She explained, "I had preeclampsia; I had gestational diabetes, a really difficult pregnancy and I was alone most of the time."

Seeming to realize how that sounded, Carey quickly added, raising her voice, "We love Nick, but he's working!

"He's the hardest working man in show business. Hi, Nick!" she said, smiling and waving at the camera and blowing her husband a kiss.

Earlier, Carey had told the fan who called in to Cohen's Bravo show, "Nick and I have a boy and a girl, I couldn't ask for better."

She joked of the America's Got Talent host, "If Nick could have the babies himself, then maybe. Then, bring 'em on. We love kids!"

But the pop icon implied twins are enough of a responsibility.

"I'm responsible for these children 'til forever so I look at it like, they didn't ask for this lifestyle, here they are and it is so different than just being able to just be like, 'OK, bye, well, I'm going here now, I just did a show, I'm leaving.'"

Carey said, "To anyone who's ever carried twins, it's a totally different experience to carry twins in your body; you don't even know who you are."

Later, when asked her Christmas plans, the "All I Want for Christmas Is You" singer strangely didn't mention Cannon, saying, "I'm going to have the best time possible in a snowy layer ensconced in Aspen with the babies.

"We're going to have as much fun as possible -- I have to have snow."