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Mariah Carey Scolds Backup Singer During Performance

Posted Apr 25th 2008 4:30PM by Tracey Ford
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There's a chance Mariah Carey will be looking for a new backup singer soon. While performing her No. 1 hit 'Touch My Body' on Good Morning America, the R&B diva turned around and scolded a backup singer, singing "Stop singing my part ... now baby ..." Carey's response to the backup singer's flub was the least of her problems.

As Mimi stood at the top of the steps of the elaborate stage in the center of Times Square in New York the back-up track of the song started a little bit too early. In true diva fashion, Mimi managed to shake off the backing track slipup while improvising in her skintight, hot pink dress. "A little creative. I try to bring something new to the moment every time," Carey said after the performance.

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tmblake09

I would just like to say....this article FAILS. The problem was not the backup singer; if you did any research at all, you would realize the problem was ONLY the backing track, and Mariah said "Stop singing my part now baby" as a message to the audio technicians to turn off the backing track. If you listen closely, the part where she belts "Touch my body!" plays just a bit too soon, and then a couple seconds later she repeats it, actually singing the part she would have been lipping. =]

April 23 2010 at 6:17 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

octopissed

She wasn't scolding a background singer. The track was messed up.

May 24 2009 at 10:32 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

A Joy Ride

Heeey!!! What y'all takin 'bout. If you were making that kind of money you would want it right, too. Work it Mimi!!! Ain't nobody bad like you are. I wish I was me-me.

May 02 2008 at 8:06 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Barbie

Mariah Carey has a great voice, but it's never professional to dress down a backup singer during a performance. Shame on you Mimi! :(

April 29 2008 at 3:17 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Frank SDweeley

good old mariha I really detest that snobby little bitch her performance on idol was low grade at best, I think she needs a good stint in a womens prison get her shit together maybe a good gangbang with the male guards

April 28 2008 at 5:23 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Terry

So full of herself!!!! Every single time I hear of a "Diva" being over-demanding, it's Mariah!!!!

April 28 2008 at 3:41 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

REGINA MARTIN

What a BITCH!!!

April 27 2008 at 11:28 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

She is so rude. She thinks she is all that.

April 27 2008 at 8:42 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

She really wants to be a diva but that will never happen.She's just average and boring.Why does her skin and hair keep getting lighter?

April 27 2008 at 8:32 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Aida

You know what? She's a dumb b***ch and let me tell you why? She is so hell bent on being a "diva" that she actually NEEDS someone to sing her damn parts because she can't sing it her damn self. I mean honestly, Mariah Carey was so 10 years ago! Isn't she like 50? WIth all the plastic surgery its really hard to tell. She should just stop trying to be something that she's notShe is NOT a Diva! She never was and never will be! She is ridiculous and stupid if she thinks that she can ever compete with the REAL ClASSIC Divas like Mrs. Aretha Franklin herself!

April 26 2008 at 11:11 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply