to be managed in care, because also they're kids, they don't understand, you know, insulin dosages and having to take insulin and you know, having to check in on things. So I thought that this was a dope way to be able to have a conversation, especially

if you're a parent, to be able to do so and be able to help them understand and managing their care. Now, we're gonna take a swing of things, a hard swing here in the latest, but I mean, we still talking about parents because we're going on over to our girl Cardi B. Now, Cardi B is out in Paris for Couture Fashion Week. And she has been killing it.

Cardi has literally been the eye of the week, which is not uncommon. Anytime Cardi does these fashion weeks, especially when she has been killing it. Cardi has literally been the eye of the week, which is not uncommon anytime Cardi does these fashion weeks, especially when she has new music coming. She uses the opportunity as a platform to eat it up and to cause conversation around herself and that she has been doing. The looks have been looking.

Cardi has a stylist, his name is Colin Carter. Colin has been working with Cardi since the start of her career. Colin is amazing, okay? Colin is one of those stylists that tell stories throughout all of the clothing that he's styling his talent in. He works with Victoria Monet now, Kelly Rowland, so many amazing people, but it is very obvious Cardi B is his muse, and they are so amazing together. Now the reason why I'm talking about all this Paris Fashion Week stuff is because Cardi B was over in Paris Fashion Week minding her cute business, okay? She decided to scrub,

I'm gonna say for whatever reason now because we talked about this on the Breakfast Club and I said that the reports were that she scrubbed Stefan Diggs, who she is currently dating, the NFL player from her Instagram and because of that the reports were that there was trouble in paradise, that they may have been broken up. And there is now an additional report that says that is not true. So what happened was, Stefan Diggs does these YouTube content videos.

These videos show him working out, him doing the community give back days that he does. It's just kind of like you're going along on a ride and day in his life type of thing. In one of those content videos, there is a video of Cardi B working out with Stefan Diggs. Now it is obvious that this video is older. I would say about a month ago Cardi B had posted video from the gym with Stefan

Diggs and she was encouraging him. Let's take a listen to that video. Cause it was hilarious. So, that's right boy. Mm-hmm, you can do it boy. Seven more, you got it, that's right. One more, one more, one more, one more, one more, for the road. Like we knew she had been in the gym with him. You know, that wasn't a startling revelation.

That didn't make us think, okay, there is no trouble in paradise. But it's the timing. With Cardi B recently being separated from Offset and trying to get back out there and have talked about how hard the separation has been for her, Offset talking about how hard it has been for him

and trying to figure out co-parenting, Cardi B stepping back out and dating is a big thing because we've seen Cardi B offset separate before, but Cardi B normally goes back to offset. And now we're seeing her in a castle with Stefan Diggs. This is the guy she's dating who took her to that castle to stay for a bit for vacation. So it wasn't a big surprise.

You know, we heard Cardi in the gym cheering on her man, but the timeline was definitely something to point to because it is in the midst of all this conversation of is there trouble in paradise with Cardi B and Stefan Diggs? And I think a lot of people too, not only are there people out there that are rooting for Cardi and wanna see her move on

and be happy or, you know, even if she decides to stay wherever she's at, they wanna see her happy, right? But there are people out there that feel like Stefan Diggs is not a great match for her because there is conversations around him in other women often, and he's an NFL player, just all of the things, right?

Cardi B on her Twitter account retweets a clip. So there was a fan account that tweeted a clip of Cardi B working out with Stefan Diggs in a new YouTube video. The tweet said, Cardi B working out with Stefan Diggs in a new YouTube video. The tweet said, Cardi B working out with Stefan Diggs and Stefan's new YouTube video uploaded today with a heart. Cardi B's Twitter account then reposted the video. Now all the breakup rumors were swirling, right?

I reached out to Cardi B's team for an update of like, hey, what is going on? She just deleted the photos because, you know, this is a part of the rollout as far as like, she wants to clear her Instagram and make it all about her and her music. Not that she's using him for the rollout because that also was a conversation. I don't believe that though. I actually believe that when Cardi is publicly seen with somebody and she's invested in them, she is. It was the same way with Allset. I had been told, you know, there was no comment.

So, you know, that it was left open. So when people see her retweet this and she hasn't said anything about anything in the midst of all this, hey, are y'all still together? What is going on? Is there trouble in paradise? Of course you take that as, oh, okay, they good then, heard you. So a source close to Cardi B and Stephon Diggs

actually told TMZ that Stephon Diggs and Cardi B are not officially broken up in spite of, you know, anything that is swirling around in spite of her removing him from her Instagram and then Cardi B went on Twitter it seems like she was responding to all of the noise online about them this is in true Cardi B fashion okay she tweeted shut the f up go to dinner go shopping go to the park get off the internet dot dot dot enough in all caps with exclamation points like she is tired of the people talking about her like y'all don't got nothing else better to do now

I don't know exactly what is going on right like I don't know if the scrubbing of the Instagram because for me Even when I reached out to her team I said look even if it's nothing going on because they literally just went Instagram official what? Cardi B posted that was Memorial Day. It's only we just went through 4th of July. That's all of this stuff is new. There's a lot of eyes there because it's new. So her scrubbing him. She instantly knows that's going to send a message even if she

is not intending for it to you got to know it's going to so what's the message? I still don't know why that happened why he was removed from her Instagram, but as of now, the update is they are not completely broken up, and I also don't know exactly what that means either, because you can be not completely broken up with somebody

and still going through whatever you going through behind the scenes trying to figure it out or whatever, and I don't want that for Cardi. I feel like at this point, Cardi has been through enough publicly. She has kids, her babies are getting older to the point where they might venture onto a TikTok or whatever. And I just would hate to be a mom trying to figure it out in this space where I'm

super famous. I have my babies, my kid's father is super famous as well. The new guy I'm dating is super famous as well. And I have to publicly go through anything that is more than love and happiness But that's the update as of now anything additional y'all know I'm trying to figure it out for y'all I will bring it back here to the latest with Lauren LaRosa because that is what we do as I tell you guys every Episode you guys could be anywhere with anybody talking about these things because there's always a lot to talk about at the end of The day, but y'all are right here with me and I appreciate

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