Shocking allegations have emerged… that Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon
may already be having marital problems. Say it isn't so! Who would
ever have thought a spur-of-the-moment wedding by two people who've
only been together a couple of months could ever, ever turn out badly?
Apparently Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon don't have quite the mystical
emotional bond that they led us to believe. I, for one, feel utterly
betrayed.

Is the honeymoon over for Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon? Just two
months after their surprise Bahamas wedding, the lovey-dovey couple
may be hitting the skids — thanks to Mariah's demanding diva ways.
With his wife wearing the pants in the relationship, Nick is rapidly
gaining a reputation as the most whipped man in Hollywood, something
that naturally doesn't sit to well [sic] with him, a source tells OK!.

"He's basically around to attend to her diva-ish ways," the source
says. Shortly after arriving in Oahu, Hawaii, where Mariah was filming
her new video for "I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time," Nick, 27, diligently
played the part of personal assistant. He dashed off to buy her gifts
at Tiffany & Co. and Louis Vuitton, and when his 39-year-old bride
hurt herself during the shoot, he was right by her side. "He helped
Mariah out of the pool," an eyewitness tells OK!. "She looked like she
was going to cry."

Meanwhile, Mariah is taking charge of another aspect of her hubby's
life: his career! "Nick had signed on to perform at a sweet-sixteen
party before he and Mariah got married," an insider tells OK!. "But
now Mariah needs to oversee and approve his career moves. There's no
more silly Wild 'N Out, or small-time gigs. She wants him to do big
venues and projects. She definitely wears the pants."

[From OK! Magazine]

This isn't the first account of Mariah treating Nick like her
assistant. But the examples given in OK! don't strike me as especially
"diva-ish" behavior - like a husband helping his injured wife. I mean
she was in a pool at the time so I'm guessing the injury is something
along the lines of her false eye lashes coming unglued or something of
that nature. But Nick helping an upset Mariah out of the pool isn't
exactly an example of him being whipped.

Neither is his buying her expensive presents, with (what I'm guessing
is) her money. It's all about the extent and the ridiculousness of it
all, and that's hard to know unless we actually see the two of them
interacting.

Frankly, Mariah Carey has got a pretty great career, and Nick Cannon
is most famous… for … crap. He was in something. Once. And that other
thing a few times. You get the point. If Mariah Carey wants to help
him out career-wise, I'd go for it. If he wants to be left alone and
make his own career decisions entirely independently from Mariah, then
that's his business. But he may well want her help. Maybe they're just
using each other. And isn't that what marriage is all about?