Shocking news about Mariah

Mariah Carey performing on the Today show in New York (10/2)

I simply refuse to believe this about my dear Mariah Carey, but apparently she's acting like a diva on the publicity tour for her new album Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel. Lies! All lies! From MSNBC:

“Her security is doing walk-throughs of her performance locations prior to her appearances, as if she’s the president or something,” said one person who was present at one such sweep.

It's even more intense on the day of a Carey performance, says the source. “She’ll show up with more than a dozen people on her team, and she’s been asking that the people who actually work there are removed from the floor and only her staffers be present,” said the source, who adds that the demand is not always met.

The level of high maintenance Carey is displaying while promoting both “Imperfect Angel” and her new film, “Precious”, didn’t surprise one person, who has worked with Carey in the past.

“We were paying for her travel, her expenses, and yet she still wanted to be compensated nearly six figures just for hair and makeup,” said the source.

Mariah doesn't need to be protected from ravenous fans -- she needs to be protected from delicious cheesecake (if she really wants to hire a group of people to safeguard her health, she should stop adding bodyguards to her payroll and start employing nutritionists). Of course the biggest threat to Mariah's career isn't from a fan -- it's from her husband's penis. Can you imagine how crazy she would get if she was pregnant. Think Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, but with way more butterflies.

[WENN]

Bobby the K

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if they don't want to comp her, then don't. i know i wouldn't. if she wants to spend her money on goons then she should, it's her business and/or problem.

the diva thing too is her issue. it doesn't matter how she acts or what she asks for, if people give in all the time, of course she's going to continue. it's like paris hilton. everyone says they don't like her, but she can get tens of thousands of dollars just to show up somewhere.

and everyone calls these ladies stupid? media, look in the mirror.

causaubon

actually, the security walk-through and personal-staff-only request is not unusual. i've been working in concert production for going on 15 years now (usually from the venue or local promoter side, not the performer's staff) and these kind of requests are commonplace. most bands/artists request closed/locked down or essential-personnel-only soundchecks and rehearsals prior to a performance.

JD Fails

It's all about getting attention...... which haters give her Good job

JD

What a joke. She doesn't need any security cause nobody with a brain cares about her. She's so pathetic. It's all about getting attention. So sad.