Nick Cannon filed for divorce from Mariah Carey last month under wraps

Nick Cannon officially filed for divorce from estranged wife, Mariah Carey, on Dec. 12. They announced their separation in August.

Cannon was the one to confirm rumors of a split this past summer, saying they were living apart for a few months at that point.

TMZ reports the timing of Cannon’s filing makes sense when considering reports that a week earlier, Carey was three hours late to the pre-taping of the Rockefeller Center tree lighting performance opener.

It was said at the time she was on the phone with her lawyers and in far too heated of a discussion to get off the phone and make the taping.

They were likely hashing out a divorce settlement and did so before Cannon filed the paperwork about a week later.

On Thursday, Carey announced a Las Vegas residency deal with Caesars Palace, where she will be performing all 18 of her No. 1 hits.

Cannon and Carey share 3-year-old twins; Monroe and Moroccan. They got married in 2008.

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