Saturday 28 July 2001

Mariah fans flood site in support of exhausted star

Following news that Mariah Carey checked herself into a hospital on Wednesday for "extreme exhaution", fans have been flooding her website with e-mails praying for the pop star. Kellie from Poland, Ohio had this to say to 31-year-old Carey: "I know your schedule must be crazy and you try to do too much because you don't want to disappoint anyone, but you need to put yourself first and take care of Mariah before anything else."

Will H wrote, "Mariah's Theme and apply them to herself. She has many fans that really care about her and can't wait to see the movie and buy the album, I hope she is safe, wherever she is and that she realizes that she has many blessings." Sassy l from LA wants Carey to know that she is praying for her, "I will pray for you ! I love you and know that you are tired. You need to be yourself for some time and that doesn’t mean your fans will forget about you." Carey has been working overtime on two movies, the upcoming "Glitter" (for which she has also recorded a soundtrack set to drop on August 21) and "Wise Girls". Her recent $23.5 million dollar deal with Virgin Records, the biggest per-album deal ever, also seems to have Carey feeling the pressure to deliver consecutive hits. Her recent single, "Loverboy", has failed to reach number one after seven weeks on the chart and is receiving very little radio play when compared to her previous radio hits.

In an attempt to explain to her fans what she has been experiencing, an obviously distraught Carey left an audio message on her website stating that she needs a break. "So basically all I really wanna say is I don't know what's going on with life," she said, "and I hope all the fans are good and I just want you to know that I'm trying to understand things in life right now and so I really don't feel that I should be doing music right now. And I just want everyone to understand that, and that's really true, so if I don't make music it's not because I don't want to for you fans."

Five minutes later Carey left another message sounding a lot less confused and much more confident in the fact that she desperately needs some time for herself. Carey, very aware of the dedication her fans have to her, apologizes profusely for her future hiatus. And according to Carey’s message boards, her fans more than understand.

(BET.com)



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