Washington,
(ANI):
Nick
Cannon
has
slammed
rumours
that
he
landed
the
job
of
hosting
'America's
Got
Talent" only
because
of
his
famous
wife
Mariah
Carey.
The
rapper/actor,
who
married
the
'Hero"
hitmaker
last
year,
has
insisted
that
their
marital
relationship
does
not
sway
potential
employers.
Cannon"s
career
got
a
major
boost
when
he
was
named
a
replacement
for
Jerry
Springer,
presenting
Simon
Cowell's
hit
TV
show.
And
Carey
then
followed
her
hubby
by
appearing
on
the
show
in
August
this
year
to
perform
her
latest
single
'Obsessed".
Since
then,
rumours
are
rife
that
Cannon
was
handed
the
host's
job
only
with
a
stipulation
that
Carey
appeared
on
the
show.
However,
the
26-year-old
star
has
claimed
that
the
gossip
is
untrue,
saying
that
he
was
hired
on
his
own
merit.
"I"ve
heard
all
the
rumours
that
in
order
for
me
to
get
the
job
Mariah
had
to
say
she"d
come
perform.
Like
she
helped
me
get
the
job.
I"ve
heard
all
of
those
rumours
but
none
of
that
stuff
is
true," Contactmusic
quoted
him
as
telling
Zap2It.
He
added:
"What
actually
happened
is
she
had
a
hit
single
out
and
we
got
the
number
one
show
on
TV
so
it"s
the
only
destination
for
someone
to
perform
in
front
of
that
big
of
an
audience
during
the
summer.
She"s
a
huge
fan
of
the
show."
However,
Cannon
has
confessed
that
he
was
the
one
who
facilitated
the
deal
for
Carey
to
appear
on
the
show.
"They
were
looking
for
people
and
I
kinda
came
up
with
the
idea
originally
to
debut
her
video
on
NBC
and
once
that
relationship
got
together,
they
were
like,
'Do
you
think
she
would
come
perform?'
and
I
was
like,
'Why
not?
Let"s
figure
it
out!'" he
added.