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Nick Cannon is getting real candid while reflecting on his marriage to Mariah Carey and why it didn’t last.
On Thursday, October 24, an almost five-minute clip was shared via Ray Daniel’s YouTube channel. In the clip, Daniels appeared to be interviewing Cannon, who spoke about his former marriage to Carey and its demise.
Cannon seemingly explained that he felt “pressure” and questioned himself by asking, “Who am I?” during their union. The host explained that he got married while in his 20s to the “biggest star in the world.”
“And my trajectory was here and then hers she’s already in a different stratosphere,” Cannon explained. “So, I would lay up at night thinking, ‘Is this who I am? Am I [just] Mariah’s man? Is that what my life is supposed to be?'”
Furthermore, Cannon explained that there would be “nothing wrong” with that. Additionally, he said he got “really comfortable” with the luxurious treatment he received for being Carey’s husband, and they never had “issues.” However, after they had children, he felt his manhood couldn’t thrive in the dynamic of their relationship.
“I’m carrying the purse, the diaper bag she’s rocking being all the alpha she is,” Cannon recalled. “And I believe she needs a dude like that; I’m just not that dude!”
Watch his entire reflection below.
Social media users reacted to Cannon’s candid statements in The Shade Room’s comment section.
Instagram user @pri.la.soul wrote, “Meanwhile Mariah is somewhere thawing out for Christmas not worried about Nick.”
While Instagram user @zezemillz added, “I actually feel sorry for all his mothers children who have to hear this. So he basically picked you because they didnt have TOO much going on. They were low hanging fruit in his eyes. Imagine hearing this ”
Carey has yet to publicly react to her ex-husband’s candid reflection on their marriage and its end. In fact, on Monday, October 28, she took to Instagram to share a skit alongside Kerry Washington, letting the public know that her current focus is on the upcoming election.
Meanwhile, Cannon’s statements on Carey aren’t his first in recent weeks. As The Shade Room previously reported, in September, Cannon revealed that his ex-wife has been “doing the best that she possibly can” since the passing of her mother, Patricia Carey, and sister, Alison Carey, in August.
At the time, Carey shared a statement, seemingly explained that her mom and sister had passed away in separate circumstances on the same day.
