Richard Blackwood has revealed he once turned down an advance from Mariah Carey. The former EastEnders actor told Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield how he met the singing superstar when he was presenting Top Of The Pops "years ago".
Recounting the story, Richard - who presented the show on and off from 2000 until 2002 - said: "Basically, I was hosting and Mariah Carey was here. She finished performing and this guy came up and said she wanted to meet me. So I went into her dressing room and she said: 'I'm having a party and I'd like you to come.' So I knew what was going on here but at the time I was going out with somebody who was very dear to me who was a Mariah Carey fan."
"I wasn't the best guy back then so I didn't really adhere to infidelity back then. I was a different person. But I just knew there was no way I could do anything with this woman, knowing that my partner... I mean she had posters. I looked at her and she's like, 'Are you coming to my party?' And the devil's on my shoulder telling me go and the angel is going, 'No you can't do that.' I said to her, 'My girlfriend is a big fan' and she looked at me and said: 'Girlfriend?' I asked her to speak to her and I called her." Phillip then interjected: "Oh my god, you crushed Mariah!"
Richard replied: "I did, but I did the right thing. My girlfriend at the time was screaming down the phone and Mariah is like 'Hi...' She never looked at me again, she just said: 'Anyway, you can leave.'"
(The Sun)
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