Nicki Minaj was slammed by Mariah Carey as she rejected an ‘American Idol’ contestant who was wearing the same color eye shadow.
Nicki Minaj suffered the wrath of Mariah Carey on air after she snubbed Stephanie Schimel because she chose the same shade of eye shadow as the star.
Stephanie Schimel’s rendition of ‘I Dreamed A Dream’ was praised by other judges like Mariah, Randy Jackson and Keith Urban. Whereas, the only judge who did not vote her through was Nicki Minaj.
Initially, she said: ”I thought your voice is pretty, you are pretty, but nothing jumped at me. We have seen such magnetic things today and I don’t think you compared to what we have seen today. I do not think you feel like a star. You are not giving me that thing. I do not feel it.”
However, when Stephanie was put through the Chicago leg of the show’s auditions, Nicki revealed the real reason for her snub that they were wearing the same color pink eye shadow.
She admitted that as they have rivalry, she said no.
As Mariah did the expect this reaction and she could not believe the rejection, gave a spark to the row between them.
It has been revealed by Nicki recently that the rivalry has been ended since the auditions were filmed. She accepted that she cannot hold a grudge against Mariah Carey.