Nick Cannon Details Insecurities in Relationship With Mariah Carey

The Wild ‘n Out host recently looked back on his eight-year marriage with the “We Belong Together” singer and reflected on the “internalized insecurities” he faced. Namely questioning who he was outside of the relationship.

“I got married in my 20s to the biggest star in the world,” Nick said on the Oct. 24 episode of the Ray Daniels Presents podcast. “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?’”  

The 44-year-old 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.”

Nick, who wed Mariah in 2008, admitted that he lost his “hustler” spirit and things really were put into perspective with the couple welcomed their now 13-year-old twins Monroe Cannon and Moroccan Cannon.

“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,’” he explained. “She’s rocking being all the alpha that she is.”

Nick further expressed how he believed that Mariah lived in her own world and deserved someone who would be the support, but he also saw himself as a main character.