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Re: Blind Gossip article (70,871) (70,872) by Edward from USA Nick and Mariah are friends, and seem to be co-parenting very well. Only they know what happened between them, the rest is pure speculation. Mariah wasn't a damsel in distress when Nick met her, she was a grown ass woman, even older than Nick and very well seasoned. Listening to his version of the way they were when they were a couple is as interesting as listening to Mariah and her alleged diss songs. The truth is usually right in the middle. So, there's nobody to demonize here, they got into it, they were happily married for six years, and they ended it. It takes two to tango. (Thursday 5 January 2017; 22:37)

Re: Blind Gossip article (70,848) (70,871) by Dennis from Miami, FL Nick caught Mariah in her insecure moment and abused her. I don't say it's the universal truth. That is what my experience is telling me. I wanted to say more, but I don't want to talk about another artist. (Thursday 5 January 2017; 22:08)

Re: Article: Tommy Mottola says ex-wife Mariah Carey needs help (70,859) (70,870) by Edouard from France Totally agree with you Betty . (Thursday 5 January 2017; 21:26)

Bright side (70,869) by RibbonB from USA If TM helps the bulk of the fans who were Stella supporters flip to what many of us have been saying, then his public message will have done some good. The only thing that will work is if fans converge in some sort of unity around Mariah, not Stella like many have been doing. This mess has always been destined for no good, but many supported it blindly. Stella has never been right, or built to manage Mariah and Randy Jackson saw that and as Lee Daniels said sometimes geniuses need to be saved from themselves. I have never liked how Wendy Williams treated Mariah in the past, but even she has been spot on all year about this stuff. Stella has gotten her launching pad, now she will have to sink or swim. M. can make it, but she will have to cut the lifeline she has been giving to Stella and crew at some point. (Thursday 5 January 2017; 21:11)

Is Mariah having a midlife crisis? (70,868) by Cgee54 from Usa I'm afraid Mariah may be having a midlife crisis. Think about body suits, younger man (still don't buy that relationship), ageism, and vocal problems. I don't blame, her many people will go through a midlife crisis but luckily most of us won't live ours through cameras. I'm hoping she will get through this and realize her mistakes and get it together. (Thursday 5 January 2017; 21:09)

Tommy has a point (70,867) by Mirage from Unicornatopia We all know Tommy is speaking the truth. The fact that he is even commenting is telling as to a) how bad Stella is, b) the fact that he genuinely believes something is wrong, and c) the fact that he clearly thinks Mariah is damaging a career that both he and she built. Tommy very rarely comments on Mariah, and was very complimentary of her in his book. If it was not Tommy, and was LA Reid making this statement, everyone would agree with what he has said. Say what you want about Tommy, but he is brilliant at what he does. I think we as Mariah fans may need to get a petition started to get rid of Stella. She is a disgusting, trashy, thirst bucket, and is not befitting of managing a pig in a travelling circus, let alone Mariah Carey. (Thursday 5 January 2017; 20:59)

Re: Tommy Mottola (70,849) (70,866) by Bill from the UK Tommy's statement was genius of course, but then he is a genius mind. If anything it serves as a reminder to all who may have forgotten that her most successful period was under his guidance. There is probably an element of guilt associated with it too. He must look at the Mariah of today and realise he set her down that path because of his overbearing nature when they were married. The irony in Stella's response, insulting him because of his age etc., just further helped to prove his point though about the type of people MC has chosen to manage her career. Look, Stella clearly has Mariah's back and fends off who she deems to be haters and attackers and bad press, which is somewhat noble of her, but the manner in which she does it is just embarrassing and low rent. Mariah's established, revered and aspirational career is all but finished now, and that legacy she had is all but forgotten. No casual spectators know of the Daydream tour, the groundbreaking Fantasy remix, the spectacular live specials, the brilliant back catalogue of expertly crafted songs, the career defining approach to remixes. All she's known as now is a vain egocentric with an attitude who gets wheeled out every December to sing All I Want for Christmas Is You a few times, then gets hoisted back up to Mount Diva to hibernate for 11 months. That's the tragedy of this whole thing. We are literally watching the career she worked so hard to achieve slip through her hands, destroyed by her own doing. And Jesus was a cross maker. (Thursday 5 January 2017; 20:13)

Wise words (70,865) by Jamie from UK I agree with Tommy, after all that's gone on he clearly still cares about her career path. He's right she needs to step back and think about what she wants to do. Yes she has been very successful, but she's loosing credibility with these things that keep happening. The voice is still there, when she sings acapella at concerts it's clear she can still sing. I think she should do a love songs album, something where she can show off her voice again with meaningful quality songs. (Thursday 5 January 2017; 20:02)

Stella ain't leaving (70,864) by Carlos from Brazil So apparently there is a made for television movie about Mariah's life and career and (where is the drumroll) a second season for Mariah's World. The secret (so why tell it?) projects were discussed by our beloved Stella in an interview with ET. The movie seems an interesting idea but everything that comes from her current team seems tacky and destined to flop. Also the projects looks far from being related to new music. (Thursday 5 January 2017; 19:53)

