As the controversy surrounding Mariah Carey\u2018s New Year\u2019s Eve performance continues, the singer\u2019s ex-husband Tommy Mottola is telling critics to back off.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt could have happened to anyone, and it has,\u201d the superstar music executive told Page Six. \u201cSo everyone should just get off her back and leave her the hell alone.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mottola, who discovered Carey and was married to the singer for nearly five years, stood by the Grammy winner\u2019s talent.<\/p>\n
\u201c is arguably the greatest pop voice to come along in the last three decades,\u201d he said. \u201cShe has had more number one hits than any pop artist in history!!! She is a global icon and a treasure with incredible talent not only as a singer but as a great songwriter. What happened on NYE could\u2019ve happened to anyone!\u201d<\/p>\n
While he was supportive of Carey\u2019s talent, he did fault the singer\u2019s \u201ctechnical people\u201d \u2014 who \u201cshould\u2019ve helped pay more attention to all of it so that there was no chance of that happening.\u201d<\/p>\n
The problem, Mottola thinks, is bigger than what happened on New Year\u2019s Eve. It has to do with the people she surrounds herself with. Carey had parted ways with Columbia Records, where Mottola, head of Columbia\u2019s parent label Sony Music Entertainment, had helped guide her, in April 2001.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy only advice is that she should hire more seasoned and respected professionals to surround her and help her with her career!\u201d he said. \u201cMost certainly none of these issues or problems ever existed with her in her early days at Sony for the first 10 years when she skyrocketed to global superstardom!! Where absolutely meticulous and methodical attention was paid to every single detail and nuance that went into her career!\u201d<\/p>\n
He specifically cited Carey\u2019s E! reality show Mariah\u2019s World<\/em>. \u201cI would never have encouraged her or guided her to do something like a reality television show!!!!!\u201d Mottola said. \u201cI don\u2019t get it!! That does absolutely nothing for her integrity, her credibility, or her massive talent!!\u201d<\/p>\n As for next steps, Mottola suggests Carey \u201cstep back, think carefully, and figure out what to do next.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThat is what she does best,\u201d he said. \u201cHopefully she will find her way to the right professionals for guidance. It\u2019s never about the fall, it\u2019s all about the recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n Mottola and Carey married in June 1993, divorcing in March 1998. He married his third wife, Mexican telenovela star and recording artist Thal\u00eda, in December 2000. Carey is currently dating dancer Bryan Tanaka \u2014 after splitting from former fianc\u00e9 James Packer.<\/p>\n In response to Mottola\u2019s piece, Carey\u2019s manager Stella Bulochnikov told Page Six<\/em>, \u201cTommy is a relic.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDid he give you that statement from a rotary phone?,\u201d Bulcohnikov asked.<\/p>\n\n As the controversy surrounding Mariah Carey\u2018s New Year\u2019s Eve performance continues, the singer\u2019s ex-husband Tommy Mottola is telling critics to back off. \u201cIt could have happened to anyone, and it has,\u201d the superstar music executive told Page Six. \u201cSo everyone should just get off her back and leave her the hell alone.\u201d Mottola, who discovered Carey and was married to the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6052,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[391],"tags":[542,927],"yoast_head":"\n