In typical diva fashion, Mariah Carey has once again proven that she lives in an entirely different universe that does not acknowledge clocks, calendars, or birthdays.
Making an absolutely gloriously weird appearance on Capital Breakfast with Sian Welby, Jordan North, and Chris Stark this Monday (June 16), the five-octave superstar treated the idea of time as if it were last year’s glitter. The talk began innocuously but soon turned surreal as Carey offhandedly admitted, yes, she rebukes time.
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“That’s true,” the 56-year-old legend confirmed when questioned about whether the rumor was legitimate. She didn’t flinch or giggle. She said it like saying you prefer tea over coffee.
When Welby prodded for clarification, Mariah was not reluctant but doubled down: “I just don’t believe in it.”
Stark, apparently in an attempt to grasp some form of reason, asked Carey if she took issue with time zones directly. Carey, unperturbed and chuckling, responded, “No, just time.” And it didn’t stop there. “You got a clock problem?” came the next question.
“Yeah. “No, just forget it,” she replied with the calm of someone that Working With The Dead has moved beyond your vulgar mortal restrictions.
The conversation spun out from there into birthdays, another item that Carey waved off with a light gesture and dusting of glitter.
“I don’t have a birthday, no,” she replied matter-of-factly. “Anniversaries, yes.”
Just to be clear, Mariah Carey does not age. She anniversary-celebrates, and that’s the sort of thing that only someone who’s turned holiday singles into a living could possibly make credible.
Of course, Stark, trying to find his and his son’s way through this different world, wanted to know how she fits in scheduling anything. Carey, always the queen of delegation, I would make somebody give you a call and figure it out.”
Carey’s playful denial of time is not entirely new. It’s an extension of the ethereal persona she’s built up over the years, something of a glamorous Peter Pan attitude where she looks fabulous despite hours and the shadow of another birthday. She has sidestepped age talk in previous interviews and has long rejected the birthday label.
Although some may view her position as charmingly eccentric, others view it as a strategic means to reclaim the narrative, particularly in an industry that worships youth and timelines. Mariah is not just rewriting the rules; she is throwing the entire rulebook out the window and replacing it with a gold-embossed invitation to her next “anniversary.”
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