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Aussie interview (108,861) by Bobby A from United States

MC hasn't been this bad in an interview ever since 2014. At times during the interview, I couldn't tell if she interested in being there, offended by some of the questions, or just giving silly answers.

(Monday 26 May 2025; 02:16)


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This? (108,860) by jaker20 from US

She is definitely not well by the looks of it. But this isn't new, this decline has been awhile. I would say it's very noticeable after the 2020 Christmas special, which I still watch regularly. She seemed lucid on there, and can still do basic hand and steps choreo. After that, wow the decline is very very obvious. From the way she talks, the way she walks.

It's tough for her, she has no real people around her, she's not been close to her mom and sister who are now gone, the twins are too young to help her make decisions, and Nick is a loser who is thankfully out of her life.

She's now surrounded by people who will take and take. Friends maybe. But friends who will take and take. I do not think this constant touring at this stage of her career and her age, is her decision, which if you think about it, is really scary thought.

(Monday 26 May 2025; 00:30)


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Aussie interview (108,859) by Randy from USA

I just watched and I have to say, this is how I see MC. She's not normally this stiff but she has been in the past. And once again, she looks absolutely gorgeous. Isn't that her brand now? Isn't that the purpose? Isn't that what's spotlighted now? Having people say she looks good is the goal. Because there is absolutely nothing else going on for her right now. But to be honest I am shocked at all these alarm bells going off. I watched the interview thinking this is her on a bad day and it's happened before. Where's the fire? You all speak of strokes, medication, grieving and I'm like, she's been like this, off and on, since 2014. But ok.
(Sunday 25 May 2025; 15:24)

Article: Mariah Carey confuses fans with "bizarre" interview (108,858) by Bulgove from France

She has been so unwell for at least a year. Is she in depression? For sure the passing of her mum and sister may affect hugely, but is she sick? Maybe an utterly unpleasant things happening around the music label stuff?

(Sunday 25 May 2025; 12:21)

Mimi sessions (108,857) by MusicfanJ from Germany

Yes, let's hope for the best. I also liked the sessions, Mariah and just a piano was a nice surprise.
(Sunday 25 May 2025; 11:19)


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Mimi sessions (108,856) by Stacey from USA

I liked the Mimi Sessions. I thought she sounded fine. I loved the arrangements. Now, the Aussie interview? That was sad to watch. Like everyone else, I hope for the best.

(Saturday 24 May 2025; 20:35)


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Mimi sessions (108,855) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain

I agree with you.
(Saturday 24 May 2025; 12:32)


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Mimi sessions (108,854) by MusicfanJ from Germany

Beautiful post. I also want a happy vibrant lively Mariah back. Where's the rainbow's end? I also wish Mariah would get a new team behind her, people who know business but also care for her as a human being and not just for money and fame. Real friends and people who do care are more important than all the money in the world and fake snakes who say yes to everything.
(Saturday 24 May 2025; 12:31)


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This? (108,853) by Bobby A from United States

Maybe her medication has changed recently because of still needing to cope with Patricia's death, her break-up with Tanaka, and dealing with her vocal decline. This is not the same Mariah Carey from 2018. MC has really been through a lot and she has not taken a break from performing. Creating new music in the studio has always made her happy. Plus, I think doing all of these performances lip syncing is not helping her either. When a singer knows that they used to have great vocal skills and suddenly it is gone, it can start to affect a singer mentally. This has to be how MC is feeling.

(Saturday 24 May 2025; 11:09)


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A deeper look (108,852) by Lambi from USA

I'm afraid they are in the beginning stages of finally getting to Mariah. The book "Hollywood Babylon" talks about how the mafia would be in cahoots with a celebrity's family, get them to agitate the star to the point of lashing out, to purposely misdiagnose them with a personality disorder and then drug them against their will. Britney's brain is now melted from all the drugs she's been taking since her public breakdown. Kanye West revealed the messages he got from a "fitness" trainer saying, "I have you institutionalized and take you to lala land, visit with your kids just won't be the same." He exposed that they could quite literally give you mental illness via a cocktail of medicine. He was never the same after. And let's not forget how they "accidentally" overdosed MJ with profopols.

