As you may already know, Mariah Carey ended her year with an embarrassing bang after her ear piece malfunction ultimately sabotaged her NYE Times Square performance. While social media is still relentlessly dragging the horrific show, the people directly involved are still trying to figure out who to blame.
As we previously reported, Mariah’s crew is pointing fingers at production for purposely sabotaging her performance just to get higher ratings. Apparently, she and her team had repeatedly complained about not being able to hear her music through her defective earpiece, which she claims Dick Clark Productions repeatedly brushed off.
Well Billboard has received a statement from the singer’s manager Stella Bulochnikov and she also says DCP “wanted eyeballs at any expense” and unfortunately it left her client out to dry.
“We told them [the stage managers] that the in-ears were not working 10 minutes before the performance. They then changed the battery pack, and they were still not working on the frequency four minutes before the show. We let them know again, and they just kept counting her down and reassuring her that they will work as soon as they go live, which never happened — at which point she pulled them out but could not hear the music over the crowd.”
After the show, I called [Dick Clark Productions’] Mark Shimmel and I said, ‘What the fuck happened?’ He said, ‘Let me call you back,’ then called me back and confirmed the in-ears were not working and asked if I would make a joint statement. I said, ‘No way.’ I asked him to cut the West Coast feed. He said he could not do that. I asked him why would they want to run a performance with mechanical glitches unless they just want eyeballs at any expense … It’s not artist friendly, especially when the artist cut her vacation short as a New Year’s Eve gift to them.”
Well Dick Clark Productions has responded to the claims which they called “defamatory and outrageous.”
Dick Clark Productions:
“As the premier producer of live television events for nearly 50 years, we pride ourselves on our reputation and long-standing relationships with artists. To suggest that DCP, as producer of music shows including the American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, New Year’s Rockin’ Eve and Academy of Country Music Awards, would ever intentionally compromise the success of any artist is defamatory, outrageous and frankly absurd. In very rare instances there are of course technical errors that can occur with live television, however, an initial investigation has indicated that DCP had no involvement in the challenges associated with Ms. Carey’s New Year’s Eve performance. We want to be clear that we have the utmost respect for Ms. Carey as an artist and acknowledge her tremendous accomplishments in the industry.”
Welp, we have a feeling this won’t end here but do you believe DCP purposely sabotaged Mariah? Lets chat below!
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Source: http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7640615/mariah-carey-manager-statement-dick-clark-productions-new-years-rockin-eve?utm_source=twitter&utm_source=Direct&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=Direct
