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Mariah Carey Reveals She Was "Emotionally" Abused

Wednesday – November 04, 2009 – 1:06pm

Mariah Carey says she "can't imagine" what Rihanna went through when Chris Brown beat her earlier this year.

"I was very sequestered, as you know, when I first started out and if I were just allowed to be young and with a young boyfriend who's also a star and you know, you're working and you're both -- I don't know what goes on," she says in an interview on CNN's Larry King Live Wednesday. "You know what I mean? So it's like, I wasn't really allowed out of the house, so I can't imagine what she went through."

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But the Precious star, 40, says she is no stranger to abuse.

Asked if she's ever been abused, she says, "Abuse has several categories. Emotionally, mentally, in other ways."

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She says "it's scary" to try to break out of a destructive relationship. "I just think you get into a situation and you feel locked in -- if your situation is similar to one of the situations I've been in, which I won't harp on," she says.

Adds Carey (who was formerly wed to Sony Music mogul Tommy Mottola), "For me, to really get out, it was difficult because there was a connection that was not only a marriage but a business thing where the person was in control of my life."

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These days, she is happy with husband Nick Cannon.

Is a bun in the oven?

"Right now? I'm going to take a swig of my scotch and let you know," she tells King.

Carey says being pregnant "would be the happiest thing in my life, but what I'm saying is right now with this movie [Precious] coming out, with the next few singles from the album and those things that I'm doing, I need to focus on that because I cannot do the having-a-child thing halfway."

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"I wouldn't be just like, 'Oh, I'm having a child, yay! Let me get a nanny so I can give her the baby. Take the kid,'" she adds. "That doesn't work me. I don't believe in that."

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  • November 18, 2009 - 11:36pm mimiFOREVER Says:

    Really guys? Grow up. mimiFOREVER
  • November 05, 2009 - 11:13am Buzz Says:

    She won't be having any kids period. She's too old now. She keeps putting it off, drinking alcohol which deteriorates the eggs rapidly, and doesn't hear her bio clock ticking. Next we'll be hearing how heart broken she is when she can't produce & Nick will leave her.
  • November 05, 2009 - 7:46am gorgeous Says:

    I WISH PPL STOP TLKIN BOUT WHT THE CHRIS BRWN DID TO RIHANA CAUSE IN MY CASE ITS DNE AND OVA WIT JST LET IT GO IN MY CASE SHE GOT WHT SHE DESERVE CAUSE I KNW SHE HAD TO DO SOMETHNG FOR HIM TO SNAP....
  • November 05, 2009 - 7:11am dana Says:

    I really don't trust celebrities and what they claim. The trend now is that everyone is somehow sexually abused when he/she was young, or he/she were verbally abused, etc. It's the same stories to grab attention and sympathy. I rather hear it from the real people in the community sharing their experiences and finding ways to actually help others.
  • November 05, 2009 - 3:13am Tiffanie Says:

    Well, who hasn't been emotionally abused by someone at least once in their life? So what?
  • November 05, 2009 - 1:10am Angie Says:

    MARIAH, YOU NOW LIVE THE GLAMOROUS LIFE. STOP DRESSING LIKE A LADY OF THE NIGHT... FATE BOOBS HANGING OUT AREN'T CUTE ANYMORE. YOU CAUGHT YOUR BATE/MATE THOSE ARE FOR HIS EYES ONLY NOW!!! HOW OLD ARE YOU NOW 60?? DRESS AND ACT YOUR AGE. FOR REAL ENOUGH IS ENOUGH NOW...
  • November 04, 2009 - 9:41pm ME Says:

    Some people prefer to have careers instead of having children. That doesn't make them selfish. It makes them responsible. So don't hate on Mariah because she could afford to have children, but wishes to wait until she feels ready. But I do agree that she needs to wear clothes that fit her properly and covers her body.
  • November 04, 2009 - 9:41pm wendy Says:

