A huge factor in Nick and Mariah’s split is distance — while the two are primarily based in New York City, Nick is often touring or working in LA.
Whenever Mariah points out that he doesn’t need to work as much as he does, it only makes him more upset,
a source revealed to E! Online.
However, “Mariah doesn’t realize that Nick is young with a lot of talent and energy and, just like her, he’s trying to leave his mark and his legacy in Hollywood,” a source explains to
HollywoodLife.comEXCLUSIVELY. “He would never tell her not to work on a new album or not to be on QVC selling her items or not to do whatever it is she needs to do.
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It’s not about the money for him — never was and never will be. He likes what he does. He likes working, it makes him happy and for the life of him he can’t understand why Mariah [...] doesn’t appreciate that in him.” Nick even told Mariah that he doesn’t want to be her “house husband,” but it made her incredibly upset and offended and she threw him out.