Bodyguard slugs man who got too close to Cardi B at Met Gala

A member of Cardi B’s entourage slugged a persistent fan who kept begging for an autograph from the pregnant rapper Monday night following the Met Gala, police sources said.

The 33-year-old Bronx resident got too close to Cardi B at 2:15 a.m. outside the Mark Hotel on East 77th Street — where celebs prep for one of the biggest nights in fashion.

Cops said the man repeatedly asked the Bronx-born rapper for her John Hancock even though she kept telling him no.

“Oh c’mon, don’t be like that, mama. I just asked for an autograph. I’m an autograph hound,” the man says in a video of the beatdown obtained by TMZ.

Cardi B’s crew intervened — and allegedly pushed the victim to the ground and punched him, cops said.

One of the men stomped on the victim — as seen in the video — before fleeing with two other men westbound on East 77th Street.

NYPD Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea said the video shows the victim “having a loud, boisterous, alcoholic conversation” with Cardi B’s entourage.

“At some point, three individuals run over and physically assault this individual,” he said.
“Difficult to ascertain on the video, but what you see is essentially somebody punch, the individual goes down and then there’s a flurry of either additional punches or a kick to that individual.”

Shea said the case is being investigated by detectives with the 19th Precinct.

“I think it’s been proven over time we have very long reach and a very long memory,” Shea said. “I have the utmost confidence that if there was in fact a crime committed — which apparently there was — we will bring whoever is responsible to justice.”

The victim was taken to New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell in stable condition.

No arrests have been made and cops are looking to speak to the three men about what happened.