Overview

• Carey said she still feels anger about her 1993–98 marriage to Mottola but believes she has made peace and vowed to stop discussing it.
• The singer explained that humor is her primary coping mechanism for dealing with negative emotions from that period.
• Carey recalled that Mottola repeatedly blocked her efforts to record R&B and urban music during their marriage.
• She said she didn’t learn of her own fame until a Thanksgiving TV taping in Schenectady revealed crowds waiting to buy her records.
• Carey is promoting her upcoming album Here for It All, which is set for release on September 26, 2025.