Late-night comedian Chelsea Handler is notorious for being a little sharp with the celeb punch lines. But Nick Cannon refused to let the blonde funny girl make a joke at his wife Mariah Carey's expense-posting a protective-yet mature tweet back to Chels. What a knight in 140 character shining armor!

Chelsea's remark:

 "Anyone who's married to Mariah Carey I'm sure doesn't have a great sense of humor. She's ridiculous. What is her game plan? What kind of person operates like that? She's worse than like Elizabeth Taylor. She's just so ridiculous with her body. You see her one day and she's 50 pounds heavier or light...there's nothing real about her and her Hello Kitty or whatever."

Nick to the Rescue:

"I hear @ChelseaHandler is out there talking s**t about my wife again! She's lucky I'm trying to live right now! Jesus my cup runneth over.

I think @ChelseaHandler is still bitter that she got blasted on my radio show! It's okay I still love you! When miserable people see happiness they must attack it.

You know me, I'm always up for a good joke or wise crack but when people talk about my family the 'Hood' in me wants to come out! I've learned cooler heads prevail. Life is too short to focus on negativity!"

Cannon-1, Handler-0.  

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