The back and forth/”he said, she said” continues between Dick Clark Productions and Mariah Carey after her abysmal ‘New Year’s Eve 2016’ live performance saw her experience a number a technical difficulties while on stage (see: ear monitor malfunction, poor lip-syncing, etc.).
As Carey continues to be the brunt of jokes three days after the incident, her team are clapping at DCP for “intentionally setting her up to fail” – a claim the production company and its staff vehemently deny. Now, after strong defense from her manager, Stella Bulochnikov (see more on that here), the legendary songstress is offering her own commentary on the experience she’s branded “mortifying.”
Her weigh in is followed by word from Jenny McCarthy, the NYE special’s co-host, who maintains that MC did NOT do a sound check despite claiming otherwise….
“All I can say is Dick Clark was an incredible person and I was lucky enough to work with him when I first started in the music business.” “I’m of the opinion that Dick Clark would not have let an artist go through that and he would have been as mortified as I was in real time.”
EW: Do you think this will make you wary of signing onto a future live TV event?
MC: It’s not going to stop me from doing a live event in the future. But it will make me less trusting of using anyone outside of my own team.
EW: What’s the reaction been like on your end?
MC: My true fans have been so supportive and I am so appreciative of them and everybody in the media that came out to support me after the fact because it really was an incredible holiday season that turned into a horrible New Year’s Eve.
McCarthy, who has hosted the NYE special for the last 7 years alongside Ryan Seacrest and a host of others, took to her own SiriusXM radio show to weigh in on the debacle.
“All of a sudden I felt really bad for her, because it was that bad. It was a complete train wreck,” said McCarthy.“Now, I do understand our egos, of course, want to blame everyone but itself for mistakes, but I literally had a visceral reaction to her saying that Dick Clark Productions did this on purpose and for ratings. I mean, let me tell you something. If Dick Clark were alive today, I guarantee he would be on air right now fighting back. He’s not, so I’m going to.
The truth of the matter is Mariah didn’t do a sound check,” said McCarthy.“She did whatever you would call, like, a dance move rehearsal holding her gold microphone, and she stood off to the side of the stage while she had a stand-in do a sound check.”
Actor/singer Donnie Wahlberg, McCarthy’s husband, was present and even gave his two cents:
“The buck stops with the artist. If you’re gonna be a boss or you’re gonna be a diva, then you know, again, it’s your name, your face and your legacy on the line.
So you leave something to someone else, you have no one to blame but yourself. The music track, missing a vocal, that’s on her. No rehearsal, that’s on her…”
Well better to be a has-been that’s STILL relevant enough to book the prime spot on New Year’s Eve then to be a NEVER WAS like this Jenny woman and her z-list husband. Who cares about their opinions? She’s an ex-porno model for crying out loud. Until these showbiz people critiquing Mariah can match her success (which they never will), their opinions are null and void.
200 million sold, Mariah stays booked. One sweet day is still THE BIGGEST SELLING SONG in HISTORY, with WE BELONG TOGETHER right behind it. RESPECT the legends troll
the link you posted does not prove she did sound check. it only proves she was there and – as jenny alluded to – may have only done a rehearsal of choreography.
until a video surfaces, it’s still just dcp’s word against MC’s
Mariah should have known better with 20+ years in the business. Why would you use someone else sound system? Why trust someone else’s team but your own? Like said above it’s your legacy on the line.
Isn’t it time to move on from this story. Everyone is just repeating themselves!! TGJ needs to come up with another topic. We know you don’t like Mariah
It’s considered live if you’re there in person as opposed to singing live. Beyonce was live at Obama’s inauguration although she Rupaul drag raced the hell out of that preformance
She probably wasn’t planning to sing live and instead had a pre recorded live track to which she was going to sing song with and do some live vocals here and there.
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Her in ears could have not been working too, but I think the real issue is her not taking any of the blame!
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I think maybe they might have played the wrong track that had no pre recorded vocal scould have been the case too.
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Regardless as a professional she acted terribly on stage and wasn’t even entertaining with what she said to the crowd. Perhaps some background on the song and how it came to be would have been better than saying it went to number 1. If she wasn’t going to sing due to not warming up and weather.
People still fail to realize without that earpiece Mariah was basically blind on stage! ask any artist and they will tell you this too. I hope Mimi not only provides proof but sues theses bastards too. ” She wasnt gonna sing live anyway ” ?? then wtf was Emotions only in instrumental instead of one bridge part?? of course the viewers can hear the music while the station mutes the roars from the crowd. but the fact remains Mariah could not hear her music or herself.
