Mariah Carey says she recently lost not just one, but two family members. The “We Belong Together” and “Fantasy” pop diva said in a statement shared with The Times on Monday, “My heart is broken that I’ve lost my mother this past weekend.” She added, “in a tragic turn of events,” her older sister “lost her life on the same day.
” She did not share additional details, including when and where the women died or their causes of death. The five-time Grammy winner, 55, said she felt “blessed” that she was “able to spend the last week” with her mother, Patricia Carey. Patricia, a former opera singer, and Alfred Roy Carey welcomed the singer on March 27, 1969.
The spouses divorced when Mariah was 3. In her 2020 memoir, “ The Meaning of Mariah Carey, ” the singer detailed her complicated relationship with her mother. The hitmaker wrote at the time, “Our relationship is a prickly rope of pride, pain, shame, gratitude, jealousy, admiration and disappointment.
” The singer also wrote about her relationship with her sister, whom she accused of drugging her with Valium, offering her cocaine and cigarettes and trying “to sell me out to a pimp.” She said she went to therapy, which helped her “rename and reframe my family.” “My mother became Pat to me, Morgan my ex-brother and Alison my ex-sister,” she wrote, according to People .
“I had to stop expecting them to one day miraculously become the mommy, big brother and big sister I fantasized about.′′ On Monday, Mariah said she was grateful for “everyone’s love and support and respect for my privacy during this impossible time.”.
