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Cardi B says her show 'Cardi Tries' made her appreciate how 'stressful' it is to work in a restaurant

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  • Cardi B recently spoke to Insider about her popular Messenger Watch Together series, "Cardi Tries."
  • She said the show has given her a new appreciation for essential workers, especially food servers.
  • The newest episode, which airs Friday, features Cardi playing football with Megan Thee Stallion.
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Cardi B is on a mission to expand her horizons, and she said a recent experience opened her eyes to the "stressful" world of foodservice.

The Grammy-winning artist stars in the popular online series "Cardi Tries," which follows her exploring new environments and attempting unfamiliar skills.

In an interview with Insider this week, Cardi said her favorite episodes include "Cardi Tries Fishing," costarring her friend Keke Palmer, and one about firefighting that has yet to be aired.

Cardi also reflected on the fourth episode of season one, "Cardi Tries Sushi," in which the "Up" rapper learns to prepare and serve the Japanese dish.

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"It's funny because one of my favorite ones is the one that I least think that I would ever do again," she said.

"It was very stressful," she continued. "I was like, 'Oh my gosh, I can't believe that waitresses and waiters and everything go through so much.' It seems easy, that's an easy job like, 'Oh, hey. Yeah, just get my food, and blah, blah, blah.' But it's actually very fucking difficult to do."

Cardi, who has described herself as "a regular degular shmegular girl from the Bronx," said the series has "definitely" given her a newfound appreciation for essential workers. 

"For example, being a waiter or being a waitress, you don't really need a degree for it," she explained. "But it's actually something that is like, 'Oh my God, there is so much to do. This is so much stress to your body and such a fast pace,' that it just makes me tell the whole world, 'Listen, please tip your waiters and your waitresses and your busboys and shit, because this is a lot.'"

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"Cardi Tries" is currently airing its second season and will return for a third. The variety of episodes proves that Cardi is open to nearly anything, from facing her crippling fear of heights to tattooing her husband Offset.

"I just always let them know that I don't want to do nothing with roaches or rats," she told Insider. "Just thinking about it is making me shiver."

The show has also offered the unexpected benefit, Cardi said, of testing activities that her kids may want to try as they get older.

The 29-year-old chart-topper shares two children with Offset, 4-year-old daughter Kulture and 8-month-old son Wave, as well as three step-children from her husband's previous relationships.

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"For example, the ballerina episode, it's like, my daughter wants to be a ballerina and I'd be wondering, 'Girl, are you sure you're going to like it?' Because it's very strict," Cardi explained. "And my daughter, she's just a very fun person. So it is important for me to experience it, just so I can know what's going on, to be ahead of the curve."

However, don't expect Kulture to make an appearance on the show any time soon. Cardi said her daughter is too stubborn to be trusted on set.

"I know that once she starts getting tired or she's just not interested in doing it, she just literally would stop doing it," Cardi said with a laugh. "It's not going to be like, 'Oh, well. Here's the next scene.' She'll be like, 'Alright, I don't want to do it. What you going to do about it?'"

"Cardi Tries" does feature other important people in the rapper's life, including "Wild Side" vocalist Normani and "WAP" collaborator Megan Thee Stallion, who will join Cardi to train with the Los Angeles Chargers in a new episode that premieres on Friday. 

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Normani and Cardi B behind the scenes of "Cardi Tries Tennis." Messenger

Cardi named football as one of the activities she was most nervous to try, but she said the anticipation was far worse than the actual sport.

"You know when you know you're going to get your ass beat? You know when you're going to work out and you just don't want to work out because you know what you're going to experience? That's how I felt," she explained.

Although Cardi has been splitting time between the "Cardi Tries" set and the studio, she declined to confirm any details about her much-anticipated sophomore album.

"I'm not going to say album. I'm going to say the new single is going to be out very, very soon and you guys are going to love it," she allowed. "I gotta surprise you."

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"Cardi Tries" is viewable via Watch Together on Messenger and Instagram video calls, or on Cardi's Facebook page.  

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