Mariah Carey Shares About Her ‘Messed Up’ Upbringing and Her Love of Christmas
Singer Mariah Carey is talking about her upbringing in a recent interview. In an interview with W Magazine released Friday, Carey spoke about being known as “so festive” and “such a Christmas girl” and also shared about…
Singer Mariah Carey is talking about her upbringing in a recent interview.
In an interview with W Magazine released Friday, Carey spoke about being known as “so festive” and “such a Christmas girl” and also shared about growing up “with a messed-up life.”
She shared:
“But, really, Christmas makes me happy. People think I had this princess-style life or whatever, a kind of fairy-tale existence where I just emerged, like, ‘Here I am!’ And that is not what it is. I doubt you have enough time to write about all that, so we won’t go into it. But when you grow up with a messed-up life and then you’re able to have this transformation where you can make your life what you want it to be? That is joy for me.”
Carey also said that her childhood has impacted how she raises her 11-year-old twins with Nick Cannon, Moroccan and Monroe.
“That’s why I want my kids to have everything they can have. I want them to be able to understand that they can be anything they want to be,” she added.
In an interview with CBS News in 2020, the 52-year-old spoke candidly about her “dysfunctional family.”