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Mariah Carey had a big blow up with Nicki Minaj a couple of weeks ago, getting the attention of the entire country and possibly increasing the ratings for the struggling show, “American Idol.” The two had a knock down, drop out argument, consisting of yelling and cussing like nobody’s business. This led to an interview with Barbara Walters, where Mariah Carey said that she feared for her safety and was going to hire additional security to protect her from Nicki and her crew.
This led some to wonder why Barbara Walters only interviewed Mariah and didn’t reach out to Nicki’s team. Why would such a seasoned journalist only want to hear one side of the story? Some say that race may have played a role.
Erica Buddington at Clutch Magazine says that Mariah was allowed to play “frightened white girl in an urban neighborhood” persona to make Nicki look like the aggressor:
After hearing that Mariah was going to “hire extra security” and that Nicki’s behavior made her emotionally uncomfortable, I had to stifle the erupting laughter inside of me. Roman? Pink nails, Barbie cars, overt s*x appeal, give-em’-whiplash Nicki? I was almost determined to delve into Google to make sure there wasn’t another female emcee with the same name.
Buddington also claims that Mariah used a “fairy god mother” tone to act as the dignified peace maker seeking to avoid unnecessary confrontation.
In a phone conversation with Barbara Walters, her sudden fairytale godmother, Mariah expresses a victimized concern — seemingly the innocent Mariah attacked by Nicki’s “otherness.” Her husband, Nick Cannon, also plays into the role with his picture perfect painting of Mariah’s poise. “[Mariah] is the strongest and the classiest woman that I’ve ever met,” he stated. “She signed up to do a job to help young people accomplish their dreams and [the spat] is like a sidebar. I hope that’s not what this show becomes about, the catfights.”
Buddington mentions a feud between Mariah and the rapper Eminem, during which the artist referred to a s****l experience that the two shared in the past. The situation got pretty intense, with both Nick and Eminem sharing some nasty words. She says that, even though Mariah told Barbara that she was going to hire extra security in response to Nicki Minaj, she never once appeared to feel threatened by Eminem:
Although Mariah was called several “b*****s” and “whores” throughout Eminem’s record and was very aware of the ex-gangster crew who he ran with, she never felt it was necessary to hire extra bodyguards or fall into emotive instability. Conversely, an emcee that is immersed in nail polish, fragrance, and pink frightens her to the core. Interesting.
The jig is up Carey. You can’t play the defenseless white-girl-in-distress mode unless you’re actually being threatened by someone … threatening. You certainly can’t play it if you and your husband were the king and queen of call-out during your Eminem fiasco. Your statements are riddled with fear as if Next Friday’s Baby D called your bluff. Where was this trepidation when the Caucasian emcee called you out?
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ST
October 15, 2012 at 6:53 pm
This is not black news. This is cheap gossip. It’s trash. I wouldn’t be surprised if they both were chosen for American Idol for just that reason: DRAMA! They’re both divas. The public knows this. I read where it was known that they didn’t get along. So why put them on the same show? American Idol needs the ratings, perhaps? It’s not the show it used to be, and as everyone knows, drama sells! Also, why suggest that Mariah is acting like a White girl? It’s not whether it’s your opinion or not, it’s the implication. It’s negative and it forwards a stereotypical image. I find it interesting how black bloggers will jump on ANY negative or racist statement or insinuation a White will put out there about us ( blacks), but feel entitled to make certain insinuations about others. Just like most trash mags, you love to keep the “drama trash” going.
Fatima
October 15, 2012 at 11:26 am
These sistahs are stuck on stupid and hung up on dumb to realize they are making history. They never had two black sistahs on this type show together of this magnitude.If these two continue this buffoonery, GIVE THEM THEIR WALKING PAPERS.
Ibne Adam
October 15, 2012 at 8:52 am
Welcome to Your Black News, Life & World monitored produced, published owned and controlled by white folks. When will there be a Black controlled media speaking to the hot button issues that really matter to the survival of Black America’s disenfranchised unemployed, homeless, starving men, women and children?
Okon
October 16, 2012 at 7:26 pm
Ibne,
Do you have proof that this is white owned?
Ibne Adam
October 15, 2012 at 8:12 am
Mariah is half Black – so get up off the ‘white girl bull’ President Obama is half white – is he playing the frightened white boy role!! Nicki is a nobody – a media mama that will soon be a media nobody!
Nicki personifies rap c**p and blackxploitation – a chicken head throw back -
Demarco
October 14, 2012 at 11:30 pm
Wait, did someone comment that Mariah is jealous of nicki? I almost spit out my food lol. Mariah sold nicki’s career album sales in any given month of her two decade career. No one will know who nicki is shortly.
Demarco
October 14, 2012 at 11:25 pm
Whether or not she truly needed extra security is her business, the difference between eminem and nicki is she didn’t have to sit next to him for several hours each day, duh. What’s more, nicki is crazy and mostly demon possessed. There is no telling what the made up voices in her head will tell her to do to stay famous.
Evebantyte
October 14, 2012 at 8:55 pm
Nicki is a hoodrat. A ghetto monkey. She is bughetto. And all the other negative stereo types for a high dollar hoe.
Udosed
October 14, 2012 at 5:43 pm
This was staged to up the ratings. AA should have had its’ last season a couple of years ago.