Carey diagnosis: "Breakdown"
Mariah Carey's condition has been downgraded. The 32-year-old pop star, who was hospitalized last week with what her rep described as "extreme exhaustion", may indeed be tired, but her illness is turning out to be more serious. In fact, Carey has suffered "an emotional and physical breakdown," rep Cindi Berger said yesterday, adding that the singer is "resting and improving" at an undisclosed facility in the New York area.
The London tabloids are reporting today that Carey attempted suicide by cutting herself. But Berger vehemently denied those reports. "There was no suicide attempt. Mariah did break some dishes and glasses and may have cut her foot in the process, but she definitely did not hurt herself intentionally," Berger said.
Carey's mother, Pat, and her brother, Morgan, have visited her, Berger added. What's more, Carey's boyfriend of the last three years, Luis Miguel, is "very concerned about her," says Berger, who adds that, contrary to reports, the two "have not officially broken up."
The recording star's hospitalization is the subject of next week's cover story in Us Weekly. The magazine reports that Carey's monthlong downward spiral, which included incoherent rantings on her Web site and during an interview on Long Island, hit a low point when she looked at her pager while sitting in a hair salon and saw 297 messages. Clearly, she was on overload.
Although Carey was unable to attend tonight's MTV 20th-anniversary special and has canceled all other appearances, her first album for Virgin Music, the soundtrack to the film "Glitter", is still set to be released on Aug. 21. "Glitter", Carey's first movie, comes out 10 days later. (New York Daily News)
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