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Mariah Carey Recovering from Emotional and Physical Breakdown

Aired August 03, 2001 - 07:50   ET

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CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: We've got more on pop diva Mariah Carey. She's been pretty busy lately, but "People" magazine reports all is not well with the entertainer.

Jodi Ross of CNN Entertainment News has more details.

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JODI ROSS, CNN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Life is not so sweet these days for 32-year-old Mariah Carey, just over a week ago, the pop singer checked herself into an East Coast hospital. Her spokeswoman says she's suffering from an emotional and physical breakdown. Ken Miller of "People" magazine says Carey's been under a tremendous amount of pressure.

KEN MILLER, SENIOR EDITOR, "PEOPLE" MAGAZINE: She's got a whole bunch of things going on in her life.

ROSS: So it's work stress?

MILLER: It seems to be a combination of things. She had been -- she just made two movies and a soundtrack album, came off a two-week European promotional tour that was very stressful working all day and all night basically. She's also had what you might call a career setback in that her latest single went as far down as number 60 on the chart. It came back up to number two after they slashed the price, but she's used to having number one hits and that had to have hurt.

ROSS: The trouble allegedly began back in May on the set of Carey's movie "Wise Girls." Co-producer Barry Blake told "People" magazine Carey had a physical altercation with co-star Mira Sorvino. But producer Blake now tells CNN he was not on the set that day and Sorvino, who's out of the country, had her publicist tell CNN -- quote -- "Mira enjoyed working with Mariah and wishes her all the best."

This incident is far from the only controversy surrounding Carey. There's been much speculation about the state of her three-year romance with Latin singer Luis Miguel. And on a recent trip to New York, the troubled diva had somewhat of a temper tantrum in her hotel room.

MILLER: Her representative admits that there was blood but says that Mariah was throwing glasses and plates and cut herself and stepped on it apparently. ROSS: Carey's new album "Glitter" and the semi-autobiographical feature film of the same name are both scheduled to be released at the end of this month. But the press junket for the movie has been canceled.

MILLER: Her first priority has to be to get better. Her record company says that they'd stand behind whatever she wants to do. They say they support her strongly, but they've got to be very worried. A lot of people are sort of riding on her coattails. She's the meal ticket for a lot of people.

ROSS: Meanwhile, those who don't love her for the money, her millions of fans, are sticking by their star.

Jodi Ross, CNN Entertainment News, New York.

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MCEDWARDS: And I'm sure everyone wishes her well.

CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: You bet. Get better.

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