Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey Set to Quit American Idol over Nicki Minaj Feud?

11 October 2012

Mariah Carey Set to Quit American Idol over Nicki Minaj Feud?

Mariah Carey could quit her role as a judge on American Idol following her nasty bust-up with Nicki Minaj during the early audition rounds. Carey told television host Barbara Walters that the Queens rapper had threatened to shoot her during a particularly fiery exchange.

According to Adli Law Group President Dariush Adli, Carey (or Minaj for that matter) would be well within her rights to walk away from the show, should things become too much. "FOX will not be able to force either Minaj or Carey to stick with the program against their will," he said. Carey is the most likely to be able to walk away without facing any legal ramifications from Fox or the Idol production team. "She can claim a legitimate concern about her safety or at least an inability to fully focus on her role as a judge as a result of this threat. Minaj, on the other hand, will likely face a lawsuit if she quits the program for having brought on the outcome," added Adli. There's also the possibility that rapper Minaj could be given the boot from the show without American Idol facing a backlash. Remember, Cheryl Cole was sacked from The X Factor USA without necessarily doing anything wrong (She was reportedly removed after not gelling with American audiences).

Fox has declined to comment on the controversy, instead attempting to spin the feud in search for viewers. "This is one of the best, most passionate, dynamic and invested judging panels we've ever had. We love and support all of the judges and the fantastic work they are doing, and we can't imagine a better group to find the next American Idol," they said in a statement on Friday.


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11th October 2012 21:00

tahoegeminii     (13)

of course she could-in fact her little drama tantrum is all about that-she wants the 16 mil plus emotional damages and she wants to not be bothered with earning it-while Nick is trying to diffuse the situation MeMe is having a lawyer draw up the complaint list now-hitting the psychiatrist for documentation that she is a loon-getting script for her anxiety-etc etc-what do you think the whole show on the View was about? if she can prove she was threatened with a firearm and it has caused her emotional trauma or she had to "hire more security" to feel safe then hocus pocus-there is is her contract money plus -and she gets to bee-yotch and moan and put up a huge stinky show and go on and on about herself for months-it's a win-win for MeMe and her backstab to Seacrest for trying to use the fact that she is a has-been delusional bee-yotch that he hired to have a meltdown on national TV after Simon sent her packing-like it matters MeMe is such a blow hard loser from the 90's clawing at any spotlight she can get it is really pathetic-not as pathetic as she will be when she has to hock all that ridiculous blingy trash-like diamond encrusted Ipods that are broken because she gave them to 1 year olds and 300 pairs of shoes in a baby size that no one buys-because infants don't walk and need to keep their toes free to learn how to walk and so on-the way the hag spends the cash it won't be long before the royalities Tommy got for her at Sony dry up-and ya know no bloodthirsty tyrants are going to be paying 4 mill for a lyp-synced 4 song strip show any more-she can't fill a venue and her new single has been labeled the "worst song ever" in 3 versions

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