Losing family members is painful! In an exclusive statement, Mariah Carey speaks of her grief: Her mother and sister passed away on the same day.
It is unfathomably heartbreaking what Mariah Carey is going through right now. Not only because they were loved ones for Mariah Carey, but also because much might still have been resolved.
This is how Mariah Carey copes with the loss of her mother and sister
With a strong statement, pop icon Mariah Carey addresses the public through TMZ.
My heart is broken because I lost my mother this weekend. Tragically, my sister lost her life on the same day.
According to her own statement, Mariah Carey is, however, grateful that she was able to spend time with her mother shortly before her passing. The relationship between them was not always easy. Here you can find out why!
Mariah Carey had a difficult relationship with her mother
Even in Mariah Carey’s 2020 memoir “The Meaning of Mariah Carey,” the singer described the complicated relationship with her mother.
Although they had much in common, there was always a sense of pain and confusion. Her mother, Patricia, who lived to be 87, actually shared many traits with Mariah Carey. As an opera singer and vocal teacher, she instilled a love of music in her daughter Mariah.
Like many aspects of my life, my journey with my mother was filled with contradictions and competing realities. It was never just black and white – it was a whole rainbow of emotions.
With the success of both women came a certain sense of competition. Although “professional jealousy” is part of success, Mariah Carey wrote.
But when the jealousy comes from one’s own mother, it is particularly painful, especially at a young age. Allegedly, there was already heavy criticism from her mother throughout Mariah Carey’s childhood.
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Mariah Carey has special last words for her mother
To Pat, my mother, who, despite everything, truly did her best. I will love you as much as I can, always.
Mariah Carey and her sister: Why the farewell is doubly sad!
Mariah Carey’s sister Alison passed away at the age of 63. So far, it is only known that she was placed in a hospice shortly before her death. She was reportedly having problems with her internal organs.
In contrast to her mother, Mariah Carey had no contact with her sister before her passing.
Allegedly, there was no loving relationship between the two sisters.
Now, a longtime friend of Alison has spoken out in the US Sun. Dave Baker was supposed to be a close friend to Alison in the last few months and also acted as her caregiver. He accused Mariah Carey of exacerbating the pain before her sister’s death with her “callous rejection.”
A phone call or video call would have meant so much to Alison. But it never came. The heartless rejection added even more suffering to Alison’s pain. She often talked about it. She wondered if Mariah or any other family member would attend her funeral.
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Without You – Mariah Carey
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Unfortunately, the relationship between Mariah and Alison was complex. In her memoirs, Mariah Carey wrote that she felt no connection to her sister Alison or to her brother Morgan. She even wrote that she would feel emotionally safer if she had no contact with them.
However, according to Dave Baker, Alison was a highly intelligent, sensitive, and warm person in a hard shell. Mariah Carey is also said to have repeatedly tried to support her sister Alison financially and emotionally. However, Alison’s reported addiction issues repeatedly complicated the sisters’ relationship.
Mariah Carey’s sister Alison in 2005 in New York.
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Traumatic experiences made it difficult for Mariah Carey. In her memoirs, she wrote that Alison once sedated her with Valium and offered her cocaine. It is said that there was even physical harm, as Alison allegedly inflicted third-degree burns on her sister Mariah. It’s hard to believe that she even tried to sell Mariah Carey to a pimp, as the singer herself described.
The saddest memory of this sibling relationship will likely be an accusation from Alison against her sister Mariah. After Mariah Carey released her memoir, Alison felt publicly humiliated. Alison even labeled the book as “vengeful” and sued her for $1.2 million.
Mariah Carey asks for privacy after the deaths of her mother and sister
Nonetheless, two people who were formative for Mariah Carey have permanently left her. After Mariah Carey’s father died of cancer over 20 years ago, the singer requested privacy in an exclusive statement to People Magazine. Only in this way can she say goodbye to her remaining family members in appropriate silence.
Further details regarding the causes of death of the two women have not yet been disclosed.
Mariah Carey receives a lot of love from SWR3Land
You definitely have a lot of sympathy for Mariah Carey. Here are some comments from our SWR3 community:
😢😢😢 my deepest condolences 😢😢😢❤️ No matter how the relationship with close relatives is – and there are often disputes, especially because you are close – you still love them ❤️😢
I’m not an avid fan of Mariah Carey, but such a double loss is terrible. Whether she had contact with her sister and/or a clear relationship with her mother: the loss is still painful because we bury a large part of our childhood with our parents and siblings. It hurts – one way or another…
How life behaves sometimes. Terrible. May she find comfort and confidence among her friends and relatives. I work in a nursing home. We had a colleague’s mother in our care. She was dying. He had a decades-long feud with his sister. The mother couldn’t let go. Ultimately, the children reconciled with tears at the deathbed. The following night, the mother could finally let go. And then, the next night, the sister unexpectedly passed away. This left us all speechless.
Our thoughts are with Mariah Carey and her family during this difficult time. We wish them a lot of strength for the days to come.