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Nick Cannon Opens Up About His Insecurities In His Relationship With Mariah Carey: ‘Am I Mariah’s Man?’
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Nick Cannon Opens Up About His Insecurities In His Relationship With Mariah Carey: ‘Am I Mariah’s Man?’

“I would lie in bed at night thinking, ‘Is this what I am? Is this what my life is supposed to be?’ “Cannon recalled his marriage to the singer.



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Nick Cannon He opens up about the insecurities he faced during his relationship with his ex-wife Mariah Carey.

Appearing in the Ray Daniels presents podcast on Thursday, October 24, the Wild and out The star, 44, opened up about her split from the singer, 55, and shared that she questioned her own identity after the couple married in 2008.

“I didn’t really care what the world thought because perception, you know, that’s what it is. People will love you one day and hate you the next,” Cannon said during the episode. “I couldn’t care less about that… But facing that pressure of ‘who am I?’ “

“I got married when I was 20, you know what I mean? To the biggest star in the world,” she added.

“My trajectory was here,” he said, pointing downward, “and then hers: she’s already in a different stratosphere.”

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Related: Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon’s Relationship Timeline

According to Cannon, he had a hard time having his own identity outside of their relationship, although he acknowledged that he got “comfortable” with Carey, joking that “she has islands and I wake up at noon and people bring me steaks on a platter.” “.

“I would lie there at night thinking, ‘Is this who I am? Am I Mariah’s man? Is this what my life is supposed to be?’ “Cannon said. “There’s nothing wrong with it.”

The actor also said he struggled with his masculinity and his family’s “hierarchy” after the couple welcomed their two children. twins Moroccan and Monroe, in April 2011.

“I’m carrying a purse, the diaper bag, and, you know, I’m standing in the corner like, ‘Wait.’ She’s great being the alpha,” Cannon continued, agreeing when the podcast host acknowledged, “She’s He deserves it.”

“I think she needs a guy like that. I’m just not that guy,” Cannon added.

Related: All about Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon’s twins, Morocco and Monroe

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Cannon and Carey first connected romantically in early 2008, when the actor starred in the singer’s “Bye Bye” music video. After only a few months of dating, they got married secretly in May 2008.

In 2014, they announced that they were divorcing after six years of marriage.



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Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon with their children in 2018

The two have previously spoken candidly about their relationship. In 2020, Carey published her memoirs, The meaning of Mariah Carey. In her, she wrote about her whirlwind marriage to Cannon and shared what initially attracted her to him.

Related: Nick Cannon Says He’s Happy Mariah Carey Is Leaving My Crazy Antics Behind: ‘Dealing With Me Must Be Crazy’ (Exclusive)

“He was a good guy. He was faith-based. He was ambitious,” she recalled. “He had been in the entertainment industry for a long time, so he understood the madness. He paid attention to me.”

“Honestly, I think Nick and I could have worked it out between the two of us, but egos and emotions flared up (which can translate into a lot of billable lawyer hours, and ultimately they did),” Carey added in the book. “It was hard. We both wanted to make sure everything was okay for our family. We will always be a family and we will make it work.”

In August of this year, Cannon told E! News: “We are together.” He said he would “absolutely” get back together with Carey, adding that he would be “stupid not to.”

But Cannon joked to the outlet: “She doesn’t love me.” Just a few weeks later, he clarified to the PEOPLE: “She has left my crazy antics behind.”

Since then, Carey has had several long-term relationships. Meanwhile, Cannon has welcomed 10 more children with several other partners.

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