As Halle Berry gears up for the November 24 premiere of her new Netflix film, ‘Bruised’ (in which she also makes her directorial debut), the Academy Award winner’s ego may have suffered a bruise after she was unceremoniously slammed for crowning Cardi B the ‘Queen of Hip Hop.’
Cardi – who leads the charge for the movie’s all-female soundtrack (which arrives on digital shelves November 19) – earned big praise from Berry at the flick’s recent premiere event.
“I would like to say thank you today to Cardi B,” the 55-year-old movie star said. “She was my partner in crime. Of course, she’s the queen of hip hop. I reached out to Cardi and we paired and we created… a soundtrack and an album that is not only historic, but I think is a beautiful backdrop for this story.”
Once diehard fans of other female Rap stars caught wind of Halle’s comments, they flooded her social media handles with criticism.
Look inside to see how she responded to the hoopla.
Hot on the promo trail for the forthcoming Netflix venture, Halle hit up ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Monday (November 15). When quizzed on the backlash from her high praise of Cardi, Berry replied (at the 7:07 mark in the video above):
“You know, I do [stand by my comments], but here’s the thing: there’s room for more than one queen people,” she said on the late night talk show. “That’s what we need to know. Nicki [Minaj] is a queen in her own right. H.E.R. is a queen. All these ladies to me are queens. There can always be more than one.”
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Halle isn’t the only one responding to the ruckus. Look below to see what Cardi said about it.