It’s daggers at dawn for Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey. The rumoured feud between the two singers, both judges on this year’s recently refreshed American Idol judging panel, alongside Keith Urban and Randy Jackson, has finally been verified, with a video being released Tuesday of the two chanteuses bickering and arguing loudly during auditions. In-fighting amongst the two had been denied as recently as four days ago, with Minaj previously saying that they were, “getting along wonderfully,”
In the video – which featured footage from Tuesday’s American Idol auditions which were held in North Carolina – released Tuesday by TMZ, Nicki lashes out at Mariah, saying,
“If you say one more disrespectful thing to me, I’ll [inaudible, but sounds like “kick”] your head,” “This is a joke,” “So every time you patronize me, I’m-ma take it back, and if you’ve got a fucking problem, handle it,”
and, reportedly,
“I’m not fucking putting up with her fucking highness over there,”
although, we think it sounds more like, “I’m not fucking quitting over their/your/her fucking highness over there,”
She also seems to say that Mariah insults her, “every five minutes,” and that she’s frequently “[running her] down,” also saying, per TMZ,
“I’m not gonna sit here every fucking minute to have you come down and harass me every minute everyday,”
Mariah reacts with,
“Why… why, oh why?!”
In between verbal blows, Keith and Randy attempt to act as peace brokers, both raising their hands and shouting, “Hey!” in an effort to assuage the two divas.
Taping was reportedly wrapped for the day after the bust-up, with host Ryan Seacrest later Tweeting,
“Going to bed in Charlotte after an anything but dull day at #idolauditions…”
Going on the contents of the video alone, with Nicki stating, “If you say one more disrespectful thing to me,” amongst other accusations, it does appear that Mariah must have insulted her in some way to prompt such a strong reaction, and seems far too heated to be about anything else.
Whose side are you on? What do you think prompted the argument? Let me know in the comments, or send a Tweet my way, @aprilbarry101
See the full video here: http://www.tmz.com/videos/0_4f12efd5
Image: Wikimedia Commons
April Barry 