Mariah Carey denies rumours of alleged diva behaviour'
Iconic singer opens up on her breakups, biracialism and bipolar disorder
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Mariah Carey is setting the record on her alleged diva behaviour straight once and for all.
In an in-depth interview with The Guardian which published on Monday, the iconic pop star dismissed myths about her diva tendencies, opened up about living with bipolar II disorder and revealed her thoughts on the #MeToo movement as well.
First up, Carey called her reported request for the presence of 20 white kittens and 100 white doves at an event an "absolute" lie. "I'm not a cat lady. I don't have one cat anymore," E! News quoted her as saying.
She also denied replacing hotel bathroom fixtures with gold taps and bathing in French mineral water saying, “I could just buy a house for that!" and "No, I bathe in milk," Mariah responded, describing it as a "beauty treatment."
Two months ago the five-time Grammy winner went public with her years-long battle with bipolar II disorder for the first time. Carey was first diagnosed in 2001 and confessed that her struggles stem from an inability to accept her biracial identity from when she was younger.
"It was a combination of being biracial and experiencing the darker side of life," the singer reflected. "My mom experienced a lot of racism as an opera singer because she was married to a black man. Again, it's impossible to encapsulate that in this setting."
Carey continued, "I had to go through so much in my childhood just to feel accepted and feel worthy of existing on Earth because I felt so different from everybody else growing up. I was biracial, because I was so ambiguous-looking and because we didn't have the money to escape whatever the everyday realities of life were."
This confession came about three years after a former friend of Carey’s stated that she “lived in a bubble” and that “the biggest byproduct of fame is that it makes people almost bipolar.” But does the performer agree? “There is a price to pay for living a public life. You can either sit there and go ‘Woe is me, I’m famous!’ which some people do. But you kind of asked for it...”
The Touch My Body hit maker also admitted to experiencing sexual harassment in the work place, going as far as to call her marriage to music executive Tommy Mottola "completely controlling." Carey said the relationship "wounded" her. "When you have to control your own emotions constantly and be aware of every move you make and pretty much ask permission to exist, it affects your life."
On the topic of disclosing her most personal demons with the world, the musician added, "I wasn't excited about having to talk about these details of my life. I wasn't thrilled. But again, what you're saying to me about other people finding some kind of strength from that is the most important thing."
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In an in-depth interview with The Guardian which published on Monday, the iconic pop star dismissed myths about her diva tendencies, opened up about living with bipolar II disorder and revealed her thoughts on the #MeToo movement as well.
First up, Carey called her reported request for the presence of 20 white kittens and 100 white doves at an event an "absolute" lie. "I'm not a cat lady. I don't have one cat anymore," E! News quoted her as saying.
She also denied replacing hotel bathroom fixtures with gold taps and bathing in French mineral water saying, “I could just buy a house for that!" and "No, I bathe in milk," Mariah responded, describing it as a "beauty treatment."
Two months ago the five-time Grammy winner went public with her years-long battle with bipolar II disorder for the first time. Carey was first diagnosed in 2001 and confessed that her struggles stem from an inability to accept her biracial identity from when she was younger.
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"It was a combination of being biracial and experiencing the darker side of life," the singer reflected. "My mom experienced a lot of racism as an opera singer because she was married to a black man. Again, it's impossible to encapsulate that in this setting."
Carey continued, "I had to go through so much in my childhood just to feel accepted and feel worthy of existing on Earth because I felt so different from everybody else growing up. I was biracial, because I was so ambiguous-looking and because we didn't have the money to escape whatever the everyday realities of life were."
This confession came about three years after a former friend of Carey’s stated that she “lived in a bubble” and that “the biggest byproduct of fame is that it makes people almost bipolar.” But does the performer agree? “There is a price to pay for living a public life. You can either sit there and go ‘Woe is me, I’m famous!’ which some people do. But you kind of asked for it...”
The Touch My Body hit maker also admitted to experiencing sexual harassment in the work place, going as far as to call her marriage to music executive Tommy Mottola "completely controlling." Carey said the relationship "wounded" her. "When you have to control your own emotions constantly and be aware of every move you make and pretty much ask permission to exist, it affects your life."
On the topic of disclosing her most personal demons with the world, the musician added, "I wasn't excited about having to talk about these details of my life. I wasn't thrilled. But again, what you're saying to me about other people finding some kind of strength from that is the most important thing."
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