And in retrospect, we all should realize that Stella and Lianna were plants. They checked all the marks of the mafia's tactic. Defame, blackmail, extort and tried to bankrupt MC. Then for the final blow, publicly sabotage Mariah (NYE) - this was all orchestrated to break Mariah's spirit. It's kind of like when paparazzi's are taking 1000 photos a second by the celebrities home. It's to intentionally, intimidate, harass and break the star. I believe their end goal with the NYE disaster was to kill Mariah's touring career, to financially terrorize her. Get her to publicly fall apart. And then expose her BPD. She checkmate though. "You know what, it's different times, it's not 2001 anymore, I'll reveal it myself." Then she went to write a whole memoir to cope. She managed to make something good out of the most savage humiliation they've ever done to any popstar.

But this time around I think they got her, Pat's death is eating Mariah alive. I do not want to speculate because I do not have the facts. But I definitely have questions, they both died on August 24, then just a day later, suddenly every major publication had it blasted all over. It's like someone pressed a button and it's for the whole world to know. It's so not like Mariah to make a "statement" a day after a family's demise, it's way too sensitive. She is too private of a person. I do not see Mariah being willing to talk to People's magazine, or to anyone outside her immediate circle, for that matter, a day after her mother's death. The nature of how quickly their deaths were revealed to the public should raise questions. There is obviously something sinister happening in Hollywood. Stars after stars they do these sort of things to. It's such a pattern that cannot be ignored. Kanye has talked about how his mother was sacrificed. That's another tangent though. My prediction is that they're going to try and make her broke,
which by the way is a narrative they already started September last year. It really worried me because they did the same thing with MJ before his demise. It was such bizarre timing too because Mariah just announced a random Christmas tour in August, so I was like okay? Because she actually is broke?

Anyway, please keep supporting MC. Buy everything. The only reason why Mariah is able to survive all their financial terrorism is because she works really hard and because of our never ending support. It takes money to win all these random cases they've been throwing and are going to keep throwing at her. Most importantly, I'd like for every lamb to please say a little prayer for our Mariah, and her family. I believe prayers the only thing that's keeping her safe. I know we all collectively feel it. And I can't believe I'm saying this, but I do actually agree with Morgan's sentiments now, she needs to watch her immediate circle, especially her team of doctors that are giving her all these drugs.
(Saturday 24 May 2025; 10:00)

This? (108,851) by Shezz from Pk

Agreed. She sadly has been heading in this direction for a while. This is not her first bizarre interview. I don't think there is a single person on the board who thinks she should tour anymore. Clearly neither does she. But she will for the rest of the year because she's already signed up for all of them for whatever reasons best known to her. She swore after the Glitter debacle that she would always put herself first and take care of her wellbeing. I hope she holds herself to that. Neurological disorders only get worse with age not better. It seems like she has been in this slow medicated state for a year now as everyone's saying. I agree with everyone that she should stop touring and thus stop the press interviews but clearly that's not going to happen. I still stand by my opinion that her Mimi session was not bad or a misstep. It was nice to finally hear her sing after ages maybe because I never expected her to sound brilliant. It was an honest performance with flaws and all. Looking forward to the Barbra song now.

(Saturday 24 May 2025; 07:27)


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This? (108,850) by Xavier mariohmix from Spain

Is this really the cause of all the debate? Together with the Mimi Sessions? Hey, you all. This is Mariah nowadays. Haven't you noticed? I think some of you are blowing it out of proportion (not directed at anybody specifically, ok?).

