Mariah Carey scared of Nicki Minaj's gun threat,Goes around with Armed Guards

Battle of the divas…

I am sure everyone has heard about the fight between Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj on American Idol. Or should I say feud. This fight to me might be one of two things:
Two beautiful and famous women, two large egos in one room. It was bound to happen. It isn’t like Mariah is like Paula Abdul. She isn’t a mother figure, she still wants to be a sex symbol, like Minaj is. And Minaj, though acknowledges Mariah’s super status, doesn’t want to be in her shadow. After all, she is more popular and commercial now than she is. She’s also one of the biggest female acts right now.
Or:
It is a celebrity stunt, like almost everything is these days. Designed to bring more audience traffic to the show. It’ll soon join the Reality Shows graveyard. More and more celebrities are seeking for attention and are willing to do more and more outrageous things to achieve their aim. Vain. But what do I know, just analyzing and stuff. If so, I hate that they would  :D

So for all you under-rock-dwellers and non-”Idol”-watchers, here’s the situation in one nutty nutshell: This week, TMZ posted ”leaked” flipcam footage of a nasty catfight between “Idol’s” two new judges, Nicki and Mariah, who’d been rumored to be bickering for weeks. (Rumors that the Fox powers-that-be steadfastly denied, while probably secretly relishing the free publicity that such gossip generated.) That video was scandalous enough, but then the next day, Mariah spoke to “The View’s” Barbara Walters, and she shockingly claimed that Nicki had threatened to shoot her with a gun. Nicki’s response in this she-said/she-said fracas was to go off on a Twitter rant refuting Mariah’s wild story, and even implying that Mariah and Barbara’s report was racist. Later, it was reported that Mariah is now showing up at “Idol” audition tapings with a fleet of security personnel to protect her from Nicki; that Nicki felt “blindsided” by Mariah’s accusation; and that Mariah was furious that the telltale video footage had “leaked” in the first place. (Side note: I will probably always insert quotation marks around the word “leaked” when using it in this context, since I have a feeling that video was meant to get out. If it wasn’t, then some member of the “Idol” production staff has surely been fired by now.)
This is not what “Idol” is supposed to be about - At the end of the day, “American Idol” has always been an uplifting, inspirational program, focused not on overpaid and entitled judges brawling like a pack of feral cats, but on talented contestants following their musical dreams. That’s what “Idol” was when it started out, and that’s what’s made it a show that parents have watched with their children, and grandparents have watched with their grandchildren, for more than a decade now. So the only F-words that should be associated with this show (unless the F-word is uttered by lovable ex-judge Steven Tyler, who somehow could get away with it), are “fun,” “feelgood,” and “family-friendly.” If viewers want to rubberneck at a bunch of crazy ladies fighting, there are plenty of other programming options on Oxygen, Bravo, VH1, and MTV. Which brings me to my next important point…
This perpetuates negative stereotypes about women - The reality television airwaves are positively clogged with lowest-common-denominator shows starring women behaving badly: “Bad Girls’ Club,” “The Real World,” “Teen Mom,” “Real Housewives,” “Mob Wives,” “Basketball Wives,” “Baseball Wives,” “Football Wives,” whatever Wives. It. Is. Too. Much. The disturbing (and, frankly, untrue) message behind all of these programs is that women can’t really be friends, only frenemies at best, and that if two females with strong personalities are stuck in the same room together for more than five minutes, it’s inevitable that they’ll end up at each other’s diamond-encrusted throats. Now “AI” is turning into “The Real Housewives Of Idol.” I do not approve. Come on, female contestantsalready have a hard enough time standing out on this male-dominated show. Don’t make it so that not even the female judges have a chance of being likable.


This also perpetuates negative stereotypes about rappers - When Nicki defended herself on Twitter after Mariah’s “View” bombshell, she tweeted: “Hey yAll. Lets just say nick said smthn about a gun. ppl will believe it cuz she’s a black rapper. Lmao. I’ll then hit up Barbara n milk it.” You know, regardless of whether or not Mariah’s claims were true, or partially true, Nicki did have a point. There are many closed-minded and conservative people out there–some of whom have already declared that they won’t watch “Idol” if Nicki is a judge–who erroneously believe that all hip-hop artists are hardened gangsters and thugs who carry concealed weapons and will eventually meet a Tupac- or Biggie-like demise. Crazy rumors of Nicki death-threatening Mariah will hardly help dispel such unfortunate stereotypes. I would prefer to see Nicki putting a fun and lovable face on hip-hop–like her arch nemesis Lil’ Kim once did when she competed on “Dancing With The Stars” and picked up a whole new fanbase. This ugly “Idol” feud is not a good look for the show, for Nicki, or for hip-hop in general.



This just feel icky - Yes, the past couple seasons of “Idol” were way too nicey-nice, with judges who refused to actually judge and just told everyone they were “beautiful.” But let’s not have the show swing too far the other way, now, and make it all about bad blood and bad vibes. Sure, a bit of friction is good for shows like these. In “Idol’s” glory days, we all enjoyed the old-married-couple-style bickering between Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul. And the playful, friendly rivalry between the current “Voice” coaches is a lot of fun. And seeing a little bit of squabbling between Nicki and Mariah could be good TV. However, their squabbling has already gone too far, three months before “Idol” Season 12 is even set to premiere, and it’s going to backfire in the end. Please note, in the past, when the tension between talent-show cast members became genuinely tense, it was always a turnoff to viewers. Few people really liked it when Ryan Seacrest got all up in Simon’s face on Season 9 of “Idol,” or when Drew Ryniewicz became an unwitting pawn in the nasty game-playing between Simon and L.A. Reid on “The X Factor” Season 1, or when the Tony Lucca-centric feud between Adam Levine and Christina Aguilera on Season 2 of “The Voice” took an unexpectedly dark, mean-spirited, and personal turn. And what’s going on with “Idol” is already worse than all of that. It needs to stop, before it’s too late.
Well, maybe it will. On Friday, the “Idol” producers released a statement that read: “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.  Despite all the accusations and media speculation–much of which is inaccurate–production is going extremely well today and the judges are focused on finding the best talent here in Baton Rouge.”
Oh well, let’s see how it goes.
Source: Yahoo, Fox.