{"id":189841,"date":"2023-12-15T19:24:42","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T19:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/?p=189841"},"modified":"2023-12-15T19:24:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T19:24:42","slug":"nicki-minaj-reveals-what-it-would-take-for-her-to-return-to-american-idol-and-its-a-huge-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsneednews.com\/lifestyle\/nicki-minaj-reveals-what-it-would-take-for-her-to-return-to-american-idol-and-its-a-huge-number\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicki Minaj Reveals What It Would Take for Her to Return to American Idol &#8211; And It&#039;s a Huge Number!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Minaj served as a judge on the singing competition series for it&#039;s twelfth season, serving on a panel alongside Mariah Carey, Keith Urban and Randy Jackson.<\/h2>\n<p>If <em><strong>American Idol<\/strong><\/em> wants <strong>Nicki Minaj<\/strong> back, they&#8217;re gonna have to shell out some serious cash.<\/p>\n<p>Minaj appeared on <em><strong>Watch What Happens Live<\/strong><\/em> with <strong>Andy Cohen<\/strong> Thursday night where she played a game of Plead the Fifth.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about her brief stint as a judge on <em>American Idol<\/em> and how much money it would take for her to return to the singing competition series, The <em>Pink Friday 2<\/em> rapper was candid, telling Cohen she has a price tag in mind.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, uh&#8230;,&#8221; Minaj says, pondering her answer before saying she&#8217;d need a whopping $30 million to return to judge&#8217;s table.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;30 million?&#8221; Cohen asks. &#8220;Yeah,&#8221; Minaj says, still sounding a little unsure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Unable to render YouTube Video.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"fitvids-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nicki Minaj Plays Plead the Fifth | WWHL\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fT2-TzkIxlk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Alright, $30 million,&#8221; the Bravo exec says with a chuckle. &#8220;She knows her price. I like it!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Minaj served as a judge on the twelfth season of the series alongside <strong>Mariah Carey<\/strong>, Keith Urban and Randy Jackson.<\/p>\n<p>She often clashed with Carey on the show, with the pair making passive-aggressive comments to each other throughout the Season 12 auditions. Before the season even premiered, there were reports that Carey and Minaj weren&#8217;t getting along on set. <strong>TMZ<\/strong> even obtained a video of the two arguing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Unable to render YouTube Video.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"fitvids-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FULL VERSION: Nicki Minaj Cusses Out Mariah Carey On &#039;American Idol&#039; - Fight Caught on Video | TMZ\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R25ypkQx7ac?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Minaj would ultimately depart the show at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Discussing her feud with Carey and her <em>Idol<\/em> exit, with Ellen DeGeneres in 2013, Minaj said she had heard that Carey didn\u2019t want her on the panel, but she didn&#8217;t believe it. It was only when they started working together that she &#8220;started feeling a little bit of, like, the shade.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Minaj said she &#8220;overcompensated by being crazier.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Carey later <strong>spoke out<\/strong> about the feud in 2015 during a radio interview on <em>The Kyle &amp; Jackie O Show<\/em> in Australia, saying it was &#8220;the worst experience of my life&#8221; and seemed to blame the show itself for what happened.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.toofab.com\/image\/e1\/4by3\/2023\/04\/08\/e1f071a35cd74d0d88466ea4839691f5_md.jpg\" width=\"825\" height=\"618\" class=\"img-fluid gallery-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" \/><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/toofab.com\/2023\/12\/15\/nicki-minaj-reveals-what-it-would-take-for-her-to-return-to-american-idol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minaj served as a judge on the singing competition series for it&#039;s twelfth season, serving on a panel alongside Mariah<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189840,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nicki Minaj Reveals What It Would Take for Her to Return to American Idol - And It&#039;s a Huge Number! 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