Nick Cannon recently opened up about the insecurities he faced during his relationship with ex-wife Mariah Carey.
During his appearance on the Ray Daniels Presents podcast, the now 44-year old Cannon admitted to struggling to find his own identity when he was married to the superstar between 2008 thru 2014, stating:
“I got married in my 20s, you know what I mean? To the biggest star in the world.” “My trajectory was here (going down) and then hers – she’s already in a different stratosphere. “She’s got islands and I’m waking up at noon and people bringing me steaks on a platter… I would lay up at night thinking, like, ‘Is this who I am? Am I Mariah’s man? Is that what my life is supposed to be?’ There’s nothing wrong with it.”
The host of the Masked Singer said that he also struggled with his masculinity and the “hierarchy” of their family after they welcomed their twins Moroccan and Monroe in April 2011, adding:
“I’m carrying a purse, the diaper bag and, you know, I’m standing on the corner like, ‘Wait.’ She’s rocking being the alpha,” Nick continued, before agreeing with the host that Mariah “deserves it.” “I believe she needs a dude like that. I’m just not that dude.”
In 2014, Cannon and Carey confirmed their separation after six years of marriage and their final divorce in 2016.
In her 2020 memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey, the multi-Grammy award winning singer addressed their marriage stating that they “could have worked it out” but “egos and emotions got inflamed”.
Earlier this year, Nick told E! News that he would “absolutely” rekindle his relationship with Mariah, insisting that they “belong together,” yet confessing that the feeling was not mutual, joking, “She don’t want me.”
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Author: Saul Goode
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