Nick Cannon Revisits Why He Responded to Eminem

By Miles Carter,

Nick Cannon at a microphone in a patterned gold bucket hat and sunglasses, photographed at Essence Fest on July 5, 2025.
Photo: Cameron Woods / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Nick Cannon revisited why he responded in his public beef with Eminem on an episode of On Par with Maury Povich, listed on Apple Podcasts as "Nick Cannon Tells Maury the TRUTH About Mariah Carey & His 12 Kids."

On the episode, Povich asked Cannon about the beef. Cannon tied his response to his wife and their relationship. He described a professional relationship that, in his account, the other man treated as personal. He said that by the time he got married, there were harsh words, and that he could not stand for that at the time. He said he felt he had to stand up for the relationship.

Those comments are Cannon's recollection on this episode.

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