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Hannah sugar free pie (40,358) by Lamb_O_Chop from Australia Well I disagree darling, just because she rambles doesn't mean she's "crazy" or "troubled", or "mentally ill", that's just a bit much. Those words shouldn't even be associated with her behavior, that's just taking your unfounded assumptions way too far IMO, but you have a right to believe what you will boo. Happy New Year lambs! (Wednesday 1 January 2014; 21:36)

Hannah (40,357) by clueey23 from USA How do properly answer a question? Seriously, MC has been doing interviews for years. You're out of your league dearest regularity. MC is an artist, not a news personality. (Wednesday 1 January 2014; 21:33)

NYE performances (40,356) by Lee from UK I loved Mariah's voice on the NYE performances, but that was such a badly produced medley. In fact it was worse than the American Idol medley. The songs didn't blend well together at all. The transitions between the songs were too jarring. Other than that, I enjoyed "The art of letting go". (Wednesday 1 January 2014; 20:51)

NYE (40,355) by B from USA The only problem I had was with the gloves! A new single on 2/14, I can't wait. I'm hoping for a romantic mid tempo or epic ballad with killer vocals. (Wednesday 1 January 2014; 19:43)

*sigh* (40,354) by Hana from UK The Andy Cohen interview was terrible, she was talking a mile a minute and not answering the questions properly. Truly reminiscent of her American Idol stint. Some "lambs" are truly hyper sensitive. Just because we express a concern for her well being, or try to ascertain what exactly is going on behind the scenes, doesn't make us any less of a fan, what's with the I am holier than thou attitude? We are saying or speculating about such things only because we are worried about the way she is coming across in the media. Here you are generalising and suggesting that people who are mentally ill would need to shave their heads bald, or start shoving umbrellas in your face for you to accept they have a disorder. I used Mariah's Art Of Letting Go lyrics to make a point of something because some of the words in that song sound as if she is merely saying words for the sake of it, they are vague, long winded and lack substance and passion, this is synonymously felt through her interviews. She seemingly looks and sounds troubled. She said it herself she's "insecure". Mental illness doesn't have to mean you are crazy. Educate yourself. (Wednesday 1 January 2014; 18:21)

New Year's Eve performance (40,353) by Ken from USA The performance was brilliant. MC sounded really great, I loved how stripped back Beautiful was so her vocals could really shine. (Wednesday 1 January 2014; 17:35)

NYE performances / Edward (40,352) by Licia from USA I really enjoyed the New Years Eve performances. It probably was dubbed and I'm pretty sure some parts were lipped. So before you all pee on my happiness, just know that I don't care and I still liked it. Lol. Edward, unfortunately I accepted that reality a long time ago. It sucks that her vocals are not where they used to be, but when she's just using the voice she has now and not trying to relive 90's vocals that she's not capable of, she still sounds good. And as you said, she's still capable of making great music. At this point that's all I want. (Wednesday 1 January 2014; 17:10)

NYE 2014 performance (40,351) by Ryan from the Philippines I like her presence lately, the hair, the body, and the confidence take me back to TEOM era and even as far as the Rainbow. I love it, I enjoyed the whole thing especially "The Art of Letting Go". Wishing everyone all the best. Happy new year to all the lambies! Much love from the Philippines. (Wednesday 1 January 2014; 16:41)

New Year's Eve performances (40,350) by Licia from USA I'm at work dying because I didn't get to see Mariah perform. The people on Twitter are making my anxiousness worst because they are saying her performance of the medley of hits was epic. I can't wait to get home. Apparently she pulled Honey out the vault and she sang the crap out of it. (Wednesday 1 January 2014; 8:40)

Happy New Year! (40,349) by Edward from USA Happy New Year to the Webmaster Eric, and my fellow lambs. I hope you guys have a great and wonderful 2014. I know Mariah will play a part in that with great music coming on February. (Wednesday 1 January 2014; 6:34)

The reality is her heydays are gone, but... (40,348) by Edward from USA I've come to realized that many of us are still holding on to the idea that Mariah will bounce back to her 90's heydays when we could enjoy her music without worrying about many of the things that are happening right now with her career (voice condition, odd interviews, mismanagement, diva antics, lip-synching fiascos). Mariah didn't need much talking back then, her voice spoke volumes for her (Hero and Without You at Proctors Theater). The nuances and effortless fluidity of her singing was as if an angel was singing to us, and we bragged about her whistle register. Mariah was one of the very few artist who had few to no fillers in her albums, we could actually listen to her albums without skipping tracks, 12 tracks were more than enough. When I saw her sexy image on Honey I almost fell off my seat, she looked stunningly beautiful. It was the perfect combination of looks and voice. Those were the days, and the reality is they are never coming back and it is ok. That's just the way it is, every artist goes through the same process. I have lowered my expectations in terms of chart success at this point, since she has no real control over that, but I still have high hopes for great music in the years to come. I love you Mimi. (Wednesday 1 January 2014; 3:09)

