Thursday 28 November 2002

Mariah's media blitz

After a disasterous year, Mariah Carey is pulling out all the stops to promote her new CD, Charmbracelet, and learning for the first time to just say "no" to work. "When someone says to me, 'If you don't do this, you could jeopardize your career,' I'll always say, 'OK'. I don't usually say no," said Mariah on an episode of Oprah that will air Dec. 3. Though she told Oprah that she's learned to say "no" after her disastrous decline last year, Mariah is in the midst of a full-throttle media blitz to promote her come-back album Charmbracelet.

In Italy, Carey waded through a sea of adoring fans and paparazzi while descending Rome's famed Spanish Steps. Mariah managed to sign a few autographs, despite the crush. Then, she was on to more madness in Tokyo, where her new CD has already debuted at number one. Upon her arrival, fans serenaded Carey with her own new tune "Through the Rain". She then addressed her past at a press conference. "Last year, I had just become very, very exhausted," said Mariah.

After erratic behavior while promoting Glitter last summer, Carey had a complete physical and emotional breakdown, and ended up checking into a private hospital. She told Matt Lauer during a Dateline interview also set to air on Dec. 3 that it was as bad as it looked. "I went up to my mom's house and I literally collapsed. I pretty much blacked out. And you know, my mother didn't know what to do, so she called 911 which was not the 'star' - you know the "superstar" thing to do."

Mariah credits a new-found respect of her own needs for her recovery, but as she tells MTV, she has always had that personal respect - when it comes to her love life. "I really, really am very careful about myself and who I'm with, and I'll make somebody wait a year. I don't really care." And when you're a big star like Mariah, lots of things get written about you - some true, some not. So how do you clear it up? Well, like his interview with J. Lo, Access Hollywood's Billy Bush went a round of "fact or fiction" with Mariah. So is Mariah a diva? Did she date Eminem? Watch Mariah's answers in her own words.

(Access Hollywood)



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