Nick Cannon is opening up about the insecurities he faced while married to Mariah Carey. During a recent appearance on the “Ray Daniels Presents” podcast, the comedian, 44, got candid about how the “pressure” of being married to the superstar put an emotional toll on him. “I didn’t actually really care what the world thought,” Cannon said of how the public viewed his relationship.
“But going to myself, that pressure of, ‘Who am I?’ I got married in my 20s to the biggest star in the world.” The “Wild ’n Out” host and Carey, 55, tied the knot in 2008 and separated in 2014. The former pair, who share teen twins Moroccan and Monroe, finalized their divorce in 2016.
After they split, Cannon went on to welcome 10 children with five women: Abby De La Rosa, Lanisha Cole, Brittany Bell, Alyssa Scott and Bre Tiesi. Noting Carey’s intense level of fame was in “a different stratosphere” from his own, he told host Daniels, “My trajectory was [down] here. 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?’” Cannon admitted that being around the pop star made him get “really comfortable” with the lifestyle the five-time Grammy winner’s career provided for him.
“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 said. But Cannon said his insecurities reached a new level after the pair welcom.