Nick Cannon opened up about his marriage to Mariah Carey…and the star says he could not handle the fact that his wife was a much bigger star than he was.
“I didn’t actually really care what the world thought,” Cannon said on the Ray Daniels Presents podcast. “But going to myself, that pressure of, ‘Who am I?’ I got married in my 20s to the biggest star in the world.”
Cannon continued, “My trajectory was [down] here and she’s already in a different stratosphere. I would lay up at night thinking, ‘Is this who I am? Am I Mariah’s man? Is that what my life is supposed to be?’”
The former couple tied the knot in 2008 and were divorced eight years later in 2016 after being separated for two years. They are parents to twins Monroe and Morocco.
Cannon says Mariah’s star power and wealth made him feel insecure about his manhood.
“She got islands, and I was waking up at noon, and people bringing me steaks on a platter. But I’m like, ‘This ain’t the hustle,’” he explained.
“And then when you have children, your manship is like, wait, I’m carrying a purse, the diaper bag, I’m standing on the corner. She’s rocking being all the alpha that she is.”