Nick Cannon reveals why he dumped Kim Kardashian in 2006

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Hold up! Nick Cannon and Kim Kardashian dated?? We vaguely recall such a thing. It took place back in 2006..before we were sold the idea that Keeping up with the Kardashians was something anyone actually wanted.

Nick and Kim’s romance was also not that memorable because it didn’t last long—four months—just long enough for Kim to get caught in one BIG lie…

Nick and Kim’s relationship came to a screeching stop when he asked her about some sort of ‘sex tape’ he was hearing about. She denied it’s very existence. Tape? What tape?

Nick recently said, “If she had been honest, then I might’ve kept her because she is a great girl but the fact that she lied….no way!”

Interestingly, when Kim was asked back in 2007 about Nick’s reaction to the sex tape scandal, she claimed it had nothing to do with it…and that they were ‘just friends.’

From Kim’s interview with Joe La Puma:

Q: You were linked to Nick Cannon around the time our issue came out. Did that kind of cool down? What’s the status of your relationship with him?

A: We were never really…we were always friends. He was someone who I enjoyed spending my time with, but we were never really a couple. And I think it fizzled out way before that even happened.

And while Nick was spilling the beans, he opened a can of worms too…revealing he broke up with Nicole Scherzinger to date Mariah Carey.

Dang! Nick really got around!

Nick: Is there anything else you need to get off your chest this holiday season?