Blind Mariah Fan Gets Nasty E-mail From Singer's Web Site

Fox News Online ^ | 5/29/2003 | Catherine Donaldson-Evans

[TheBigB]

NEW YORK

[TheBigB]

Geeze. Any Mariah fans out there? Does this sound like her? Regardless of who it came from, that's just cruel and nasty.

[TXBubba]

I can't speak for Carey. But if I worked for her I would do more than lip service for this. I would definitely have it investigated to see where the e-mail came from. If it did come from their site than Carey better darn well visit the kid to make up for it.

[Fedupwithit]

Michelle’s grandmother and parents have decided not to tell the child about the cruel e-mail. She suffered enough of a blow when she learned of the canceled show.

Uh, just because she is blind, do they think she is not going to HEAR about this article???

Not the sharpest knives in the drawer these people are..

[amused]

"Mariah is her imaginary friend. She takes Mariah everywhere with her," Hofland said. "When I pick her up, Mariah Carey is in the car. She absolutely adores her."

Poor little girl....the problem is Mariah seems to have imaginary friends too. To think of damage Derek Jeter hath rote...[sigh]

[frodolives]

Sure hope it's a hoax, bet it is. And now that Mariah knows about it, perhaps she WILL help fulfill her little fan's dreams. Let's see what she is by what she does next.

[MineralMan]

Smells of urban legend to me. My guess is that the original email was sent to a _fan_ site, not an official MC site. It still stinks, but I doubt that it came from MC.

[montag813]

This is a prank. My wife knew Mariah's family from Long Island, and says Mariah is a sweetie, and more generous for others than anyone will ever know...because she doesn't publicize it. This is B.S.

[Hildy]

If the grandmother was so concerned about the little girl, why was she on FOX today? It was so embarrassing. Fox is above this kind of stuff. Well, maybe not.

[beckett]

It sounds like something Carey herself would write, if you ask me. Carey is an unstable, spoiled, self-centered and not too bright girl, IMHO, and that fits the personality type of whoever authored that email.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Holy Moley.

Words fail me.

[beckett]

My wife knew Mariah's family from Long Island...

My family is also from Long Island, and my mother was a childhood friend of a woman from Carey's town. Your info about Carey being a "sweetie" is precisely opposite from what my mom's friend says of her reputation.

[amused]

If the grandmother was so concerned about the little girl, why was she on FOX today? It was so embarrassing. Fox is above this kind of stuff. Well, maybe not.

Fox or Fox News while admirably giving a voice to conservative view points has become nearly unwatchable for myself. Everything is graphics, zingers, and BS heart string pulling that you commonly find in Disney movies. Of course they aren't alone since much of cable and network news is the same crap with a different slant

Still, I just can't watch anymore unless I am in the modd for a political fights and barbs....and I have been in less of a mood this year. Too many egomaniacs who while I appreciate their fight just no longer interest me.

[sharktrager]

Everyone I have ever heard speak candidly about Mariah, wether their relationship was a personal or professional one, has said she is one of the absolute most annoying divas in music, mistreats her staff and thinks nothing of hurting people's feelings.

This is, after all, a woman who signals to her assistant by cocking her head so her assistant can rush over with a soda, and hold it while Mariah takes a sip. The woman won't even resch over to a table and grab her own soda! The hosts of the shows where she has done this are just dumbfounded.

[L`enn]

And what is it with everybody in show biz has a relative with AIDS?

[alnick]

Uh, just because she is blind, do they think she is not going to HEAR about this article???

The article didn't mention this, probably because it would be considered politically incorrect to do so, but the little girl is obviously mentally retarded. I saw the interview. The little girl does not understand any of this.

[Paul Atreides]

While I don't doubt what you say, I have a hard time believing that Mariah wrote the email. Celebs get tons upon tons of letters and email. They let agents and assistants handle the screening of it.

[Paul Atreides]

I guess it is like so many celebs come from broken homes.

[Redcloak]

Were I a cynical person, I'd suspect that the girl's family made up the story to shame Carey into visiting her.

Hey... Wait a minute... I am a cynical person!

[ewing]

Mariah's sister used to be a call girl, and supported her when she was poor and living in NYC just starting out- this may have the ring of truth..

[CommandoFrank]

MC need to be slapped right out of her blouse...

By the way, where's the madatory pic's?