Solène Delinger 11:00 a.m., August 27, 2024, modified at 4:41 p.m., August 27, 2024
Mariah Carey is going through one of the most painful moments of her life. The 55-year-old singer announced to the American magazine “People” the death of her mother and sister, who died on the same day, last weekend.
Mariah Carey is going through a terrible tragedy right now. The 55-year-old singer lost her mother and sister last weekend. They both passed away on the same day. “My heart is broken because I lost my mother this weekend. Unfortunately, in a tragic turn of events, my sister also passed away on the same day,” the American diva announced. in the columns of the American magazine People.
A complicated relationship with his mother Patricia and his sister Alison
“I feel fortunate to have been able to spend the last week with my mother before she passed away. I appreciate the love, support and respect for my privacy during this difficult time,” added Mariah Carey, who has been in mourning for two days. As the magazine recalls Peoplethe relationship between the interpreter of We Belong Together and her mother Patricia has always been complicated. Mariah Carey had confided in this subject in her memoirs The Meaning of Mariah Careyreleased in 2020. “It’s never been black and white with my mother. It’s been a rainbow of emotions. Our relationship is a thorny mix of pride, pain, shame, gratitude, jealousy, admiration and disappointment. A complicated love ties my heart to my mother’s,” she confided.
Mariah Carey’s relationship with her older sister Alison, who was ten years her senior, was also very complex. In her memoirs, the singer accused her of several acts of violence: “When I was 12, my sister drugged me with Valium, gave me a nail full of cocaine, gave me a third-degree burn and tried to sell me to a pimp.” Alison then directly filed a defamation suit against Mariah Carey, accusing her of “using her status as a public figure to attack her” while she was “penniless”, and of having “generated sensationalist press headlines (…) to promote sales of her book”.
