OVER the years, Mariah Carey has opened up about the complicated relationship she has with her family. On Monday, the pop music sensation revealed that her mom Patricia, and her sister Alison had died over the weekend . Mariah , 55, said in a statement to People , "My heart is broken that I’ve lost my mother this past weekend.
Sadly, in a tragic turn of events, my sister lost her life on the same day." The Fantast hitmaker revealed she was grateful she was able to spend time with her mom a week before she died and was thankful for the positive messages she has received. However, Mariah spoke about the difficult relationship she had with Alison, 87, and Patricia, 63, while growing up.
Fans got to learn more about Mariah's troubled past with her family in her 2020 memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey. Read More on Mariah Carey 'RAINBOW OF EMOTIONS' When discussing her mom, Mariah wrote, "Ours is a story of betrayal and beauty. Of love and abandonment.
Of sacrifice and survival "Like many aspects of my life, my journey with my mother has been full of contradictions and competing realities. "I’ve emancipated myself from bondage several times, but there is a cloud of sadness that I suspect will always hang over me, not simply because of my mother but because of our complicated journey together. "It's never been only black-and-white — it's been a whole rainbow of emotions.
Most read in Celebrity "Our relationship is a prickly rope of pride, pain, shame, gratitude, jealousy, ad.