MARIAH CAREY'S BREAKDOWN: What REALLY Happened During The Glitter Era 

What happened to Mariah Carey during the glitter era? The short answer: Tommy Mottola.

And this is why Mariah STILL doesn't know J Lo lmao!

mariah fought against the stigmas against mental health, sexism, racism. this woman is so strong. her career today and legendary status is a testament to that strength and her fight.

What she was on TRL, she said NO LIES. • ice cream is important • we love ALL types of people • we all need therapy AND has a hello kitty boom box?? Amazing.

I hate when people make fun of celebrities for having a breakdown. Mental health is not a joke.

She got the last laugh because she still had amazing success even after that butthurt punk tried to sabotage her!

I got so mad when this said that the critics attacked her “weight gain”. WHAT weight gain??? On what planet was she considered overweight in the slightest in 2001? That’s BS

So when *MJ* said *Mottola* was _the Devil_ he was actually right.

Everybody around her were straight up snakes & tried to kill her career. Then in true DIVA form she hit them with "The Emancipation of Mimi" LEGENDARY STATUS!!!!!

The stripping thing was so blown out of proportion... she literally just took off a t-shirt like big woop.

Mariah, Whitney, Britney, Lauren and many other talented women all made to seem like they were crazy b\c no one would listen to them. These talented women worked hard only to have things stolen from them by unscrupulous ppl. smh

The fact she was basically bullied for working herself to the core after that weirdo mattola near ruined her life Love her even more. Such a strong woman x

And THATS why when Mariah is asked about J.Lo she says her infamous line” I don’t know her” 😭😂 ☕️

The Emancipation of Mimi, the music video for We Belong Together (especially the part where she leaves the groom) and the fact that the song stayed at number 1 for 14 weeks was probably the hardest metaphorical slap in the face Tommy Mottola had to take in his life.

I remember the Glitter era well. I felt like it was popular to hate on Mariah during that time. Shows that 99.9% of people are just sheep.

I love how he really thought JLo could compete with Mariah. JLo's music is laughable and I'm a latina saying this. JLo is embarrassing.

The best part about this whole mess is that she came back with The Emancipation of Mimi and kiilllllled the house down boots

The more industry secrets I find out, the more I find out j lo is in the middle of mess 🤣

She’s a legend for “all I want for Christmas is you” alone

Mariah should get back to acting. She was really good in Precious.

She was hardly “stripping”, she changed clothes and gave out ice cream 🤷🏻‍♀️ Carson and Cindy made it weird. That’s why when celebrities go on hiatus, I’m cool with it, mental health is important.

Her and Britney has similar breakdowns. They both were treated like crap for it too.

Glitter was just released in a wrong timing. The soundtrack has a bunch of powerful vocal tracks in the history. Love the movie and the album!

Mariah is one of the most disrespected artist of all time. What’s crazy is she’s literally one of the most talented, influential and successful. It’s so odd...smh

That’s why Mariah always say "I don’t know her" when referring to JLO.

What a toxic man would try to do to your life.

Mariah and britney are the strongest women in the industry

I feel like what's different about her public breakdown is that it doesn't seem like she's on drugs. It just seems like she is incredibly exhausted. Like when you are over tired and giddy... normally when a person is in that state they aren't on TV...

Jlo is the true definition of a copy cat and a culture vulture

Jennifer Lopez singing career is her greatest acting role smfh

Stripping? 😅 It's not like she was naked. She just took her t-shirt off 🤦‍♀️

abuse can literally destroy lives and i can’t understand why mariah was so criticised in 2001. she was burnout from all the abuse she went through with tommy mottola. and i’m sure one of the reasons she had a mental breakdown is because she felt his shadow and power would have never let her be free.

She sounded WORE OUT on the phone. They should have let her have a little break.

Tommy Mottola needs to get the Harvey Weinstein treatment one of these days.

when she speaks about Aaliyah she has " Everythings gonna be alright" playing in the background, so meaningful and sweet of her ♡

People don't give Mariah enough credit... She produced, mixed, wrote, mastered most of her work. AND owns her masters... And being a black woman, That's something most musicians today, whether they're black, white, male or female can't say and will never be able to.

I wish Jlo would address all of this. She basically was a build-a-star. She stole from everyone

It's TOO LATE to ruin Mariah's career. She already make impact and influence worldwide. TALENT stay winning. She go through hell. Shady Hollywood. Mariah is strong, resilient and inspiring woman 😭😭😭

Tommy was old enough to be her dad. That's how sick this industry is.

