NICKI MINAJ SAYS SHE'S NOT A CRAZY PSYCHO!

Nicki Minaj insists she's not the crazy psychopath you may have heard she is.

"I am not really a crazy psycho you guys," she tells the audience, in an interview on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show.'

Minaj sat down with DeGeneres to talk about the new season of "American Idol" ahead of the show's Jan 16 debut. Of course, the subject of Minaj's beef with fellow judge Mariah Carey came up.

"I don't know," she said. "It was just two big old divas I guess… before I went in there I heard all the stuff that was being said but I didn't believe it. I heard them saying Mariah doesn't want you on the panel but I was like, no. I am friends with Mariah."

"I went there and I started to feel a bit of the shade," she said. "And I just kind of over compensated by being crazier."

Apparently that approach didn't sit well with her fellow judge.

"It's like a defense mechanism. You know what I mean?" she added. "Your feelings are hurt and you can't believe it so you kind of just compensate with being crazy."

Carey has already commented on the feud at length, including telling Barbara Walters that she felt threatened by the rapper, but Minaj opted to stay quiet.

Now, she insists there's no more bad blood between them.

"We're fine," Minaj told the host. "I cannot hold a grudge against Mariah Carey. What people don't understand is that I've looked up to her for so many years."

But it might not all end in perfect harmony. The rapper doesn't promise that any 'Idol' live shows will be completely tame.

"I cannot trust myself," said Minaj. "I don't want anyone on the panel to say something too crazy because I don't want to look like a crazy psycho again."

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