Mariah Carey Opens Up On Past Personal Abuse

Access Hollywood - November 4, 2009 9:02 PM PST
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- While Rihanna is set to break her silence in her first TV interview since the assault at the hands of Chris Brown, her fellow pop star Mariah Carey sat down with Larry King to reveal her own abuse she has suffered in a past relationship.

"You know Rihanna. What did you make of that story," Larry asked her, in an interview airing on CNN's "Larry King Live" on Wednesday night.

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"You know, 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," Mariah said. "You know what I mean? I wasn't really allowed out of the house, so I can't imagine what she went through."

When asked if anyone had ever abused her, Mariah said abuse comes in many different forms.

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"Abuse has several categories... emotionally, mentally, in other ways," she explained.

"Why is hard to get out of it?" Larry asked Mariah, who stars in the upcoming film "Precious," about a 16-year-old girl who is sexually and emotionally abused by her parents.

"It's scary. 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," Mariah continued.

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"For me, to really get out of it was difficult because there was a connection that was not only a marriage, but a business where the person was in control of my life."

Mariah - who was previously married to Sony music mogul Tommy Mottola from 1993 - 1998 - said she is very comfortable and happy in her new marriage with Nick Cannon.

And while there are no immediate plans for a baby, the singer admitted the thought of motherhood definitely makes her smile.

"[It] would be the happiest thing in my life, but what I'm saying is right now with ['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," she admitted. "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.' That doesn't work for me. I don't believe in that."

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  • Tommaleen
    What difference does it make what ethnicity Mariah Carey is, she is wonderful entertainer, she has the ability to help us to escape things that can be depressing, because many times they are depressing things. As far as I'm concerned she is like a magician making us fell well when clearly we are not. The escape to joy just for a moment has no race, it is universal, limitless &
    report abuseposted November 8, 2009 8:29 PM PST
  • Sadie
    hi mariah carey some day u have to talk to me. Ilove all of your songs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i really mean it so u would have to talk to me some time.
    report abuseposted November 6, 2009 12:05 AM PST
  • Rena
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    report abuseposted November 5, 2009 11:08 PM PST
  • Rena
    ################ I am a cute black girl with perfect sexy stature. ==== I am eager for a good man online. Feel free to check my crazy hot personal photos under "Renaque" at A- f- -r- o- M- i- n- g- l- e . c- O- m, which is my favoriate afro babes' clun for fun, meeting good men ONLINE
    report abuseposted November 5, 2009 11:08 PM PST
  • artguy17
    So fine. Seems like an open young lady who's seen some bad times.
    report abuseposted November 5, 2009 10:41 PM PST
  • kv
    Well Mariah can be whatever the heck she wants...she's gorgeous and talented... My point was, that it shoudln't matter what race she is...She represents what America is today! WE should accept everyone despite of their skin color or where their background comes from, or how many races ur mixed with. Whether she's black or white...She doesn't really give a crap abou
    report abuseposted November 5, 2009 10:21 PM PST
  • Loveless
    lmfao she breaks her silence about Chris Brown? She should be more worried about Eminem. F- MARIAH!
    report abuseposted November 5, 2009 9:56 PM PST
  • Alice
    Mariah is biracial African American in every way and that is all she admits to. My grandfather was born in France but that doesn't make me French. I am American and Mariah is African American, mixed race. Her language, culture and race is American only.
    report abuseposted November 5, 2009 8:31 PM PST
  • Alexa D
    Carey was born in Huntington, Long Island, New York. She is the third and youngest child of Patricia Carey (née Hickey), a former opera singer and vocal coach, and Alfred Roy Carey, an aeronautical engineer.[12][13] Her mother was Irish American and her father was of Afro-Venezuelan descent;[14] her paternal grandfather, Roberto Nuñez, changed his surname to Carey to better assimilate upon movin
    report abuseposted November 5, 2009 8:24 PM PST
  • Alice
    Mariah Carey is exactly like Natasha Hamilton of Atomic Kitty and Rashida Jones. All three of them are half white/black and that's it..period! Mariah is racially and culturally African American, mixed race so deal with it idiots.
    report abuseposted November 5, 2009 7:54 PM PST
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