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"American Idol judge Keith Urban has made light of the highly publicised spat between Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj. Minaj was filmed during Tuesday&amp;#039;s (October 2) auditions screaming at fellow judge Carey after disagreeing about a contestant. Production was ultimately halted for the day.      American Idol continued auditions on Wednesday (October 3) without a further incident, but Minaj is said to be furious with the show&amp;#039;s producers. Urban addressed the altercation while attending the New York premiere of his wife Nicole Kidman&amp;#039;s film The Paperboy last night. &amp;quot;I was the UN,&amp;quot; the country singer quipped to Extra. Urban also insisted that Carey and Minaj&amp;#039;s disagreement has not put a damper on his experience judging American Idol.  &amp;quot;I love working with passionate people. I love artists,&amp;quot; he explained. &amp;quot;Everyone just sort of expressing themselves. It&amp;#039;s a very alive and very invigorating work environment. A lot of passion.&amp;quot; The singer then joked: &amp;quot;Randy&amp;#039;s the craziest \u2013 so, you know, unpredictable.&amp;quot; Nick Cannon came to his wife Carey&amp;#039;s defense on Wednesday, saying in a television interview that she is not &amp;quot;moved by the theatrics and the pageantry of it all&amp;quot;. American Idol returns to Fox in January 2013. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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