If it wasn't for Tommy Mottola trying to sabotage Mariah, then maybe Glitter would've became a success.

They just put the glitter soundtrack on tidal. A lot of people hated the movie, but I loved it.

Funny how they did Britney the same way they did her the world is sick fr

Hurt men can be so evil. Especially how Irv gotti played into all of this. He was hurt about Ashanti and did the same shit so he was more than happy to help 🤦🏾‍♀️

Jennifer Lopez was an industry plant just like Cardi B is right now. I see why Nicki and Mariah are considered Divas because they take their God given talent seriously and the media has portrayed them as villains - yet they’ve had so much in more in common than they realized. Let’s appreciate our living legends now and protect black women from being sabotaged 💗

"The album was released September 11th and we all know what happened that day" Damn..the whole Glitter era was hit with bad timing and people sobatoging.

I feel bad for Mariah. Tommy Mottola really put her through the ringer when he realized he couldn't control her anymore after she dumped him. He's a monster.

"She's stripping on live tv right now" she took off her shirt to reveal another shirt that had slightly less fabric on it, she might as well have been wearing sweatpants and took them off to reveal capri pants underneath & he'd be like "oh god she's stripping" like wtf

Her TRL debacle made me realize how phony and not needed Carson was. Never had respect for him after.

Social media wouldn’t ignore these cries for help now.

Glitter has some of her best ballads and personal songs on there and it annoying how Tommy was tried to destroy her because she wanted freedom.

She strikes me as an introvert to an extent. A person who enjoys a close circle of friends but easily loses steam when inundated with too much attention. I think this, lack of sleep and ptsd from he marriage was chipping at her piece by piece. She’s one tough sister to have gotten through this. Money is nice but it doesn’t make you strong or happy....that comes from within.

So am I the only one who finds it weird that Irv talks about wanting complete creative control over the JLo record but makes it sound JUST LIKE Mariah's song?? Something don't add up about it.

Now I understand why Mariah doesn’t know her...

The movie wasn’t even bad, people just made a Mariah hate train at the time smh. But when she came back with the Emancipation album she shut them all up 😂

She looked absolutely DELICIOUS going through all of this and being super duper transparent on it all too. Go ahead Mariah, you strong ass pioneer!

Irv Gotti received his karma, he took shady money and lost his once successful record company.

When Michael Jackson calls you the devil, you know something's wrong. Shame on you, Tommy Mottola. Mariah, if you're reading this, please release the original Loverboy (Firecracker version), now Glitter is receiving the praise and acclaim it deserves

Honestly, I didn’t think she was all that crazy then and I still don’t l. She seemed stressed and tired to me. I feel as if M.C didn’t get a fair shake during the glitter season. The soundtrack was awesome, was not a fan of the movie. In hindsight, I applaud her now for being transparent and open about not being well. The public wants celebs to be open and honest and then they shoot them down for it.

The TRL moment wasn't even that bad🙄

It's crazy how Glitter and CrossRoads were both "flops" but I actually enjoy them still til this day.. I would always appreciate music and a good story

"Maybe it's the enviornment that's sick." - Dave Chapelle

they did Mariah so dirty during that time!

I always had a soft spot for Mariah, I find her personality entertaining and sincere. J.lo seems contrived and inauthentic. So naturally I'm inclined to side with Mariah! She DESERVES to win!

Damn at 14:50 when Mariah said “If I wasn’t busy I’d on the floor crying” that’s so heartbreaking and I can’t imagine the shit she went through in 2001

Tommy made her hang out only with gay friends because he was so insecure about guys who might like her.

Fun fact: Wendy Williams revealed years ago that Tommy Mottola reached out to her on the phone around this time to make up stories about Mariah on her radio show and he'd "pay her a handsome sum of cash" in return. Wendy immediately turned him down and hung up the phone.

Also before Aaliyah died she said something about her in the press and said that it will be okay Mariah we all know the industry can be stressful sometimes !

“Lover boy” was also the biggest selling single in ‘01

"Stripping" was a bit of a stretch

Tommy definitely paid Carson some money. I knew it. Also, Wendy Williams exposed Tommy offer her money to sabotage Mariah. Fortunately she declined. That's the only reason I still have respect to wendy

For the Loverboy 20th anniversary she should re-release it with the original Firecracker sample!!