Case and point (40,347) by Lamb_O_Chop from Australia See what I mean? (See Hannah from the UK message below.) Now folks are basically taking shots and showing a lack of genuine concern. And I do question how much of a real fan you are if you are making fun or speak of light a situation concerning Mariah that you deem serious. Mariah is fine. She betta be shaving her head bald, attacking the paparazzi with umbrellas, and sweating profusely the way you all are talking. Her Andy Cohen interview was actually good and not weird at all. But like I mentioned, some folks love to call others crazy to make themselves feel "sane" or better. Like Bianca Storm would say, "You keep pretending and we'll keep believing." (Wednesday 1 January 2014; 2:10)

Mariah is unwell (40,346) by Hana from UK Mimi definitely needs help. Poor thing, I believe this could be a case of her suffering from the debilitating symptoms of anxiety, alcohol withdrawal and potentially the damaging side effects of prescription medication i.e. anti depressants. She's not the only celebrity to come across in a bad way in interviews. Eminem and Britney Spears have all come across like somebody's taken their brains out, messed with some brain cells and put the mess back in them. They are all coming across as detached from the planet they're on, and lacking a whole lot of substance. Much like Mimi's The Art of Letting go lyrics - ouch sorry lambs! Absolutely nothing to do with Mimi being playful and carefree. She's a hot mess. They need to get her of the booze, if she is mentally ill the alcohol will only make things worse. (Wednesday 1 January 2014; 0:26)

Oh dear (40,345) by Lamb_O_Chop from Australia Edward, sweet pie darling, I love you, but you have to admit that the majority of the posts here have been very negative lately. It seems when something goes slightly wrong, everybody and their great grand mommas come from the woodworks to crucify MC, but when something cute or nice happens in her life, this messageboard stalls. Frankly, I'm just tired of coming on here and constantly reading a plethora of negative comments, we complain about because it brings our spirits down. As a fan I don't want to come here and read a bunch of depressing vents all the time. If there was a good balance between the positive and negative, then maybe you would be making perfect sense to me. Sometimes I think this messageboard should be split into categories and there should be a "rant" section for the ranters. Mariah is still working hard on her album. I heard she just did a song with Maxwell, so people just need to be patient and not bark so much about the album not being out. Just my opinion. (Tuesday 31 December 2013; 22:01)

Interviews (40,344) by Blake from USA I have to agree. Mariah is so hard to watch with all her "Ahhhh dahlin that's my bad side", or whatever. A lot of time she makes no sense with her off subject rants and avoids answering the questions. The fans calling into the show rarely had their question answered. I usually have to turn it off with all the head turning, head down movements. She doesn't come off sincere for her success and you see that in her interviews. "We love Nick but he was working a lot during my pregnancy" - this came off so selfish considering how much she has beat a dead horse with her pregnancy. I feel like if you renew your wedding vows every year you shouldn't throw your hubby in the bus but she does a lot of the time. I love Mariah and will always support her career but I wish she could clean up her image; bubbly, interviews, award shows, radio and TV. She comes off unstable and selfish or stuck up. She lives in her own bubble unfortunately. (Tuesday 31 December 2013; 20:25)

Critics (40,343) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter If a recent post about critics is directed at me, then this is for you. I am a huge MC fan, so don't tell me that I am criticizing her because she isn't topping the charts. I don't sit here and criticize her. Whenever I saw something positive, I always talk about it. I even talked about her Buble performance, Glitter and her other underrated stuff. So just because a few of my posts are pointing out what Mariah's camp of "yes men" are not telling her, it's because I would rather have her know some of the stuff that her people don't tell her and it ultimately makes her look bad. Do I want Mariah to be back at number 1? Yes with all my heart. Am I hating on Mariah because she isn't on top? Never. So don't make statements that "those critics will come back running when Mariah is back on top" because it's not like I get benefits or profits from MC's success. My love for MC is unconditional. I will keep pointing out flaws if I see any because I would do that for any person I love. Mariah is human, she has flaws, deal with it. If you have problems with it, please scroll up. (Tuesday 31 December 2013; 20:17)

