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Watch a video of Nicki Minaj freaking out on Mariah Carey during American Idol auditions

by Aaron Zorgel

Drama erupted between Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey at a taping of the American Idol callback auditions yesterday in North Carolina, and a video of Nicki cussing out Mariah has leaked to the Internet, thanks to the gossip gods at TMZ.

While sitting on the judging panel, Nicki Minaj can be seen aggressively ranting against Mariah, with an exasperated Keith Urban caught in the middle. Allegedly, Nicki Minaj went all Ice Cube on Mimi, and threatened to knock her out. The part that was caught on video is Nicki Minaj saying she’s “not fuckin’ putting up with her fuckin’ highness over there,” in reference to Mariah. To Mariah’s credit, she doesn’t engage Nicki Minaj’s angry tirade, though it might be because she’s beyond terrified. Rather hilariously, the whole interaction is underscored with Randy Jackson acting as would-be peacekeeper, yelling “Yo! Time Out! Time Out!” repeatedly in the background.

Well, don’t take our word for it. Watch the video below:

Doesn’t Nicki Minaj kind of come off like a crazy person, or like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli? It’s great publicity for Idol, because we know we’re going to tune in to find out what exactly Mariah was doing to ignite the ire of the Female Weezy. But if they’re feuding already, will Nicki and Mariah make it through the season? In a way, this does bode well for Idol: if Nicki Minaj is willing to go this hard against her fellow judge, she won’t hold anything back when it comes to judging contestants.

More importantly, when will Keith Urban and Randy Jackson finally go toe-to-toe?

American Idol Season 12 is set to premiere in January, 2013. We can’t wait.

[via TMZ]