Can’t lie, her crashing in on TRL was a boss move. Idc idc

Welp! Now we know why Mariah don’t know her 🤔😂

What WEIGHT GAIN?! if you watch the Loverboy video, Mariah looks incredible in it 🙄

It wasn't until I was 27years old I learned to recognize what is being overwhelmed. I had been working at my job for 5yrs by then, our dept had a co-worker resign, a new boss, another new co-worker, and an office relocation. Our dept was always short staffed because they wouldn't allow us to get the ppl we need AND I was handling 3ppl's jobs. I'm so used to not thinking about asking for help, my answers were always "yes I will handle". One afternoon, I don't know what I was looking like, but my new boss and also my soon to be-former boss noticed and both called me in to their office to ask me if I'm ok, my eyes widen and watered and one said, "You're overwhelmed, call it a day and head home. It's ok". I didn't understand why they said overwhelmed. I'm thinking but I'm supposed to take care of this, that and this and that. I'm like I have tasks to finish! Next day my new boss had a talk with me explaining I was taking on too much, and have to know when it's too much and overwhelming. 10yrs later, I'm still learning to recognize it but I'm getting better. I think what it is, the body and mind is set to *drive drive drive drive*, and even though the engine is running and getting you there, it overheating, it goes unnoticed. Then it malfunctions and it's not until you are literally spinning out of control, disoriented when you finally realized (or many times others have to tell you lost control of the car being blinded by your goal)... that you never hit the brakes.

I loved glitter, don’t understand how people thought it was bad, I love Mariah and it’s so disgusting how they made fun of mental health

Like Mariah said many times you can’t write off talent. No matter what they said about her she still has talent God given talent.

I loveeeeee your documentaries please don't ever stop better than vh1

No bitter Ex-Husband should ever be allowed to sabotage the dreams and hopes and career life of their Ex-wife. It is evil and there must be justice.

I’ll never understand why anyone feels the need to comment on a person gaining weight. Like what do you gain from that.

Wow people hated “lover boy”? That was my fav song as a child

if Twitter was in 2000's This would have been messier

"The Roof" feat Mobb Deep is my favorite MC song

Since her book "The Meaning of Mariah Carey" we know the truth about the Glitter era and her 'breakdown'

Glitter was not a bad movie the way they was making it seem.

How does j Lo sleep at night knowing her career is fraudulent

Her voice even sounds fatigued when she is talking :-(

Can you make a video on the feud between Tommy Mottola and Michael Jackson? Some people think he killed him.

Girl you are PSYCHIC!!!! I was telling my mom how J.Lo was stealing songs and how Tommy Mottola let J.Lo sabotage Mariah just hours ago and was trying to remind her of Loverboy with the vid and the infamous Glitter breakdown era.

It’s crazy that all that happened to her and on top of everything, her album was released on 9/11..

honestly, looking back, it makes soooo much sense why she made the melodies from Glitter sooooo complex and difficult to sing. so that way Ms. Who can’t steal anything else.

Mariah is alive and healthy nowadays. Thank god, i love her so much!

Tommy is trash, but honestly Irv Gotti pops up in these stories all the time, hes the middle man to help TRY and destroy Mariah, and he leeched off of Ashanti for Jennifer smh

i remember hearing shake it off as a kid and thinking "wow she's gonna be huge" as if she wasnt already lmao

Michael Jackson called Tommy Motola the devil. He did Mariah dirty and screwed MJ and his Invincible album.

Glitter was and still is one of my favorite Mariah albums. So many gems on there. She also looked radiant and beautiful in that era.

🦋He sabotaged her and nearly ruined her life...abuse comes in many forms Believe woman when they tell you 💔

I'm a biracial millennial, and when I went to the movies with my mom to watch Glitter, it was the best form of representation I had during the early 00's. She did that. She is an OG

To go through Mariah’s breakdown and TOTALLY ignore her breakup w Casanova Luis Miguel (a guy that’s dated every Mexican celebrities and more) is not a very good investigator. Every woman that has dated this man has gone through something similar like Mariah and never tells about it. It’s been said that he prohibits his exes to speak about him to this day.

Tommy Mattola traumatized her during their marriage, and the fact that she fell back under his hand during this phase... it shouldn’t be a surprise she had a breakdown!!!!