It's A Lose/Lose For Mariah Carey

Last week at the inauguration, it was reported that Mariah Carey thought she and Nick Cannon were going to be seated with the family of Barack Obama. I mean after all, this is Mariah Carey. It didn't matter that every other celebrity more famous than her was not sitting next to Obama, Mariah thought she was going to and when she found out she was going to have be around other celebrities and *gasp* "everyday people" she lost it and left the inauguration and had Nick carry her to the hotel and then paint butterflies on the walls.

Now, that is the story that has been going around since the day of the inauguration. OK, maybe not the part about the butterflies, but if you don't think she made Nick carry her back to the hotel, then you have not been watching this relationship. So, Mariah's people finally came up with a reason why Mariah left. They should have just kept quiet and let this go, but instead they released a statement that said Mariah was perfectly happy with the seats she was given, but there were too many fans and so she feared for her safety and so she went back to her hotel and watched the event from there.

OK, note to Mariah's people. How does this make her look better? I know that you think if you throw out the whole safety thing it makes her look good, but it doesn't. I'm guessing there were some law enforcement personnel around the Capitol that day. I don't think anything was going to get too far out of hand. Also, Mariah was supposed to sit with every other celebrity. The celebrities sitting in that section were not rejects from Surreal Life or Celebrity Rehab. They were as famous as Mariah and none of them ran from the "everyday people" who were also in the section. Instead, they stayed and mingled and everyone was treated the same. Mariah couldn't deal with that. People touching her and looking at her and that was too much.

"Carry me home Nick. Be quick about it or I won't let you brush my hair tonight or iron my clothes."