Why is my apple ID as my iCloud email address just on iPhone

For some reason, only in my iphone.... my icloud email is my Apple ID.... i tried changing it under settings> Mail,Contacts,Cal> iCloud> Account> Mail but for some reason the email address is grayed out and doesn't let me change it... i tried deleteing the account from the phone and doing it all over again and still not go... When i go to iCloud on the website and on my mac the email is the @me.com email which is great... but for some reason its not on my iphone...
anyone have any suggestions??

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