The great Mariah Carey Pregnancy Guessing Game continued on Wednesday when the singer's husband, Nick Cannon, finally broke his silence on the question of whether the diva is expecting their first child.

"If & when my wife is ready to make ANY announcements about private matters she will do it personally," he tweeted on Wednesday. "Thanks for being respectful. God Bless."

A short time later, he added, "My heart goes out to any woman who has to deal with public scrutiny and speculation pertaining to their private life REAL TALK!"

The non-answer from Cannon, 29, came amid swirling speculation about whether Carey is pregnant, sparked by the announcement last week that Carey would no longer be starring in Tyler Perry's latest opus, "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf."

"She is not doing the movie because her doctor advised her not to," her rep told UsMagazine.com last week. "More than that, I cannot comment further."

On Wednesday, a "source close to" the couple reportedly told RadarOnline.com that the couple are expecting. "They're both very excited and very happy," the source said. "Mariah and Nick want to keep the pregnancy quiet as long as they can."

Reps for Carey, 40, and Cannon had not responded to MTV News' request for comment at press time. Recently, Cannon hedged that the pair's Jack Russell dog, Cha Cha, is pregnant, but many wondered if he was just toying with the media over the speculation.

According to an article on UsMagazine.com that was published Wednesday but was apparently no longer on the site at press time, he told fans over the weekend that "the bump is bigger. You can almost see it now!" Radar further reported that Carey never left the couple's car on Saturday, the day Cannon reportedly spoke to fans, when they were seen going for a drive along the Malibu coastline.