Candace Owens Fires Back at Cardi B in Porn Spat—'She's Being Used'

Candace Owens has hit back at Cardi B, following the rapper's online comment about pornography.

In May, the conservative commentator called for a ban on porn. In a post to X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, Owens described the adult content as "a psychological weapon intended to weaken our men."

In response, Cardi B—whose real name is Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar—said in a comment: "Ommmggg [oh my god] why yall so against porn? Is it that bad for yall?

"I enjoy it but I don't know I guess is like a 6 time a year thing. I personally don't feel no connection or addiction to it just a little quick one two ... NOTHING LIKE REAL INTIMACY!"

The 31-year-old Grammy winner also shared her belief that porn can "actually teach men how to please a woman."

During the latest episode of her podcast, Candace, Owens discussed Cardi B's reply to her call to ban porn. "She is in many ways, I guess, a porn star of sorts," the 35-year-old said. "Her body is always on display."

After reading Cardi B's comment out loud for listeners, Owens said: "And so I guess that makes her a cool girl.

"The cool girls are the ones that say, 'Oh, pornography is cool. I'm OK with it. I'm OK if my man watches porn. I watch a little porn six times a year, and that makes me hip or something.'

"Or, it makes you the exact opposite," Owens added. "It makes you somebody that's being used as a tool; as I have said for a long time, she is being used as a tool to promote this to her many millions of followers."

Owens said that the music industry chooses "someone like [Cardi B]" to perform on the Grammys stage due to their "pornographic" content.

"I'm not saying she doesn't have talent, but I am saying she doesn't have the kind of talent that warrants her to be [on the] main stage at the Grammys," Owens said.

The Blackout author also mentioned Sexyy Red, the rapper who supported Drake and 21 Savage on their recent It's All a Blur Tour.

"They pick these sorts of women—I've talked about Sexyy Red—the more pornographic they are in their language, the more pornographic they are in their displays, the more pornographic in how they are wearing, it seems that Hollywood sends them right to the top," Owens said.

The mom-of-three accused Cardi B of "not thinking about the addictions, especially for men, who really suffer from pornography." Owens said that men are more "physiologically, psychologically, biologically wired to have a response when you are producing nudity to them."

"I'm glad that so many men listen to this show," she added. "And they, in the comments, talk about how much they struggle with pornography."

Newsweek has reached out to Candace Owens, Cardi B and Sexyy Red for comment via email.

Owens' call to ban porn went viral in May, receiving millions of views on X within hours of being shared.

However, her position sparked mixed reactions. Several agreed with the former Daily Wire host, while others criticized her stance.

Owens defended herself on her comments. One X user asked the broadcaster: "If women do not want to have sex with young men, what are the men supposed to do? Be abstinent until the 30-year-old women decide they are ready to have sex with them?"

In response, Owens wrote: "Lotta guys in the comments here provided you with an answer to your question. lol [Laugh out loud].

"Because they are men, not perverts— they recognize the ills of pornography. The idea of a woman defending pornography doesn't seem to impress them."