Look.. Anonymous.. you can talk sooo much crap about Mariah but you must be listed as ANONYMOUS! WOW! That says alot about you.. if your gonna speak your piece state your name. Mariah is the number one female recording artist of ALL TIMES because she earned it! Noone handed it to her.. she worked for it and she deserves it! Leona Lewis can sing.. however.. she MIRRORED herself after Mariah.. she said so herself.. so she studied the GREATEST and it shows. So before you go being a PERMANENT HATER on Mariah learn your facts!!.. THANKS MANAGEMENT!
Friday February 2, 2007

Cover Image Courtesy Markus Klinko and Indrani/Black and White Photography by Michael Thompson/© Playboy
Mariah Carey is many things, but a shrinking violet isn't one of them.
In the March issue of Playboy, the 37-year-old singer talks openly about her 2001 breakdown, the Eminem dating drama, wardrobe malfunctions and how she actively avoids her own movie.
Behold the paradox that is Mimi, the Jack-Russell-lovin'-Hello-Kitty obsessed-butterfly-totin' diva who still finds time to mock American Idol's Randy Jackson in between losing her top.
Sit back, perhaps even pop a Xanax (!), and enjoy:
On Her Breakdown in 2001:
"What happened was that people made a big deal of when my old publicist pulled the microphone out of my hand because I was venting about Howard Stern. Howard Stern had said a lot of mean stuff about me that morning, as he does about everybody every morning, and I think it really got to me. So I gained five pounds. It’s not the end of the freakin’ world. But I was exhausted, and I did collapse later. Then everybody blew it out of proportion.”
On the Eminem Apology:
"Something is clearly askew with him, and I’m not quite sure what it is. I just heard something else he recently said about me. I’m curious as to why he’s so obsessed with me. I never got an apology letter, by the way; I don’t know what they’re talking about. Then again, I wasn’t exactly searching my mailbox for it."
On American Idol:
I know everybody thinks I’m the poster child for American Idol, but I was really shy when I first came out as a performer....Randy Jackson of American Idol has worked with me since my first record. I’ve known him for so long, and now he’s a huge star. It’s just weird to me. We’ll get mobbed walking down the street. You know how the band is introduced at a show? My little joke used to be that he was Michael Jackson’s brother, and the crowd would believe me and go crazy.
On Endless Wardrobe Malfunctions:
Oh please, there have been so many. On this tour there was a really bad malfunction... It was this little top with a hook and eye on the front. It was a nightmare. The top was so tight that night because we girls have moments when the top might be tighter, but I caught it, and that’s how you know a pro.
On Glitter:
I try to avoid it. Actually, I don’t mind it. There are moments that make me laugh, and I don’t care.... Glitter was such a bomb, but no one ever pointed out that it came out around September 11, 2001.