And while you haters continuously talking s***, Sam why you didnt report thzt after the fiasco We Belong Together just sold an additional 3x million sell. Mad Mimi still received another check including royalties from Xmas. Haters i swear
The excuses by the die hard Mariah fans are ridiculous. As if D*** Clark and Co were hoping for that shambles of a performance. They’ll be blaming Putin next.
So wait…… This host claims a stand in did the sound check with the in ears while Mariah stood to the side? Wouldn’t the stand in have realised the in ears didn’t work at that time then??
It’s sloppy on DCP – out of respect to the artists how are you not gonna make sure all technical requirements are taken care of before you let the artist go live on stage????
Hang it up big boned sis Mariah!
You’re an overweight has-BEEN!
Well better to be a has-been that’s STILL relevant enough to book the prime spot on New Year’s Eve then to be a NEVER WAS like this Jenny woman and her z-list husband. Who cares about their opinions? She’s an ex-porno model for crying out loud. Until these showbiz people critiquing Mariah can match her success (which they never will), their opinions are null and void.
200 million sold, Mariah stays booked. One sweet day is still THE BIGGEST SELLING SONG in HISTORY, with WE BELONG TOGETHER right behind it. RESPECT the legends troll
One sweet day is not the biggest selling song. Its not even top 20 of all time. One word: Payola.
#1 for 16 weeks tho. In my WEndy voice: HOW U FOOLIN Mariah!
Here is the proof she actually doing sound check.
Take your word back and apologise to Mariah, sir.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/see-mariah-carey-rehearsing-disastrous-9545623
>lambs
this is her twitter account. go.
@JennyMcCarthy
this Jenny (ironically same name as jlo) is mistakenly taking dance rehearsal as sound check. stupid reporter.
the link you posted does not prove she did sound check. it only proves she was there and – as jenny alluded to – may have only done a rehearsal of choreography.
until a video surfaces, it’s still just dcp’s word against MC’s
I love Mariah and honestly I wouldn’t be surprised if all of this is for her reality show to secure another season.
Something just doesn’t add up lol
Uh-huh why ya’ll gotta drag Christina into this?
Mariah should have known better with 20+ years in the business. Why would you use someone else sound system? Why trust someone else’s team but your own? Like said above it’s your legacy on the line.
I don’t know if she had a choice in that though
Of course she had a say, she’s Mariah Carey
Ppl are missing the point is that she wasn’t planning to sing live anyway
Yet again
Most singers don’t sing live at these types of big events, especially vocalists who know better than to sing full out in the middle of the cold
B**** even fifth no harmony sang live
Everyone else up there sang live
What do u need a sound check for if u r going to lop sync?? Am I missing something
*** lip sync
Isn’t it time to move on from this story. Everyone is just repeating themselves!! TGJ needs to come up with another topic. We know you don’t like Mariah
Signing on to a future live TV event? It’s not a live performance if it’s lip sync. Call it a live appearance instead.
It’s considered live if you’re there in person as opposed to singing live. Beyonce was live at Obama’s inauguration although she Rupaul drag raced the hell out of that preformance
We belong together is certified 3x platinum she’s still slaying
She probably wasn’t planning to sing live and instead had a pre recorded live track to which she was going to sing song with and do some live vocals here and there.
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Her in ears could have not been working too, but I think the real issue is her not taking any of the blame!
–
I think maybe they might have played the wrong track that had no pre recorded vocal scould have been the case too.
–
Regardless as a professional she acted terribly on stage and wasn’t even entertaining with what she said to the crowd. Perhaps some background on the song and how it came to be would have been better than saying it went to number 1. If she wasn’t going to sing due to not warming up and weather.
People still fail to realize without that earpiece Mariah was basically blind on stage! ask any artist and they will tell you this too. I hope Mimi not only provides proof but sues theses bastards too. ” She wasnt gonna sing live anyway ” ?? then wtf was Emotions only in instrumental instead of one bridge part?? of course the viewers can hear the music while the station mutes the roars from the crowd. but the fact remains Mariah could not hear her music or herself.
And while you haters continuously talking s***, Sam why you didnt report thzt after the fiasco We Belong Together just sold an additional 3x million sell. Mad Mimi still received another check including royalties from Xmas. Haters i swear
She stays winning even without trying.. Ki
This woman is amazing. The instrumental played, which means that she was going to sing. Idiots..
It wasn’t the instrumental did u watch it on tv?
The excuses by the die hard Mariah fans are ridiculous. As if D*** Clark and Co were hoping for that shambles of a performance. They’ll be blaming Putin next.
So wait…… This host claims a stand in did the sound check with the in ears while Mariah stood to the side? Wouldn’t the stand in have realised the in ears didn’t work at that time then??
It’s sloppy on DCP – out of respect to the artists how are you not gonna make sure all technical requirements are taken care of before you let the artist go live on stage????
Smh