India, Sept. 17 -- Cardi B did not dodge the question when Jennifer Hudson recently asked the rapper if she fell asleep during closing arguments at her civil assault trial. "I'm not even going to lie, I was," Cardi, 32, said on The Jennifer Hudson Show this week.

"I had a long night! I'm in the middle of an album rollout. I was so sleepy, I was trying to fight it but I just couldn't," she added.

Clips from the September proceedings had circulated on Court TV and social media, showing her with heavy eyes. Cardi laughed it off, but also pointed out that the timing of the trial could not have been worse.

The Bronx star was found not liable on September 2 in a civil case tied to allegations from a former security guard. Still, she admitted...