Stefon Diggs and the New England Patriots are headed to the Super Bowl, and Cardi B isn’t hiding her excitement over her boyfriend’s success.
NFL Network interviewed Cardi, 33, on the field after New England took down the Denver Broncos, 10-7, at Mile High Stadium on Sunday, January 25. Though she spoke glowingly about how proud she is of Diggs, 32, some viewers weren’t interested in what she had to say.
“This is cringe 😬,” wrote one fan in response to the video shared by NFL Network’s Cameron Wolfe via X. “Why is she in the spotlight like she’s on the team or something doing interviews?’
“Why in the world is she getting on field interviews???” another fan added.
Another fan quoted the post, asking why other players’ significant others didn’t get the same treatment.
“Why are yall interviewing her like she [is on] the team???” they asked. “Which other players wife did yall interview???”
Cardi, for her part, used the interview to explain the work that Diggs put in to even get back on the field after he suffered a torn ACL during the 2024 season.
“I’m feeling very excited and very happy for him, very proud of him,” she said. “He just came back from an ACL and me seeing the progress and the process.”
Cardi added that Diggs’ success was a product of “discipline and work. It’s not like, ‘Oh, you wake up and you’re great.’ It’s discipline. It’s going to bed early, it’s waking up early, it’s not missing one day of work, nothing.”
Cardi was a little more animated in an Instagram post shared by the Patriots after the game.
“We going to the Super Bowl! Let’s Go!” she yelled to the camera.
“YEAHHHHH CARDI!!!!” the team captioned the post.
Diggs and Cardi were first linked in October 2024, confirming their relationship the following summer. Cardi revealed in September 2025 that she was expecting their first baby together, who arrived in November 2025.
“My life has always been a combination of different chapters and different seasons,” Cardi wrote via Instagram at the time. “My last chapter was the beginning of a new season. Starting over is never easy but it’s been so worth it! I brought new music and a new album to the world! A new baby into my world, and one more reason to be the best version of me, one more reason to love me more than anything else or anyone else so I can continue giving my babies the love and life they deserve.”
Diggs has been on the field for the Patriots throughout their playoff run despite facing charges of felony strangulation or suffocation and misdemeanor assault and battery, stemming from an alleged December 2025 incident involving his former personal chef.
He was originally scheduled to be arraigned on Friday, January 23, but the date was pushed back until after the Super Bowl, keeping him eligible for the remainder of the season.
Diggs has denied the allegations against him.
“Stefon Diggs categorically denies these allegations,” his attorney David Meier said in a statement to Us Weekly last month. “They are unsubstantiated, uncorroborated, and were never investigated — because they did not occur. The timing and motivation for making the allegations is crystal clear: they are the direct result of an employee-employer financial dispute that was not resolved to the employee’s satisfaction. Stefon looks forward to establishing the truth in a court of law.”
