Tiger King's Carole Baskin is bringing out her claws over Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallionâs new video.
The rappers broke the internet on Friday (August 7) with the highly-anticipated release of their new joint, âWAP,â a raunchy collaboration that sees both musicians boasting about their lady parts. When the bop dropped, however, all the attention was drawn to the star-studded, feline-friendly visual, which features Cardi and Meg rapping and dancing alongside myriad exotic animals, including leopards and white tigers. (The two even wear leopard- and tiger-print outfits in the video.)
So naturally, the big-cat rights activistâs reaction to the project was not a happy one. According to TMZ, Baskin claims Cardi and Megâs video sends a âterrible message and is harmful to the future of big cats.â
Worse, Baskin bashed the visual for its way of glamorizing âkeeping tigers as petsâ as she believes it will make âevery ignorant follower want to imitate by doing the same.â
Even though Baskin understands the big cats seemed to be only digitally included in the visual, she maintains her stance against such exploitation, insisting its projects like these might inspire more producers to work with âbig cat pimpsâ like Doc Antle or Mario Tabraue, whom she thinks âmistreats cats.â (Both have denied these claims.)
Big cats aside, most fans seemed to enjoy the visuals and various cameos in the video, including surprise appearances by Normani, Rosalia, Rubi Rose, Sukihana, and Mulatto.
If left up to the fans, however, we'd guess they'd rather there be more cats in place of Kylie Jennerâs unexpected cameo. If you think weâre kidding, just check out this online petition to have the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star cut from the music video.
Photo: Netflix/Getty Images