Nick Cannon is opening up being with his ex-wife Mariah Carey.
During an appearance on the Ray Daniels Presents podcast, the 44-year-old star spoke about his split from the “Caution” singer and revealed that he questioned his own identity after the pair married in 2008.
“I didn’t actually really care what the world thought because the perception, you know, that is what it is. People are going to love you one day, hate you the next day,” he said during the episode. “I could care less about that. … But going to myself with that pressure of, ‘Who am I?’”
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“I got married in my 20s, you know what I mean? To the biggest star in the world,” he added.
“My trajectory was here,” he said, gesturing downwards, “and then hers — she’s already in a different stratosphere.”
He said he “comfortable” being with Mariah, joking that “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 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.”
Nick said he struggled with his masculinity and the “hierarchy” of their family 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 on the corner like, ‘Wait.’ She’s rocking being the alpha,” he continued.
“I believe she needs a dude like that. I’m just not that dude,” he added.
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