‘This Is Not the 1800s’: Trina Lets Loose About Allegedly Racial Altercation with Walmart Customer That Went Viral

Just two days after Trina went viral for an altercation with a woman who hurled racist insults at her at Walmart, the rapper is explaining what really occurred.

Trina had been shopping at the big box store in Cooper City, Florida, Monday when a bystander caught her lighting up a white customer.

“Say it the motherf–k again! Say it again! Say it again! Say it the f–k again, you dirty ass b–-h!” Trina shouts at the woman who allegedly called her the n-word after Trina supposedly bumped into her. “Say it the motherf–k again. I am a n—-r. I am a n—-r b–-h! Say it again! Say it again! I dare you to say it!”

Police ultimately arrived on the scene and escorted the “Love and Hip Hop: Miami” star out of the store. Reportedly, authorities did not speak to the woman in question. Sources with local law enforcement told TMZ there was no police report filed because Trina declined to do so.

Despite reports claiming the rapper bumped into the white woman, which allegedly caused her to hurl a racial slur at the star, Trina says that’s not what set things off.

“This has never happened to me. I was totally thrown off,” Trina told TMZ Live on Tuesday. “And that wasn’t what happened, I didn’t bump into her. … I was in the store shopping … this lady was way across in the kids’ section … and she was crying, she was boo-hoo crying.

“I just looked over and was like, ‘Oh, hi. Are you OK?’ and she looked up like a demon, demonic, very evil, satanic witch and she was like, ‘Get away from me you n—-r b–-h.'” the “Here We Go” performer continued. “I was a little confused a bit and I walked away and I turned around like, ‘Wait a minute.'”

Trina performs at the 10th annual ONE Musicfest at Centennial Olympic Park on Sept. 7, 2019, in Atlanta. (Photo: Prince Williams/Wireimage)

She got feedback from a store team member as well as fellow Walmart customers who affirmed what Trina claims the woman had said to her. She saw the woman again at the registers. There, Trina’s pal told the woman she owes the rapper an apology.

“She just looked around acting belligerent like, ‘Why are you guys asking me anything? I don’t know what you’re talking about!’ And I said … ‘I am a n—-r b—h! One that will whup your ass!'”

Asked whether or not she felt the incident was a reflection of the nation’s political climate, Trina said she wasn’t sure. But she did know one thing.

“This is not the 1800s, this is not the slavery days. There’s no slaves here. We’re almost in 2020,” she says. “You will get your ass whupped. So stop trying. I don’t care about no political anything. I live in the area — in a very nice area. … I don’t do racial slurs. I am not disrespectful. This is not gonna happen. We’re not slaves, and you’re gonna get your ass whupped anybody next time that call me anything outside my name.”

Meanwhile, fans have reacted by trying to steer Trina against going off on another.

“Dont do it sweetie people are looking for a sweet pay check from others”

“This is why, I don’t try to bond,with new people. I pretty much avoid ,being concerned with strangers. Being to kind ,can get you killed these days. Cold world.”

“This is exactly why I just be keeping to myself try to be nice and ppl & boom you in jail”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVikZwXzJn8

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