It's been a few days since her infamous New Year's Eve performance, so Mariah Carey has decided that the time has come to address the elephant in the room.
Carey's camp and Dick Clark Productions are blaming each other for the live audio fail, which prevented her from singing along/lip syncing to her set. Carey's manager, Stella Bulochnikov, claims that production ignored their warnings that Carey's ear piece wasn't working as early as afternoon rehearsals, while DCP issued a statement denying they had anything to do with the embarrassing performance.
Entertainment Weekly was the first media outlet to speak with Carey since the Dec. 31 incident.
So, they wondered, how is Carey feeling about the coverage from New Year's Eve?
"All I can say is Dick Clark was an incredible person and I was lucky enough to work with him when I first started in the music business," Carey said. "I’m of the opinion that Dick Clark would not have let an artist go through that and he would have been as mortified as I was in real time."
While Carey insists that this won't prevent her from doing live shows in the future, she assured EW that she'll only use her team instead of outsourcing production.
Meanwhile, Carey thanked the fans for sticking by her and is focused now on her U.S. tour for "All the Hits" with Lionel Richie.
"I’m excited about my upcoming tour with Lionel Richie, who everybody loves, and I am doing so many of my hits for the fans and a few surprises too. It will be a great night to come see us with great music; beautiful ballads and so much love and fun," she said.
As for Dick Clark Productions? They stand by the fact that they are faultless in the matter, per their initial statement.
"In very rare instances there are of course technical errors that can occur with live television, however, an initial investigation has indicated that [Dick Clark Productions] had no involvement in the challenges associated with Ms. Carey’s New Year’s Eve performance. We want to be clear that we have the utmost respect for Ms. Carey as an artist and acknowledge her tremendous accomplishments in the industry," part of the statement read.