Nicki Minaj's American Idol Lateness Left Fellow Judges Embarassed
Posted by Jeremy Thomas on 03.15.2013
They're not pleased...
Nicki Minaj's big American Idol tardiness reportedly left her fellow judges pretty pissed off. Fox News reports that Minaj, who was fifteen minutes late to Wednesday's live show, left the Mariah Carey, Keith Urban and Randy Jackson embarassed and irked. Minaj tweeted that she was stuck in traffic en route and didn't discuss the tardiness during the show. Ryan Seacrest joked during the broadcast, "Which one of you gave Nicki the wrong directions today? Which one of you drained the fuel from her car?"
Sources say that tensions where high backstage, noting, "Ryan was the angriest and Nigel (Lythgoe, executive producer) was mad too. Nicki knew better. And Mariah was just annoyed, she's really over (Nicki.) They were all just embarrassed that it happened."
The source added, "Everyone was really shocked. Nicki looked really bad."
A rep for FOX said, "Ryan addressed it at the top of the show" and refused further comment.