Mariah Carey Called Out Sandra Bernhard For Being "Mean" To Her During An Interview (And Things Got
Mariah Carey has had several feuds with other celebrities. There's her iconic "I don't know her" commentary on Jennifer Lopez and her red meat with Eminem.
While all these rifts were attributed to her diva persona, her spat with the King of Comedy superstar, Sandra Bernhard, used to be without a doubt on the latter.
In a resurfaced clip, Carey confronts the comic for being "mean" to her during a SiriusXM look. Bernhard prior to now made a "racist" shaggy dog story about the Fantasy singer which Naomi Campbell later mentioned with Carey on No Filter with Naomi.
Here's a closer look at Carey and Bernhard's sophisticated historical past.
What Did Sandra Bernhard Say About Mariah Carey?
In Bernhard's 1998 stand-up, I'm Still Here… Damn It!, she said of Carey's ethnicity: "She's trying to backtrack on our asses by acting real ni****- there at the Royalton Hotel suite with Puff Daddy and all the greasy, chain-wearing Black men."
Speaking to the Hero hitmaker on No Filter with Naomi in 2020, Campbell stated of the shaggy dog story: "People can be very hurtful, but one of the things that hurt me, because I care about you and I care about the past, was what Sandra said. I was just like, 'Are you for real?' How did that even slide by? That is so rude and disrespectful. And I will say it here: completely racist."
"You are Black,” she said while gesturing at her guest. "You have each and every proper. You are working additionally, in a professional capability. I simply felt like, now, I sought after to clear that up because I used to be pissed."
Carey revealed that she didn't have anyone to talk to about it back then. "I want I'd have called you again when it took place as a result of I used to be so disenchanted and no one got here to my rescue at that point," she told The Face judge. "But whatever, I will't – it is lack of know-how."
Campbell even slammed Bernhard for promoting the Black Lives Matter movement without apologizing for her joke. "I take a look at these people who find themselves now like, 'Yes, Black Lives Matter', but sure honey, let's truly have in mind what you said," said the supermodel. "Because those things will come again and haunt you. Now you want to back down?"
How Did Mariah Carey Confront Sarah Bernhard?
In 2018, Carey surprised Bernhard and Andy Cohen during their Radio Andy and Sandyland shows on SiriusXM. Before that, the radio hosts were talking about the Obsessed performer doing another interview just down the hall, promoting the upcoming release of her album Caution.
"You don't love me. You're so mean, Sandra," Carey told the actress before coming into the studio to give Cohen a hug. Bernhard then said: "No ... Mimi ... no, I'm no longer," said Sandra. "Listen. I played homage to you at a time. Come for one minute, Mimi. Let's bury the hatchet."
As the five-time Grammy winner sat down to join their live session, Cohen told her, "Sandy loves you!" Bernhard added, "I adore you. Even again in the day, we have talked this thru," to which Carey replied: "Well, well, neatly, little need to move go into reverse that reminiscence lane."
When the Glitter star left, Cohen told Bernhard, "So Mimi does now not suppose you favor her." The latter brought up her controversial stand-up routine, saying: "I did a humorous piece about Mimi years ago, and [Mariah's former manager] Sandy Gallin, god rest his soul, called me and mentioned, 'Please forestall doing this piece about Mimi.' I stated, 'It's funny!'"
"Back in the day, where it is advisable use language that you can't use now, I did a thing about Mimi and the boys she was with, diving into the water and doing her thing," she continued without acknowledging the joke's racist theme.
Right after her stand-up, Bernhard was quoted telling the New York Magazine (via That Grape Juice): "I've carte blanche to use that word from my pal Paul Mooney. I'm a card-carrying white-black woman."
Years later, she reflected on the backlash, telling Seattle Weekly: "I believe anybody Black who comes to my shows gives me carte blanche to say that because I'm in point of fact coming from their place. I'm now not some cracker up there…It's so obvious that I'm a part of that culture."
Are Mariah Carey And Sandra Bernhard On Good Terms Now?
When Carey left Bernhard and Cohen, the previous told the Bravo staple that that interaction with the music icon "smoothed it" over. "She knows, she mentioned I look good," she noted. "She seems fabulous. She's been through so much and she's still standing and having a look terrific."
She endured: "I am just a little overwhelmed. There are sure other folks that are in point of fact iconic and lovely. Yeah, she's loopy, but she's so sensible in her craziness."
In 2019, during an look on Cohen's Watch What Happens Live, Bernhard claimed that she and Carey were now on good phrases. But the songstress' interview with Campbell didn't precisely verify that.
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