Nick Cannon said the feud between “American Idol” divas Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj is being perpetuated by the show’s producers, during a live interview on Los Angeles’ KTLA-TV Morning Show.
“My wife has been taking the high road,” Carey’s husband told KTLA-TV anchors. “But it feels like even the producers and everybody else want to play into the sound bites.”
The animosity between Carey and Minaj on the Fox reality competition made headlines even before Season 12 premiered, after an explosive video of the two women arguing was leaked on the internet. And now with just three contestants left, both judges have yet to put their differences aside.
Last Wednesday, Carey verbally jabbed Minaj over her lack of No. 1 singles, which led Minaj to call Carey “insecure” and “bitter” on Twitter the following day. Although it takes two to tango, Cannon argues his wife “didn’t sign up for that.”
“She’s like, ‘Aw, man. I wish that experience could be about what the show is really supposed to be about,’” Cannon said. “She really loves these contestants and has a connection with her fellow singers.”
The KTLA anchors agreed that the spat between the two judges is “a distraction” from the competing talent, and even called the producers’ focus on it “so dumb.” Apparently, Carey had the same concerns.
“What’s amazing is my wife foreseen all of this,” Cannon said. “She tried to tell the network, ‘I don’t think this is going to work. I’m afraid.’”
“‘I love the show, but you’re kinda taking it in the wrong direction. This is going to turn into one of those reality shows,’” Cannon continued to paraphrase. “She’s like, ‘I didn’t sign up to be on ‘Love & Hip Hop.’”
So will Carey sign up for another season of “American Idol” after having such a bad experience with her fellow judge?
“I think if they get it stable she might re-look at it,” Cannon said. “But nobody wants to be a part of anything that’s unstable.”
Nick Cannon chats with Access about a recent report “American Idol” is looking to replace his wife, Mariah Carey, mid-season with Jennifer Lopez. Why isn’t he worried for Mariah? Plus, what does he say is the real reason Mariah chose to participate on the show?
After chatting with Nick Cannon at the America’s Got Talent press panel yesterday in Los Angeles, it’s easy to see why Mariah Carey fell so hard for the hard-working entertainer. With his wedding anniversary coming up (as well as the birthday of his twins Moroccan and Monroe), the AGT host revealed he has a few tricks up his sleeve for the big day.
“Their (the twins) birthday is also our wedding anniversary and we renew our vows each year, so last year we did the Eiffel Tower and Paris,” says Nick. “This year we’re trying to top that. It’s next week so we’re spending all of this week and this weekend planning to make it as grand as possible.”
When asked what has surprised him most about marriage, Nick gave the most ah-dorable answer.
“How easy it is, honestly,” he says. “I don’t want to knock on wood or anything, but honestly it’s probably the easiest part of my life is being married to my dream girl. When everything else is going crazy it’s like, ‘Wow, I have someone who loves me unconditionally.’”
Aside from America’s Got Talent, Nick is also currently filming a new season of Real Husbands of Hollywood and he says there are some major guest appearances in store for the new episodes.
“Bobby Brown is on the show,” he reveals. “I don’t know if I was supposed to say that, but he’s there.”
The vibe on the Real Husbands set is what makes the project so much fun for Nick and when it comes to joking around, nothing is off limits.
“They go for the jugular,” he laughs. “There’s a Mariah joke every five minutes.”
How does his wife handle that, you ask?
“Honestly, Mariah has never seen the show,” says Nick. “She probably wouldn’t be happy about some of the things I say or things that happen on that show. We just don’t care. When you have friends like that…Kevin Hart had a DUI last week and I instagrammed a picture right when he got out. He hadn’t even changed his clothes and we were on set and I was like, ‘Fresh out of jail!’”
The new season of America’s Got Talent premieres June 4 on NBC.
In an exclusive interview with In Touch, Nick Cannon opens up about his marriage to singer Mariah Carey, telling the mag that his famous diva wife has a secret and very down-to-earth side.
“Yes, she changes diapers!” Nick, 32, tells In Touch, on newsstands now.
Nick, the star of BET’s faux-reality show Real Husbands of Hollywood, tells In Touch that at home Mariah is simply a wife and mother to their 22-month-old twins, Moroccan and Monroe. She cooks — “Her specialty is linguine and clam sauce,” reveals Nick — and she and her hubby both love to veg out and watch movies on the couch.
“She does everything everyone else does,” Nick says. Well, maybe not everything.… “She does make me fix stuff and change all the lightbulbs!
Ever wonder what it’s like to be Mr. Mariah Carey? Have no fear. Here’s what’s going on in his world:
What’s Your Porn Star Name (Childhood Dog + Childhood Street)?
B.C. Bay Vista
Most Embarrassing Song in Your iTunes Library?
“Copacabana” by Barry Manilow
One Fact About You That Would Surprise Us?
That if I wasn’t in entertainment, I was probably going to be a preacher.
Biggest Splurge Purchase Ever?
Probably my Rolls-Royce Phantom. That was a lot of money.
Last Text to a Famous Person (Besides Mariah) and What Did it Say?
A$AP Rocky. We’re supposed to get in the studio together when we’re in L.A.
Best Present You’ve Ever Gotten From Another Celebrity?
Will Smith bought me some Gucci luggage for my birthday. That was really nice.
When Did You Last Google Yourself?
