Carey: Meeting ex-hubby Mottola was weird
She was all smiles when she met ex-hubby Tommy Mottola at the recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame festivities, but Mariah Carey says the moment wasn't exactly comfortable. Carey planned to make a brief appearance at last month's event at the request of Antonio "L.A." Reid, who is chairman of her label, Island Def Jam. But to her surprise, she was seated at the same table as Mottola and his new wife, singing star Thalia.
Mottola and Carey had a bitter breakup, and she has described her marriage to her former mentor as controlling. When the pair saw each other, they exchanged kisses and pleasantries, but Carey said the meeting was "just weird".
"He was a gentleman," Carey told The Associated Press in a recent interview. "He was nice, but I wasn't about the photo op, and I was kind of like bamboozled." Carey said the last time she was at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremonies, she was a young superstar, Stevie Wonder had invited her to sing onstage with her - "and I wasn't allowed to go up there, and that was the last time I went to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame."
She says tries not to reconnect with her past with Mottola for a reason. "That period of my life was so damaging, that it's like, if I even connect with who I was during that period of my life, it's a very physically... I can feel it," she said.
Carey is in a happier place these days - especially since her new album, "The mancipation of Mimi", is expected to debut at No. 1 this week. After Carey left him, Mottola was ousted from the top job at Sony Music and now runs his own label. (Yahoo! News)
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