Nikki Minaj Leaving Idol Early?

American Idol judge Nicki Minaj hinted she would be heading back to the recording studio, and that it might get in the way of a return trip to the hit singing competition show's next season.

"I don't know, we'll see," Minaj told EOnline. "See the thing is, we're only half way done so, I am absolutely enjoying Idol but I don't know how I'm going to feel at the end of it."

Her time so far on the show has been marked by a public feud with fellow-judge Mariah Carey.

"Unless, it looks like this," Minaj said, while miming choking somone. "I don't know. God bless her though…I mean, that'll never happen."

The Pink Friday] songstress also took the time to clear up rumors about her face: “I’ve never had surgery," she told Extra: 

Instead, Minaj credits her love affair with makeup and her endorsement deal with MAC cosmetics. “When people see my makeup they think all types of crazy things that I'm doing to my skin, but it's makeup, ” she said.