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Mariah Carey should ditch her advisers and ?hire more seasoned and respected professionals? in light of her disastrous New Year?s Eve performance. That?s the line according to her ex-husband, Tommy Mottola.
Mottola, the one-time Sony Music chairman who helped guide Carey from a 19-year-old backup singer to one of the most popular singers on the planet, weighed in on her awkward appearance at Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest. Carey should take some of the rap for her epic-fail, but only for choosing the wrong support team, he suggests.
Describing Carey as a ?global icon and a treasure with incredible talent,? Mottola admits the snafu ?could?ve happened to anyone.? And it should never have happened in the first place. And nor should her participation in the reality TV show Mariah?s World.
?My only advice is that she should hire more seasoned and respected professionals to surround her and help her with her career,? he wrote in a letter to the New York Post?s Page Six column.
Carey made global headlines with her headlining set which, leading up to midnight, went careening downhill as she got to ?Emotions" and ?We Belong Together." With the pop star apparently unable to hear through her in-ear monitor, she removed it completely. Then, unable to follow the backing track over the noise of the crowd, Carey eventually abandoned singing and lip-syncing all-together as she became frustrated, addressing the crowd, ?I?m trying to be a good sport here.?
Both camps deflected blame and presented conflicting explanations for what went wrong. The singer and her reps said the in-ear monitors were faulty (and that action wasn't taken on prior warnings) and BWR-PR's Nicole Perna told Billboard that "production set her up to fail."
Dick Clark Productions issued its own statement claiming, ?To suggest that dcp ... would ever intentionally compromise the success of any artist is defamatory, outrageous and frankly absurd,? and insiders previously told Billboard that Carey?s tech team had her in-ears ?set to the wrong frequency? and that she had used a body double for rehearsals earlier in the day.
Mottola, who recounted how he romanced, wed and later divorced Carey in his tell-all 2013 book Hitmaker: The Man and His Music, argued that Mariah?s World was an unnecessary distraction which ?does absolutely nothing for her integrity, her credibility, or her massive talent.?
He added, ?She should take a step back, think carefully and figure out what to do next.?
Carey?s manager Stella Bulochnikov reportedly fired back: ?Really? Tommy is a relic. Did he give you that statement from a rotary phone??
Billboard reached out to a rep for Mottola for additional comment.
He didn't lie
That reality tv show isn't helping her
say what you will bout him
but he's right, he nev woulda let this hap
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I posted about this and I agree. Maybe he should try to get back in with her. Tommy is still one of the best in the business.
Quote from: Uni on January 05, 2017, 08:12:00 AM
but he's right, he nev woulda let this hap
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Quote from: BEST OF ME on January 05, 2017, 08:07:13 AM
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?My only advice is that she should hire more seasoned and respected professionals to surround her and help her with her career,? he wrote in a letter to the New York Post?s Page Six column.
Carey?s manager Stella Bulochnikov reportedly fired back: ?Really? Tommy is a relic. Did he give you that statement from a rotary phone??
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Not this lady proving his point.
Fire this tramp, Kweens.
Quote from: Nine on January 05, 2017, 08:34:19 AM
Quote from: BEST OF ME on January 05, 2017, 08:07:13 AM
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?My only advice is that she should hire more seasoned and respected professionals to surround her and help her with her career,? he wrote in a letter to the New York Post?s Page Six column.
Carey?s manager Stella Bulochnikov reportedly fired back: ?Really? Tommy is a relic. Did he give you that statement from a rotary phone??
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Not this lady proving his point.
Fire this tramp, Kweens.
:plzstop: :plzstop:
I remember when she hired Randy Jackson as her manager :dead: Although he's been around her since the beginning of her career still just no
Who was her management during Emancipation, EMC and Memoirs? That's who she needs back.
Benny?
Yeah Benny Medina was her manager during those eras.
Isn't he J-Los manager now?
She fired Benny once he and Jenn linked back yo so She along with Violator were managing her career during Memoirs era. That's where it all went down hill.
She should have built her empire around that time. Like Bey did during 4. Maroon Ent should be this huge company by now.
Ugh. Mariah needs to fall back. This is embarrassing as shit.
Yea, no excuse for that
Who's this Stella person? She's insufferable on that reality show. a clear enabler
I mean...he's stating the obvious at this point. They clearly don't care how she presents herself by letting her continue to come out squeezed into these tacky sequins outfits
She's probably the reason why Anthony is fired
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She fired him?
Wtf...like it was his fault
He's saying the same thing her fans have been saying
Is Anthony Burrell gay?
Quote from: Uni on January 05, 2017, 08:12:00 AM
say what you will bout him
but he's right, he nev woulda let this hap
:plzstop:
!!!
He's trash but he's absolutely right and he made her career tbh..
Management will make or break you.
Um wow this is embarrassing af. You know it's bad when your ex wants to give his 2 cents to "help out"
Quote from: Nine on January 05, 2017, 08:34:19 AM
Quote from: BEST OF ME on January 05, 2017, 08:07:13 AM
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?My only advice is that she should hire more seasoned and respected professionals to surround her and help her with her career,? he wrote in a letter to the New York Post?s Page Six column.
Carey?s manager Stella Bulochnikov reportedly fired back: ?Really? Tommy is a relic. Did he give you that statement from a rotary phone??
bbbbbbbbbd
Not this lady proving his point.
Fire this tramp, Kweens.
An IDIOT
I agree.
Her current manager is the pits. Not her trying to defend Mariah by saying she only tried to rehearse once right before the event. :uhh:
Omg i had no idea stella was the executive producer of charmed school and flavor of love. Lmao
Quote from: Jonovan on January 06, 2017, 05:10:30 AM
Omg i had no idea stella was the executive producer of charmed school and flavor of love. Lmao
fgyyujjjkgfjnbjuukkkkkk how did Mariah FIND her
Starting to make sense now
Quote from: Jonovan on January 06, 2017, 05:10:30 AM
Omg i had no idea stella was the executive producer of charmed school and flavor of love. Lmao
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No Tommy. At the end of the day, Mariah can say "yes" or "no" to gigs being sought for her. A true artist knows what they want for their image and legacy. She obviously thinks this was a good look. She also thinks standing on a stage, barely moving and lip syncing to the classics is the way to go also. Her voice is beyond shot now. I think she should just bow out gracefully.
Quote from: Jonovan on January 06, 2017, 05:10:30 AM
Omg i had no idea stella was the executive producer of charmed school and flavor of love. Lmao
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Quote from: Jonovan on January 06, 2017, 05:10:30 AM
Omg i had no idea stella was the executive producer of charmed school and flavor of love. Lmao
OMFFFFF
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That explains so much.
This girl needs to be managing K. Michelle or put it on em make em wanna marry muh Rasheeda.
Not a legend like Queens.