Re: Like him or not (70,853) (70,863) by Special K from USA I have a feeling Mimi might be listening a little bit. Hopefully someone like Russell Simmons or even Oprah (like Ribbon mentioned) is in Mariah's ear repeating some of the same things. Patti Labelle need to come get her goddaughter quick. What Tommy wrote was powerfully positive and he did put things into perspective about Mariah's career. (Thursday 5 January 2017; 19:46)

Re: Stella's backlash (70,840) (70,862) by Special K from USA Naw she wouldn't say anything. If she did, no other artist would ever in life ever work with her in the industry. Artists fire management teams all of the time. It's the nature of the business. (Thursday 5 January 2017; 19:23)

Knock knock, having a blond moment? (70,861) by Edward from USA Those who are talking shit about Tommy and his open letter are missing the point. What some of the "super-lambs" should consider is whether the advice is something you would agree with if it hadn't come from him. Focus on the advice, and not just on the parts you don't like about it just because it's coming from Tommy. Some of you decide to bypass the part where he speaks highly of Mariah. Tommy's advice is what we've been regurgitating for long time now, Marissa even put together well-intention petition that fell in deaf ears, but now we have a way to make this message heard and all you focus is who the [censored] advice is coming from? It's ridi-[censored]-diculous. If Tommy said Mariah should keep Stella, I would be the first one to oppose it, but he's just giving her a great and free advice. Even though they didn't work as a couple, he helped Mariah developed her brand to a point where she could fly away freely on her own. Many artists were dropped from the Sony roster so they could invest in Mariah, because he saw her potential, so let's not pretend the man is not partially responsible for her success. There are many talented, beautiful, gifted vocalists and lyricists out there, but they never got the muscle behind then to build their careers. It took an incredible talent like Mariah and a visionary like Tommy to turn Mariah into a mega star. So from a business perspective do not dismiss the voice of experience and wisdom. On a side note, even though Beyoncé is nowhere near as talented as Mariah, let's not pretend Mariah is more popular and relevant than her when the woman drops an album and within a week sells a million, her brand is almost impeccable, her videos are great and well produced. Yes, exactly the way Mariah used to be. (Thursday 5 January 2017; 19:16)

Madonna biopic too? (70,860) by RibbonB from USA The tragic irony that a Madonna biopic is also in the works and produced by none other than James Packer and Ratpac. This is too rich. Mariah needs to take a break. Lol. I wish she and dem babies and hell even Nick would retreat, luxuriate in the Bahamas for a year. Clean house, clean slate, clean bill of health. Just sit out 2017. It'll never happen, but would do a body good, better than her getting that Kanye type 5150 rest. (Thursday 5 January 2017; 19:08)

Article: Tommy Mottola says ex-wife Mariah Carey needs help (70,859) by Betty from Canada I have been a lamb since 1990 and absolutely adore MC always and forever, so while Tommy's comments may be reasonable from his point of view, I will always support MC's decisions as long as she is happy. Her professional success is not more important than her own personal happiness. (Thursday 5 January 2017; 18:47)

Re: Tommy defends Mariah and gives his 2 cents (70,841) (70,858) by Mike from FL, USA I can't believe Stella is now trash talking Tommy. Calling him names when he is at least 50% responsible for Mariah's early successes is a bit flippant to say the least. I do think Stella has done some good - of course the bad does seem to outweigh most of the good - but I think it was so disrespectful calling Tommy names and attempting to put him down. The man knows what he is talking about. (Thursday 5 January 2017; 18:41)

Re: Article: Tommy Mottola says ex-wife Mariah Carey needs help (70,822) (70,857) by Shezz from Pk Isn't this what most of us have been saying all this time? This was a very thinly veiled "Ditch Stella ASAP" call but now that Tommy is saying it, it's the truth. Mariah is a brand that clearly needs to be managed and when managed well she has proven to be highly successful. So yes these last 2 years are a result of terrible management by Stella and so Mariah's fault because she hired her. Problem is that she is now living in an impenetrable Bulochnikov world so there's no way anyone is getting through to her since she never ever leaves her side probably afraid that someone might take her Russian red tinted glasses off. I understand that Mariah loves her and her family and probably feels she needs them. I'm scared there's no way out. Funny how Wendy is calling Stella out as well and saying the only decent member of her team is Kristopher. (Thursday 5 January 2017; 18:41)

Re: Article: Tommy Mottola says ex-wife Mariah Carey needs help (70,830) (70,856) by Liz Archer from Sweden You know, I hate to say this but, I totally agree some of what he is saying. To me it seems like she is dealing with very unprofessional or unqualified people (that doesn't know what they are doing). That, or she doesn't control every part of her business as an artist should do. I have often wondered why things are not promoted enough. You know, I have tons of innovated ideas that she could do to build up her fans again and creativity but I doubt she will listen. And frankly I am scared that she likes Stella too much and won't act accordingly. Stella is very unprofessional. You can't tell press or who ever you are working with to piss off. Her languish and the way she presents herself, speaks a lot of what is going wrong. To me it seems like she is good at yelling and sucking up, but not making sure to run a well oil machine. The mistakes that has been done under her watch speaks for itself. Yes, it is difficult to get good people. Sighs, just my rant. (Thursday 5 January 2017; 18:32)

