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Nick Cannon thought was going to die when he suffered a kidney failure over the Christmas period.

The America's Got Talent host crippled over in pain during a family holiday in Aspen, but refused to go to the doctor to get checked over. Returning to his Rollin' With Nick Cannon radio show yesterday, Nick explained his terrifying ordeal to his listeners.

"My kids caught a cold and I was looking after them and my wife wasn't feeling well... She caught a little cold and I was trying to be Superman and I hadn't slept for maybe four days 'cos I was taking care of the kids and my son had like an ear infection," he explained.

Revealing it was wife Mariah Carey who finally persuaded him to go the hospital after discovering him curled up in a ball on the floor, Nick continued: "Two days before New Year's (Eve) I started feeling this horrible pain in my back, I starting thinking maybe when I was boxing I got hit... My wife, who was my angel throughout this entire thing... She was like, 'You gotta go to a doctor' and I'm like 'No'."

"I thought I was good. The scariest part was when they said 'You can go home while we get these other tests back'... They sent me home... I got to my house and that's when I thought I was going to die... The pain came back twice as much and other stuff wasn't working and I had to go back to the hospital."

Although he has to return to the hospital for a couple of check ups, Nick says he has fully recovered and even made his first public appearance last weekend at the BET Honors.

Mariah Carey supports Nick Cannon during first public appearance since kidney failure...