Like 30 minutes ago. I’ve got Google alerts on my phone.
For more fun facts (like his guilty pleasures!) and a full interview with the Nick, pick up the latest issue of In Touch— on newsstands now.
While some couples exchange chocolates on Valentine’s Day, Nick Cannon says he and Mariah Carey have a more intimate plan.
And here it is: “[Make] some more babies,” Cannon told us at the Cartoon Network’s Hall of Game Awards in Los Angeles.
“We definitely got a baby-sitter for Valentine’s Day. Those are the special moments,” said the “America’s Got Talent” host.
“I am a hopeless romantic and so is my wife.”
Cannon and Carey are already parents to twins, Moroccan and Monroe (or ’Roc and ’Ro as they’ve nicknamed them), who’ll turn the terrible 2 in April. The kids were born on Cannon and Carey’s third wedding anniversary.
The hopelessly romantic Cannon and his better half are nothing if not spontaneous. In 2008, after only six weeks of dating, they married in the Bahamas without any announcement. It’s pretty likely Cannon’s recent baby talk will take more than a few people by surprise, too.
A few months after giving birth the first time around, Carey, 43, told “Access Hollywood” that “if God chooses to do that to me, then that would happen. Other than that, I don’t think we would try for that ever again. I really don’t know if I can make it through after what I went through, it was really tough.”
At the time, Cannon, 32, had been suffering from an autoimmune disease similar to lupus.
Reiterating his desire for just two kids, Cannon last December told Life & Style magazine, “More kids? Two kids are enough!”
But as St. Valentine’s Day nears, it seems plans have changed for the entertainers.
Cannon says he’s already done the groundwork for a second round of baby-making, which involves “rose petals, a lot of Luther Vandross playing in the background, chocolates and roses going down.”
The last time we talked to Cannon, he was praising Carey’s curves.
“Most people can’t bounce back from twins like that,” he told Confidenti@l when we talked to him at the fall Fashion Week’s Richard Chai show in New York five months ago. “She’s in impeccable shape.”
He told us then that Carey was home watching the napping babies so that he could check out runway fashions in peace. He laughed that kids then were “dancing, singing, talking and fighting.” Sounds like Cannon and Carey may be ready to go another round.
“Extra” special correspondent Tony Dovolani talked with “America’s Got Talent” host Nick Cannon about his Valentine’s Day plans with wife Mariah Carey.
Cannon said, “We do something big every year, I’m plotting and planning right now.”
Nick Cannon has suggested that he and Mariah Carey are not intending to have more children.
The America’s Got Talent host and Carey are parents to 1-year-old twins Moroccan and Monroe, who were born on the couple’s third wedding anniversary in 2011.
Cannon recently attended a holiday toy drive in Los Angeles, where he scoffed at the idea of any new arrivals to his family in the near future.
“More kids? Two kids are enough,” he teased.
He went on to insist that having children has changed his and Carey’s marriage for the better.
“We are parents now; it’s a whole different dynamic in the household,” Cannon explained to Life & Style. “It solidifies what a family is all about.”
Cannon recently praised Monroe and Moroccan’s intelligence by claiming that they are already fascinated by technology.
He has also teased that he is under pressure to buy Carey the perfect Christmas gift this year.
This year had a rocky start for Nick Cannon, 32, who faced kidney failure in January and a diagnosis with a lupus-like, autoimmune disease in March.
But the America’s Got Talent host has more than bounced back, focusing on family life with wife Mariah Carey and 18-month-old twins Monroe and Morrocan—all while juggling a host of new projects. On Nov. 19, Cannon will host the TeenNick HALO Awards, a ceremony he founded to honor philanthropic teens. Plus, news of an upcoming revival of his MTV comedy show, Wild ‘N Out, made headlines this week, along with news of a forthcoming sequel to his breakout 2002 film, Drumline.
The star talked to PARADE about family, his health, and the famous fight between Carey and fellow American Idol judge Nicki Minaj.
On helping Carey handle her feud with Minaj.
“I don’t need to give her any advice, because my wife is the strongest and classiest woman I’ve ever met. She knows how to handle herself extremely well.”
On balancing family life with a busy schedule.
“Family comes first. That’s really what it is, and then everything else kind of works around that. As long as we prioritize and make sure our kids and each other are first, then our occupations come after that, even though we’re extremely busy. We take the time out to make sure we focus on each other when we need to.”
On who the twins are growing up to be like: him or Carey.
“We’ve got two, so I think we kind of got a little bit of each of us. My daughter is probably more like me, and my son is more like my wife in certain areas. But then obviously, my daughter is definitely into feminine, prissy, glamorous things like her mother.”
On how he’s feeling after a year of health issues.
“I feel great. I’m in tip-top shape. It was scary at the top of the year, but once you start doing what you’re supposed to do, you’re good.”
“America’s Got Talent” host Nick Cannon was joined by wife Mariah Carey and their adorable 1-year-old twins in Santa Monica over the weekend, as he hosted the official launch of Safe Communications Kuboo.com, an internet safe zone for kids and the entire family.
“Extra’s” Renee Bargh was there and talked with Cannon about his new venture, along with his thoughts on Mariah’s recent dust-up with her fellow “American Idol” judge Nicki Minaj. “It’s sensationalism, it’s theatrics,” said Nick:
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
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