"He’s turned into a senile old man that hates EVERYBODY" - Internet reacts to Judge Joe Brown saying what Cardi B stands for is "not good"

Judge Joe Brown, a former lawyer and television personality, recently shared his thoughts about rapper Cardi B, implying that he believed her values were "not good." During a recent interview on The Art of Dialogue, which aired on September 28, 2025, the former lawyer was asked how he felt about Cardi B, who recently released her sophomore album, Am I The Drama?

While Brown acknowledged that he didn't know her personally, he added that he wasn't supportive of what she stood for. The television personality also mentioned Cardi's past work as a stripper, referencing an old video that resurfaced in 2019 of the rapper saying she used to drug and rob men.

Judge Joe Brown accused Cardi B of "bragging" about being a "practicing pr*stitute," and wondered why the American mainstream media shone a spotlight on her.

"I don't know her personally, don't want to know her, but what she stands for is not good. And then Cardi B, what did she say, she used to drug her tricks? I mean, come on, I know we had one running for president, but is it supposed to be a good thing that a woman brags about the fact that she was a practicing pr*stitute...Why is the American mainstream media putting her out there like that?"

Several X users criticized Judge Joe Brown for his remarks as the clip was circulated on the social media platform, with one user accusing him of being a "senile old man."

"Don’t gaf, he’s turned into a senile old man that hates EVERYBODY. And he’s the LAST one to speak on anything. We didn’t forget JOE BROWN!!"

RapGirlsRock🐦‍⬛👠

@RapGirlsRock

@ArtOfDialogue_ Don’t gaf, he’s turned into a senile old man that hates EVERYBODY. And he’s the LAST one to speak on anything. We didn’t forget JOE BROWN!!

Some netizens agreed with this sentiment, accusing the former lawyer of trying to stir things up.

Proudly~ 🇬🇧🇳🇬

@proudlyJacquine

@ArtOfDialogue_ Cardi B living rent free in Judge Joe’s chambers is wild. Imagine presiding over real cases your whole life just to retire and beef with Billboard charts. If Cardi stands for ‘not good,’ what do reruns of your court show stand for?

Sherrah@justme.🤷🏽‍♀️

@sherrahpickett1

@ArtOfDialogue_ Why is he running his mouth so much Now! I hate ts people waiting till they old and irrelevant to try to stir up s**t!🥸

Pinot Brown♏️

@ChanceBlvd

@ArtOfDialogue_ Why do yall keep putting the microphone in front of this old a** 🥷

Scadaeshus

@Scadaeshus1

@ArtOfDialogue_ This Man hates on everything..I swear I don’t want to be old miserable and mean.

However, others seemingly agreed with Brown's comments, claiming that he was "ABSOLUTELY RIGHT."

trey

@itstreywtf

@ArtOfDialogue_ idk why ppl are disrespecting him in the comments as if he said something wrong. open your f**king ears and understand what he’s saying

keifa jailos 🇲🇼🇺🇸

@KeifaJailo

@ArtOfDialogue_ He is clocking the facts

🌙

@SingleAF109

@ArtOfDialogue_ HE'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 💯 Bring back the old school man, the man that likes his women classy, and not showing all the assy! 💯💯💯

king Kong

@nonickinoclout

@ArtOfDialogue_ Judge Joe Brown is tired of the bs just like the rest of us

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Rehashing Cardi B's controversy regarding her "drugging and robbing" men

In March 2019, a video of Cardi B recalling her past work as a stripper before gaining success in the music industry resurfaced on social media. According to CBS News, the video, which was from her livestream in 2016, showed the rapper emotionally recounting the hardships she went through while working as a stripper.

Cardi B, whose real name is Belcalis Almánzar, said she "had to strip," take men to hotels, "drug them up" and rob them, tearfully adding that "nothing was f**king handed" to her. After the video resurfaced in 2019, #SurvivingCardiB began trending on X, a reference to R. Kelly's Lifetime documentary, Surviving R. Kelly, which documented the rapper's s*xual assault allegations.

Days after the video resurfaced, Cardi took to X (formerly Twitter) to defend herself. In a lengthy X post, the Outside rapper clarified that it was never her intention to "glorify" the things she said she did in the livestream, adding that she was "not proud" of her past actions.

"Whether or not they were poor choices at the time, I did what I had to do to survive. I never claimed to be perfect or come from a perfect world...I never glorified the things I brought up in that live [video], I never even put those things in my music because I'm not proud of it and feel a responsibility not to glorify it...I made the choices that I did at the time because I had very limited options," she wrote.

She further claimed that the men she spoke about during the livestream were men she had either been dating or knew and were "conscious, willing and aware." Cardi B concluded her statement by adding that she had a past that she couldn't change, much like everyone else.

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In other news, Cardi B's Am I The Drama? debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 charts following its release on September 19, 2025. This is her second album to top the Billboard 200, after her debut LP, Invasion of Privacy, earned the rapper her first No. 1.