Mariah Carey 'too busy to have kids'

Mariah Carey has revealed that she is too busy to have children, claiming that her schedule would never give her the time to devote to a baby.

Last month, the singer spoke about her desire to start a family with husband Nick Cannon. However, she has now said that she is putting off the plans for the immediate future in order to concentrate on her upcoming movie and album.

"Yes [I want kids]," she told US TV presenter Larry King. "But this particular moment - I mean this month or next month, I'm not sure what I'm doing, my schedule is out of control. It's out of control, because I've never promoted a movie and an album at the same time.

"It would be the happiest thing in my life. But what I'm saying is right now, with this movie coming out and with the next few singles from the album and those things that I'm doing, I need to focus on that."

Carey added: "I cannot do the having a child thing halfway. I wouldn't just be like, 'Oh, I'm having a child. Yes! Let me get a nanny so I can give her the baby'. You know, 'Take the kid'. That doesn't work for me... I don't believe in it."