Mariah Carey says she has been the victim of emotional abuse
Mariah Carey might be happily married to Nick Cannon now, but she revealed to CNN's Larry King last night that she was once in a much unhappier relationship, so much so that she was able to sympathize with Rihanna after the singer was assaulted by ex-boyfriend Chris Brown last February.
When asked about her reaction to the incident, Mariah told Larry:
"I was very sequestered, as you know, when I first started out ... I wasn't really allowed out of the house, so I can't imagine what she went through."
When pressed if she had ever personally been the victim of abuse, she replied:
"Emotionally, mentally, in other ways ... It's scary.
"You know, 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 – for me, to really get out, it was difficult because there was a connection that was not only a marriage but a business thing, where the person was in control of my life."
Moving onto more positive things, Larry than asked about about family plans, leading to Mariah saying:
"It would be the happiest thing in my life, but what I'm saying is right now with this movie [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.
"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."
Mariah Carey might be happily married to Nick Cannon now, but she revealed to CNN's Larry King last night that she was once in a much unhappier relationship, so much so that she was able to sympathize with Rihanna after the singer was assaulted by ex-boyfriend Chris Brown last February.
When asked about her reaction to the incident, Mariah told Larry:
"I was very sequestered, as you know, when I first started out ... I wasn't really allowed out of the house, so I can't imagine what she went through."
When pressed if she had ever personally been the victim of abuse, she replied:
"Emotionally, mentally, in other ways ... It's scary.
"You know, 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 – for me, to really get out, it was difficult because there was a connection that was not only a marriage but a business thing, where the person was in control of my life."
Moving onto more positive things, Larry than asked about about family plans, leading to Mariah saying:
"It would be the happiest thing in my life, but what I'm saying is right now with this movie [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.
"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."
