Mariah Carey Blames "Splashes of Champagne" for Sloshy Awards Speech
Mr. Hole the Magnificent
Mariah is blaming it on the alcohol.
At Wednesday's People's Choice Awards, the diva was asked about her
sloshy speech Tuesday at the Palm Springs International Film Festival
awards gala.
"I don't even know what it was," she told reporters. "I heard
clapping. You know, Lee [Michaels, Precious director] and I hadn't
seen each other in a long time, and he started right in with all these
inside jokes, and I was like, OK.
"We were celebrating and having little splashes, and I hadn’t eaten,
and that's what it was. We were celebrating the movie and all the
exciting stuff going on. There's a time for celebration and a time for
not - but really technically, it's a party atmosphere. We had splashes
of champagne. I love Lee, but he’s a bad influence."
Carey was the butt of jokes by Sean Penn and Jason Reitman, director
of Up In the Air. "I think it feels just as good as Mariah Carey feels
right now," Reitman joked onstage while accepting an award at the
show. "I should really leave now. I don't think it gets better than
that."