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Minaj spooks Mariah

/ 09:43 PM October 06, 2012

Mariah Carey. AP FILE PHOTO

NEW YORK – Mariah Carey told Barbara Walters that her fellow “American Idol” judge Nicki Minaj threatened to shoot her, Walters reported on ABC’s “The View” Thursday morning.

Consulting her notes, Walters recounted a phone conversation with Carey just before the ABC talk show went on air, with new details of Tuesday’s blowup between Carey and Minaj that was partly captured on video made public on the TMZ website.

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Walters said Carey told her: “When Nicki walked off the set, multiple people heard Nicki say, ‘If I had a gun I would shoot the (adjective unspoken by Walters) bitch.”’

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After a meeting on Wednesday attended by the pair, Minaj said to Carey, “I love you, but we might fight again,” said Walters. “Mariah responded, ‘No, we will not.”’

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Walters said Carey told her that the singer had hired extra security. “Mariah said she doesn’t feel comfortable emotionally,” Walters reported. “But she will continue with the show because she loves the show. And she loves mentoring the contestants.”

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Walters issued an invitation to Minaj, a past guest of “The View,” asking her to return to the show to give her side.

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Minaj wasted no time responding with a string of Twitter postings.

One read: “Lets just say nicki said smthn about a gun. Ppl will believe it cuz she’s a black rapper. Lmao. I’ll then hit up Barbara n milk it”

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On the video, Minaj says she is no longer putting up with “her … Highness,” in an expletive-enhanced reference to Carey. AP

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