How pregnant Mariah's private nude pic became game for the world to see

Nick Cannon has revealed that he did not plan to release the naked photo shoot of his pregnant wife Mariah Carey, but the picture 'turned out so beautiful' that they thought 'the world should see this'.

"That was a normal photo shoot, that wasn't really a photo shoot that we thought we were going to put out to the public," the New York Daily News quoted Cannon as telling E! News.

"It was something we did at home, in our bedroom - one light, nothing big, no hair and makeup ... And the pictures turned out so beautiful, we're like, 'the world should see this,' " Cannon added.

Cannon also participated in the photo shoot, but said he was less partial to his nude body being publicized.

"I don't know if people want to see me naked. Stick to Mariah. You don't want to see my butt all on the cover of a magazine. That's not fly," he added.

Pregnant Mariah Carey tweets pic of her painted belly

Pregnant Mariah Carey has tweeted a pic of her growing baby belly with a butterfly painted on it.

The painting has one pink wing and one blue, to symbolise the girl and boy that are due any day, reports Radaronline.com.

�My attempt festiveness on 327! For ATLITL thank u plus I?U! Comin soon #dembabies! LYMA+thanx 4 making me happy:)� she tweeted as a caption for the adorable pic on Monday.

The Grammy winning �Vision of Love singer�, in an earlier tweet, said she had been taken to the hospital for a false alarm on Sunday.

�So dembabies really wanted 2 celebrate w/us/share the anniversary! I started having contractions last night..went 2 the hospital ... They almost came on 3/27- happy anniversary in deed!!! We have a few more weeks 2 go but- wow!!!: ) soreadyallready!� she posted.