Mariah is the one that started it all calling Nicki a bitch
Mariah Carey fired the first shots in her "American Idol" war with Nicki Minaj ... calling the rapper a "bitch" multiple times ... this according to sources close to Minaj.
According to our sources, Nicki is adamant ... in the moments before the TMZ video begins, Mariah repeatedly berated her ... until Nicki finally had enough and exploded.
We're told ... Nicki feels Mariah has been wasting everyone's time by constantly praising herself instead of focusing her energy on critiquing the contestants.
One source tells us, "She keeps bringing up how many records she's sold, name dropping people she's worked with, how many tours she's done, and how many Grammys or awards she's won ... Nicki is tired of it."
But, my question is: Is anyone really shocked by Mariah's behavior. It's Mariah "The Diva" Carey, the producers pretty much knew this when they hired her and gave her the $18M check.
I believe that Mariah "started" it but still there are limits and Nicki did TOO much.
If Mariah was being direspectful to her she should have told her (in a different way) and if Mariahs judging style was too "self-centered" it would be the producer's job to tell her to change it.
Nigel the producer behind American idol said Mariah's camp were telling her false info to fuel the fire and Nicki making a death threat is completely false
I can't