Mariah on interviews (40,342) by Edward from USA I have also noticed that Mariah rambles a lot on interviews lately, constantly interrupting the interviewer. Because of these frequent interruptions many questions stay in the air unanswered. I don't necessarily think she has a mental problem, but it is weird her team hasn't already talked to her about it, since she keeps on doing it. It broke my heart when Andy Cohen asked her: "What's your favorite junk food?" and she replied: "You", but she quickly realized she shouldn't have said that and stated it. Andy was so nice about it, and totally happy that she was there. (Tuesday 31 December 2013; 16:44)

Happy New Year! (40,341) by Joanna from Poland Happy New Year to you too Gerald, the webmaster and all the MCA family. Today let's forget what seperate us and let's celebrate what connect us: Mariah's music. Peace to all. (Tuesday 31 December 2013; 16:29)

Critics and fans (40,340) by Carol from Spain There is a difference between being a critic occasionaly and an all the time judgemental person. Just because Mariah isn't on topping the charts some people think they got the right to criticize her. Honestly, I see nothing wrong with her intetviews beause she has been like that since her divorce. We should be excited for the album, making it the best return for her. I hope you guys remember that because everyone hating now will comeback running if she rules the charts. Remember that she needs you to rule the charts yet again. I all this kind of fan a cinic person. I apologize for any grammar mistakes. I'm on my phone right now. (Tuesday 31 December 2013; 15:35)

Happy New Year (40,339) by Gerald from USA by the way of NYC Just wishing the entire Archives family world wide a blessed, productive, and peaceful 2014. As for all bickering over Mariah and her mental health among other things, I will that nonsense in 2013 with all the other foolishness. (Tuesday 31 December 2013; 12:20)

Mariah's "real" fans (40,338) by Mimi L. from Empower Your Highlighter Some people here think that real Mariah fans can't say anything negative or critical about her. Anyone who will dare criticize MC will be attacked. That's silly. We are all on this board because we love MC, and if here and there some of us do worry about her recent activities, it's only because we care about her. I've said this before, the excuse of Mariah concentrating on her kids doesn't really cut it for me. Like Edward said, there are plenty of women working multiple jobs, while still taking care of their family. Mariah isn't the only one in show business who got married and has kids. Look at Beyonce, Britney, Angelina Jolie and many others. Someone here indirectly insulted me, when in a previous post I mentioned how Beyonce had Blue after Mariah and still released 2 CDs and went on tour. Mariah definitely has nannies and Nick to occasionally take care of the kids, she had 4 years to come up with a 12-15 track CD. I still stand by the fact that Mariah is acting weird during her interviews and it's not just her playful side. She keeps going off track and the host keeps trying to steer her back into track but she doesn't listen. Like Fallon, he kept asking about TAOLG and she kept naming her dogs, the interview ended with us getting zero info on the track and much info about her dogs and cleavage. Same with the Christmas interview at her home, she rambling and at one point the host was like "Marian hold up". I do genuinely care about MC and I hope she gets her act together. (Tuesday 31 December 2013; 9:52)

MC Summer 2012 / MC723 (40,337) by Daydream327 from USA I completely agree Edward. I think it's ridiculous to question somebody's devotion to Mariah just because they have an opinion. I feel as fans we have the right to share our opinions. It's not like anybody is being disrespectful in any way. Besides if the fans don't speak out, who will? We all know how Mariah's team is. Truth is, we are all just frustrated with the way things are going. It's hard for fans to admit that Mariah's career is indeed fading. We don't want to accept it. All that hype and anticipation was for what exactly? It's a shame. I would have appreciated if she didn't release anything at all until everything was right but instead she kept giving us album dates, only to tweet and say it won't be released on 7/23. And I still have yet to be blown away by any of the singles released. All that time recording and you come back with Triumphant? Come on Mariah, you're a legend, ugh. This era has been nothing but a mess. I think it can only get better at this point, or at least I hope. (Tuesday 31 December 2013; 9:20)

Edward (40,336) by Jenny from South Africa Calling people fanatics is also name calling and that light a candle part was clearly meant as an insult so I think the crux of your message which was actually a good message, kinda got lost in you're insulting other people yourself. And didn't you dismiss the opinions of the people who said she is busy with her family in your second message? Just my observations. Maybe I misinterpreted your messages. Anyway I see why some people don't enjoy her interviews, but personally I think she just has a playful personality. (Tuesday 31 December 2013; 7:17)

Calm down (40,335) by B from USA Mariah isn't stupid. She knows she needs a hit. I loved #Beautiful. It was a great R&B song and It peaked at #3 on the R&B chart. She'll bring it. (Tuesday 31 December 2013; 6:02)

New year's special (40,333) by Jeremey Carey from United States Will the new year's show air live? Or will it be prerecorded? (Tuesday 31 December 2013; 5:25)

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