    I used to love mariah carey but now she just annoys the heck out of me , i hate how she just always goes back to her marriage with tommy mottola and how he kept her locked like a bird blah blah blah !!! im sure she didnt have an issue with it when he was helping her become a star. mariah im so sick of you .. your so fake and such a wanna be humble person that the truth seeps out of your pores .. You annoy me so much ... Your so fake you act fake you look fake and you really need to start hiding your boobs .. they are not cute
  • November 04, 2009 - 7:34pm Mz9 Says:

    When will this woman stop shopping at baby GAP? she really needs someone in her life that is real and tell her to dress her age her look isn't cute anymore
  • November 04, 2009 - 7:08pm Cate Says:

    SHUT UP MARIAH
  • November 04, 2009 - 6:33pm SLM Says:

    i think everything about her is fake. i saw her on oprah (or the view) once and she was so ridiculously fake, i lost respect for her. she's turned into another hollywood weirdo. we all have problems mariah - you seem to have many. the more problems you claim, the more publicity and the more you can spend money on your ridiculous self. people STOP pitying this lady. wow, her cheeks are so round you just want to pop them with a pin and deflate.....
  • November 04, 2009 - 6:24pm , Says:

    1. desperate to hang on to her youth 2. BS about the nanny part, she's way to high maintenance to not have the nanny raise the kid or hand off to 99% of the time. 3. she claims to not be selfish to have the kid handed off to a nanny, yet she is selfish because her career comes FIRST to stop & have a child 4. just like fake J Lo J Hoe, she will put on a show in public with the kid when really a nanny is the majority who will raise the kid. I've been a nanny for the kind of job ridden high maintenance people like them & these people think 10 min a day with their kid is "quality" time. Actually, todays society seems to frown on REAL stay at home moms as if they are not working. Being a hands on mom is so important, not having the kid thrown in daycare or raised by some nanny. I know there are single moms out there so I can understand that situation, but moms who don't need to work, ones who have enough money already or at least many who are married need to focus on either the husband or wife one being there until the child at least starts kindergarten. Many can do it if they were not so focused on keeping up with the jonses, living beyond their means. I mean like all the money spent on shopping, expensive extra cable tv, expensive cars, eating out all the time, living in the most expensive house for their income level. What the married mom is making in pay to pay for the nanny & daycare is going to that service, so stay home already otherwise don't bother to have a kid. If people are so selfis that material things mean more to have to keep working that they use the excuse they can't stay home during the crucial years of a child, then they are just selfish period!
  • November 04, 2009 - 5:56pm W. Says:

    She sounds so immature.
  • November 04, 2009 - 5:46pm Shelly Says:

    Her cheeks look as if it's been injected one too many times.
  • November 04, 2009 - 5:20pm What are Says:

    She's not getting any younger. She's already 40. The older a woman gets, the more difficult it can be to become pregnant. The risks also increase with age. If she wants to have a baby she better start thinking about it soon.
  • November 04, 2009 - 5:20pm What are Says:

    She's not getting any younger. She's already 40. The older a woman gets, the more difficult it can be to become pregnant. The risks also increase with age. If she wants to have a baby she better start thinking about it soon.
  • November 04, 2009 - 5:20pm What are Says:

    She's not getting any younger. She's already 40. The older a woman gets, the more difficult it can be to become pregnant. The risks also increase with age. If she wants to have a baby she better start thinking about it soon.
  • November 04, 2009 - 4:38pm ME Says:

    She's phony. You're glad she is ok? Oh I am sure she really cares about you! get a life people, everyone has issues, she is just in it for attention!
  • November 04, 2009 - 4:37pm Vera Ando-Winstead Says:

    Has there been any celebrity woman that hasn't been abused? Seems like everyone of them has been abused or so they say.
  • November 04, 2009 - 4:11pm PJ Says:

    Yea Sarah I saw that Leno show as well and "What is with the boobs always hanging out?" you'd think by now she would want to be more alluring and not so slatty. I'm about the same age as her and I can not believe she doesn't see how TACKY it is to have her boobs so overly exposed. Just plain TACKY....HOney put those things away already!!!!

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