Cardi B Defends Herself Against Met Gala Flub, Says She’s Not Racist

Cardi B thinks anyone who’s offended over her not being able to ID the designer of her dress is faking outrage … and she’s got an explanation for the brain fart.

ICYMI … Cardi had a bit of a deer-in-the-headlights stare when Emma Chamberlain — representing Vogue — interviewed her on the carpet Monday … and came up empty-handed on the designer’s exact identity, and referring to them only by their ethnicity.

The dress was put together by Chinese designer, Windowsen — but Cardi wasn’t able to come up with the name in the moment … referring to them as “Asian and everything.”

Of course … many have slammed her in the aftermath — suggesting she was being racist by saying that — but Cardi says she only did that because the actual name escaped her … and she wanted to be as accurate as she could with the info she remembered off hand.

Cardi also addressed Vogue’s former managing director Gilbert Cheah — who gave the “Bodak Yellow” rapper a healthy tongue-lashing for what he deemed a distasteful response.

Cardi barked back though … maintaining it was better to say “Asian” instead of the wrong nationality or nothing at all … and discredited Cheah’s digs altogether, saying his opinion was irrelevant since he no longer holds a position at Vogue.

In terms of why Cardi even forgot in the first place … she says her mind was on a million things at once in the moment — and it was simply an innocent mistake, nothing intentional.

Funny enough, Sensen Lii, the specific Windowsen designer behind Cardi’s dress hasn’t shown any signs of anger … in fact, the gaffe has generated incredible buzz for her fashion brand — so it might’ve been a blessing in disguise after all.