Nick Cannon Claps Back at Claim He Botched His Marriage With Mariah Carey: ‘Maybe She Fumbled Me’
26.04.2023 - 23:57
/ usmagazine.com
Not his fault. Nick Cannon fired back at the claim he was the one who messed things up with his ex-wife, Mariah Carey.
“Explain to me how I fumbled Mariah,” the Masked Singer host, 42, asked his cohost, Courtney Bee Bledsoe, during the Wednesday, April 26, episode of the Daily Cannon Show after she quipped that he botched his marriage to the superstar.
While Bledsoe clarified she was joking, she added, “I don’t know. I just know you’re not with her, so that’s a fumble.”
“Maybe she fumbled me,” Cannon replied, noting he “was there” for the “Always Be My Baby” singer, 54, throughout their relationship.
The Wild ‘N Out star and Carey had a whirlwind romance in the early 2000s, tying the knot in April 2008 after only six weeks of dating. Three years after their Caribbean nuptials, they welcomed fraternal twins, son Moroccan and daughter Monroe, in April 2011.
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“My wife just gave me the most incredible anniversary gift ever in life,” Cannon tweeted about the arrival of his two children at the time. “I won’t ever be able to top this!”
However, the duo’s relationship was not meant to last. In 2014, the Drumline actor filed for divorce after six years of marriage. Two years after the initial filing, Cannon and the Grammy winner reached a settlement and agreed on joint custody of their children.
In April 2019, Cannon exclusively opened up to Us Weekly about his coparenting arrangement with the “We Belong Together” songstress.
“We got our egos and this selfish behavior [but] when you put your children first, you understand that it’s all unconditional love. All that other stuff just falls apart,” he told Us at the time. “I always want what’s best for my children.”
Since his split from