Nick Cannon is opening up about why he famously went to war with Eminem over Mariah Carey.

During a Monday appearance on the podcast On Par with Maury Povich, Cannon addressed the bitter 2009 feud.

Cannon said, “He disrespected my woman, man. You can’t come at my wife and don’t expect to get this work.”

Cannon said Eminem still had harsh words about a past relationship with Carey and was acting out of his feelings.

Cannon felt he had to defend his marriage against the 2009 diss tracks “The Warning” and “Bagpipes From Baghdad.”

The bad blood reignited 10 years later. Eminem fired back on a new track, and Cannon dropped 3 diss records in return.

Cannon fired those final shots even though he and Carey officially divorced in 2016.