Mariah Carey vs. Nicki Minaj
Judges should be criticizing contestants, but in the case of Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj, they ended up criticizing each other. For the 12th season of American Idol, the two artists were both cast as judges, but just a few weeks later, the media caught wind of the altercation between the two women. A source told People that “Mariah has been saying little things to jab at Nicki from day one of shooting.” In October that year, footage leaked of Minaj’s profanity-filled outburst over Carey, which might have been caused by Mariah’s little insults. In 2012, Minaj opened up about their beef in her E! special My Truth, where she said Carey didn’t want another woman on the American Idol panel during her season. “She’s admitted that she did not want another female doing the show, thinking somebody’s coming to steal her shine,” Nicki said. In January 2013, right before their season of American Idol aired, Carey opened up about her feud with Minaj saying, “Time heals all wounds,” during an appearance with Keith Urban during a Winter TCA Tour.