Mariah Carey Talks Uncomfortable Ellen Moment, Eminem and Derek Jeter

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Pop diva Mariah Carey is promoting her forthcoming autobiography, The Meaning of Mariah, and in a new interview with Vulture, sheโ€™s dishing on a few tidbits to help tease the book.

Here are a few nightlights from the Vulture profile:

On the interview with Ellen DeGeneres that made her feel uncomfortable: In 2008 there were rumors that Carey was pregnant. During an appearance on Ellen DeGeneresโ€™ talk show, Ellen brought out champagne to test if Mariah was actually pregnant.

โ€œI was extremely uncomfortable with that moment is all I can say. And I really have had a hard time grappling with the aftermath. I wasnโ€™t ready to tell anyone because I had had a miscarriage. I donโ€™t want to throw anyone thatโ€™s already being thrown under any proverbial bus, but I didnโ€™t enjoy that moment.โ€

There is โ€œan empathy that can be applied to those moments that I would have liked to have been implemented. But what am I supposed to do? Itโ€™s like, [sings] โ€˜What are you going to do?'โ€

On her romance with baseball player Derek Jeter: In the book, Carey writes about meeting Jeter at a dinner party near the end of her marriage to Tommy Mottola. The two โ€œsecretlyโ€ started flirting via text, before they shared โ€œa clandestine kissโ€ on the roof of his apartment building. Though fans have long believed her song โ€œThe Roofโ€ was, in fact, about Jeter, the tell-all finally confirms it.

โ€œOf course I do! I can never forget that moment. I mean, itโ€™s not like it was some intensely deep, intellectually stimulating โ€” again, it was a great moment, and it happened in a divine way because it helped me get past living there, in Sing Sing [ex-husband Tommy Mottolaโ€™s home], under those rules and regulations.โ€

On her rumored relationship with Eminem (sheโ€™s not spilling much): โ€œThereโ€™s some songs that I can sing in response to that, but I will not do it. If somebody or something didnโ€™t pertain to the actual meaning of Mariah Carey, as is the title, then they arenโ€™t in the book.โ€


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