However, I've said it before and I'm gonna say it again, I don't think she should be touring this year. Instead, she should just relax and work on the new album if she really wants to release it (and treats us with some performances like the Mimi Sessions just for our entertainment because, even though they are not the best in her career, but she shows real talent and musicality in them).
(Saturday 24 May 2025; 01:10)

Mimi sessions (108,849) by Mirage_Nunez from America

I'll admit on first listen, I was a bit concerned that her voice sounds more exhausted than ever, but by time she got to Say Something I had an involuntary smile on my face, because she sound a bit more vibrant and I loved just hearing her pure voice with piano.

I watched again today with my earphones in and enjoyed it even more. Is it up there with MTV Unpugged 92? No, but still enjoyable in a more mellow calm way imo. I think we all already know what's going on with her (for the most part), she's come out about her vocal nodules (which makes her voice inconsistent), she's come out about bipolar disorder, we know she's dealt with distress, depression, trauma, heartbreak, loss, etc. Listen, I get it. It's hard to watch some of her recent performances because she looks just how everyone has described: sedated, barely moving her lips, etc. Honestly I find myself avoiding a lot of the live performances
or the comment sections nowadays, because of this. Ultimately I know we all just want her to be respected and revered as the Mariah we all fell in love with. However, we have to give her some grace and credit for giving us an honest performance with the Mimi Sessions, it wasn't overly engineered or dubbed, it was Mariah singing comfortably in her current voice: something she's been criticized for not doing in recent times. We can debate that it wasn't perfect or up to her prime standards, but it was a raw honest look at where she is today vocally. It's normal as fans that deeply love her to get down, maybe even depressed over her not shining as bright as she once did, but her legacy as one of the premier female artists of all time is cemented.

Of course, I'm always hopeful that we'll get one more undeniable era of Mariah at her best, but all I truly care about now is her inner peace and happiness. Praying we get our happy vibrant lively Mariah back.

(Friday 23 May 2025; 22:17)

Obviously medicated (108,848) by Tevin from USA

I agree. Though we will never know what's truly going on with MC, until she speaks out about it, I too am worried. Hopefully it's just a side effect of meds that will eventually wear off or she can changes dosages or meds (I'm no doctor). I remember when two close friends of mine had to go on meds for bipolar, when they were in them, they were completely different people. They acted much like this, drowsy, out of it, in a daze, not all there. Mariah we love you.

(Friday 23 May 2025; 22:07)


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Obviously medicated (108,847) by Edward from USA

The difference is, you're just a mere mortal like the rest of us. Mariah has access to all kinds of resources that most people don't, especially when something isn't working the way it should. But what she really seems to be missing is a team of people who genuinely care, people who aren't afraid to be honest with her and help her see what might not be obvious to her, even if that means encouraging her to talk to her doctor.

She's been coming off as being heavily sedated for over a year now, so I don't think this has anything to do with Pat or her sister's passing. If she still had people like Benny Medina or Cindi Burger around, I don't think we'd be having this conversation. I remember when Cindi literally snatched the mike off her hand when she was going on a weird tangent before her breakdown. That's the kind of care and boldness she needs, people who love her more than they love their paycheck. People who won't hold back out of fear of being fired. She deserves to be surrounded by folks who will protect her, even if that means telling her something she doesn't want to hear.
(Friday 23 May 2025; 20:58)


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Obviously medicated (108,846) by MusicfanJ from Germany

I have no experience with such medication. But what you write sounds horrible. My mum had some pain killers who had sedated side effects too. It was scary and I was happy when she didn't need it anymore. A human soul and body takes time to heal, too much medication is not good.
(Friday 23 May 2025; 18:13)


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Obviously medicated (108,845) by Carlos from Brazil

I think it's really safe to say that she is using medication. I used to take some anti depression remedies and it really kinda "takes your soul out". It's necessary for the case, in terms of "you need it to get better" to a certain point and then maybe reduce or get rid of it when you get well but it really lets you on a deplorable state. You just go through life and the emotions like it's nothing. Mariah's last answer to the reporter when asked about what a popstar like Katy has to do when you get hate or something really tells it all. She said "don't pay attention and move on". I think she hasn't really stopped and thought about her situation: her voice, the lost of her family. It's like she just thinks "let's move on" and then she just goes through life.
(Friday 23 May 2025; 15:53)

What's wrong? (108,844) by Matthew from USA

I'm also feeling a bit concerned, but not for the reasons stated. Her vocal condition does not surprise me. Her voice is about where I expected it to be. My concern is over how sedated she is. Look, Mariah has never been the most animated performer, but there used to be little things like the hands.

