NICKI DISCUSSES MARIAH FEUD

Nicki Minaj discussed her blowup with fellow American Idol judge Mariah Carey on yesterday’s Ellen DeGeneres show.  The “Starships” singer insists she’s “not a crazy psycho,” but was reacting because she was hurt that Mariah didn’t want her on the panel. “I don’t know. It was just two big old divas, I guess,” Nicki told Ellen. At first Nicki said she didn’t believe reports that Mariah didn’t want her there, but as auditions began, she started to believe them. “I went there and I started to feel a bit of the shade. And I just kind of over compensated by being crazier,” Nicki explained. But the rapper insists she and Mariah have settled their differences. “We’re fine. I cannot hold a grudge against Mariah Carey,” she said. “What people don’t understand is that I’ve looked up to her for so many years.” Added Nicki, “I don’t know if she’s gotten over it, but I have.”

January 16, 2013