Mariah Carey thinks her and Nick Cannon "could have worked".
She insists she will "always" be family with her ex-husband, with whom she has nine-year-old twins Moroccan and Monroe.
Writing in her new memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey, she said that egos and emotions got inflamed but now with their children they make it work
Meanwhile, Nick says no one could "hold a candle" to his ex Mariah.