Mariah biopic coming (70,855) by RibbonB from USA Oh well, Stellar is announcing a new Mariah biopic and confirms three hallmark movies are still in the works. Not confirmed is whether there will be a season or two of Mariah's World. This is a great time for Mariah to drop Stella as her music manager and let her manage the movie aspect of things. She needs to pull the plug on this "traveling family" concept and take her personal life back and deal with her children. If the biopic comes to life, I hope it doesn't flop in the ratings. The 90's singer Michel'le had a successful movie for Lifetime this year, but the way Stellar has handled MW, I don't predict a wild success. (Thursday 5 January 2017; 18:13)

What happened to? (70,854) by Lara from Middle East "Be nice or leave"? Isn't that one of Mariah's favorite sentences? Well none of Stella's replies have been nice so far. (Thursday 5 January 2017; 17:33)

Re: Like him or not (70,847) (70,853) by Licia from USA I agree. I would never want or ask her to work with him again, but I'd like her to at least consider the advice he's given. (Thursday 5 January 2017; 17:28)

Too proud and stubborn (70,852) by Sasha from Nomansland She's too proud and stubborn to listening to Tommy or anyone else advices. I think all we can do is to wait patiently for her to reach the bottom and only then she'd maybe wake up and get rid of Stella. Until then there's nothing to do, I'm afraid. (Thursday 5 January 2017; 17:01)

Vent moment: Mariah's World (70,851) by Lila from United States I'll keep this short and sweet. I caught the episode, the whole thing was horrible, the Tanaka moments were disgusting and I mean literally disgusting (so so so so so so so lost as to why she's going out of her way to make it look like she was cheating on James). Pranking Molly was stupid. I'd feel bad for her but then I remember she's an actress. I said to myself, this is the fourth episode, we're halfway through, if there's no full performance shown, there most likely won't be any. Lo and behold nothing. We didn't even get a taste, like on episode three. The series was blah from the start but the fourth looks like a demarcation of it taking a tacky nose dive. (Thursday 5 January 2017; 16:54)

Re: Blind Gossip article (70,832) (70,850) by Lila from United States Right. Lol. To even think it plausible for Mariah to do anything else but get the money first is to admit that she's just a plain dummy and anyone else for that matter. I think her self preservation skills will kick in. She has no problem finding her damsel in distress cape. In a way I feel sorry for Stella - okay no I don't. Still, every time the woman opens her mouth she proves that she's none too bright, has no tact, and no strategy. However, she seems to sincerely think that Mariah and her have a true bond and they're best friends lol. I see nothing of the sort, even after watching Mariah's World, there seems to be nothing about their dynamic that seems like true friends. Mariah keeps her around because she's willing to be Mariah's mean girl persona come to life, doesn't curve her behavior in any way, she's not alone, and it's a party 24/7. Mariah has been loyal to a lot of people but I don't think Stella is one. She'll be sacrificed with no problems if things turn ever get too bad. Now if I'm wrong, I never claimed I was a psychic lol, it's just a theory. (Thursday 5 January 2017; 16:43)

Tommy Mottola (70,849) by Tiina from Finland Wow, I'm shocked he chimed in. This is getting good. Whatever happened in the past, this man knows what he is talking about. I agree with him 100% and it's also nice for him to speak about Mariah in such a respectful manner and to have her back. I doubt Mariah will listen though. But maybe she will. (Thursday 5 January 2017; 16:17)

Re: Blind Gossip article (70,811) (70,848) by Lila from United States I can't believe how many fans are still stuck on that era. Mariah stopped doing promo during E=MC2 because she wanted to be with Nick. That was her decision. She was happy and in love, that became a priority, and good for her. Some of ya'll really can't bring yourselves to ever lay blame where it belongs: with Mariah. Nick never forced Mariah to do anything that she didn't want to do and he wasn't holding a gun to her head. You don't know anything about Mark Sudack that makes him any more "decent" than Nick or anyone else. Personally, though I wasn't a fly on the wall, a mouth inside Mariah's camp let some lambs know that things between Mariah and Mark were not peaches and cream by a long shot, they argued a lot, and things were not getting any better. Had they married it's very possible that it would have been an awful marriage. As rich and connected as his wife's dad is, it's possible that there's extra incentive to be wonderful to her. As for his current wife, he may love her but I don't doubt that there's extra incentive to walk the straight and narrow because her daddy is very wealthy and very connected. I also remember a while back, reading a fan's account of him being rude when he was interacting with Mariah fans. Also, Madonna did not use a "sperm donor" for her first child. She was with Lourdes' father for almost three and a half years and that man is in Lourdes life. Last year, the girl even got a tattoo of the words mom and dad on each hand. (Thursday 5 January 2017; 15:33)

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