She used to have this running joke where she would watch videos of herself and wonder what the heck she is doing with her hands. She would say that's why she can't play the piano, because she needs her hands to punctuate the verses. When the hands were doing their thing, you knew girlfriend was feeling it. Nowadays the hands stay by her side or they grip the mic stand.

Even in interviews, it all feels quite low energy. Not like she's out of it. Her wit, intelligence and humor are coming through, but it's like those emotions are trying to get through a wall of thick molasses. The smile is confusing as well. It's the same smile while she was watching Tori and Muni perform. Is she in pain? Is that a smile of happiness? Does she not want to be there? The smile seems artificial.

I know she is getting older, but 55 isn't that old. Even Patti can still give a little sass and energy while performing. But lately she seems turned all the way down. Muted. Sedated. That's what I'm worried about. Perhaps she needs to forego the bi-polar depressors until after her performances and then take them when she gets off the stage. But maybe that's too risky. I hope everything works out.
(Friday 23 May 2025; 15:20)

It's time (108,843) by Zachariah from Croatia

I think [it's time] to raise our concern like Britney fans did for her and speak out more loudly. The interview was very cringe to watch. We need to protect her and make sure she is doing the things she wants to do, or not to do and not be pressured by others.

I don't want, in the future, for her to have another number on hit or an album on number one position while she is lying in a grave (God forbid) and the whole world is [mourning] her departure from this world, like Whitney, Prince, Amy Winehouse.

It is an awful thing to write, but somebody had to do it.
(Friday 23 May 2025; 14:45)

Article: Mariah Carey confuses fans with "bizarre" interview (108,842) by Edward from USA

This was exactly my fear. But then again, the interview was phenomenal, kangaroos and all.
(Friday 23 May 2025; 13:36)

Show some humanity (108,841) by Carlos from Brazil

You brought me to tears. Thank you lamb.

(Friday 23 May 2025; 13:14)


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Article: Mariah Carey confuses fans with "bizarre" interview (108,840) by MusicfanJ from Germany

This is not good news. I remember how it all started with the press in 2001. Mariah shouldn't risk another burn-out. And then all the touring. I'm worried too.

(Friday 23 May 2025; 13:07)


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Show some humanity (108,839) by Edward from USA

Exactly, it's like they want to tour the woman to death. Tanaka seemed to genuinely care, he always came across as being protective of her.
(Friday 23 May 2025; 12:57)


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Show some humanity (108,838) by Edward from USA

That's what some here don't get, our concerns come from a place of love. I don't want people to look at her like that and then shred her to pieces. We're her fans and want the best for her. She definitely deserves better friends, a better team. We as fans can only watch and hope for the best.
(Friday 23 May 2025; 12:45)


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The return of the voice (108,837) by Terna from Nigeria

I am so worried about her. I think it's time we held her up in prayers (yes God is real, she's his child and prayers work). Something is going on behind the scenes, and I called it out last year that she was giving me Whitney vibes - it's like watching her headed for a train wreck. We all have love for this woman and in many ways, we express it differently, but I believe all from a place of concern. Now that means you care about her well-being not just as a regular casual listener on the outside. She said it best, we're her extended family (and family look out for each other). I believe this and that's why I didn't bring up the Mimi session, neither am I making any commentary on it, it was posted while I was typing my last message and I watched it and was heartbroken. There might be a side to this we're not seeing, and the voice is just a symptom or an indicator. Pray specifically for her well-being - physically, mentally, her safety. Back her up in prayers, after all that's all we can do.

(Friday 23 May 2025; 12:40)


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