[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.

[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.

[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?

[denydenydeny]

The story has now been completely updated at the Fox News website:

NEW YORK — A 10-year-old Mariah Carey (search) fan got her wish to talk to the diva after a prankster sent the girl a nasty e-mail claiming to be the singer, the pop star's spokesman said Thursday.

The incident began when Michelle Katz's grandmother, Dee Hofland, wrote an e-mail to what she thought was Carey's official Web site. Writing on behalf of her granddaughter, Hofland asked for an audience with the singer. Michelle, who is blind, idolizes the singer and was crushed after Carey canceled the St. Paul concert the girl and her grandmother had hoped to attend.

But the response Hofland received was appalling — and not from Carey or anyone who works for her, insisted the singer's publicist, Cindy Berger, who called the e-mail "completely bogus."

"Miss, with all due respect, I have my own problems. I have no time to accommodate everyone else’s," the e-mail to Katz read. "My sister is suffering HIV right now. Is anyone worried about my problems? Some people can be so damn selfish. Next time you e-mail me with any requests, you will be reported. Have a great day! m.c."

Carey called the girl directly after learning of the experience, according to Berger.

"Mariah spoke to the little girl’s father, Bill Katz, and he put the little girl, Michelle, on phone," Berger said. "Mariah assured her that e-mail response she got came from a bogus Web site, not an official site."

Now Katz may get her wish to meet the pop diva in person. "Mariah is looking forward to meeting Michelle and her family backstage at a concert during her Charmbracelet tour," said Berger.

Hofland said her granddaughter admires Carey so much she has learned to play some of her songs on the piano.

"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."

The fake e-mail, which came from an AOL address, is being investigated by AOL, according to Berger.