Recently, Nick Cannon reflected on his past marriage to Mariah Carey and shared that he was insecure during their relationship.
Cannon said, “I got married in my 20s to the biggest star in the world. I would lay up at night thinking, ‘Is this who I am? Am I Mariah’s man? Is that what my life’s supposed to be?'”
He continued, “There’s nothing wrong with it. And I got really comfortable in it. She got islands, I’m waking up at noon and I’m being served steaks on a platter.”
He added, “Then when you have children and the hierarchy of man s–t is like ‘Wait, I’m carrying the purse, the diaper bag and I’m standing on the corner waiting.’ She’s rocking being all the alpha that she is.”
Cannon continued, “She deserved it. And the love kept me there because I was like, ‘You need somebody. You need a support system. You need somebody that don’t want you for your money.
You need somebody that’s sincere. You need somebody that’s ready to build a family, raise some amazing kids together. And that was my goal. But then there was something constantly in me like…'”