Is Muni Long in her marketing bag, or will Mariah Carey peep shade like the internet is doing? We’re waiting for the answer too! The Queen of Christmas is defrosted now, but she’s yet to react to two skits Muni released on Monday. Meanwhile, the ‘Delulu’ singer has already cleared the air — denying allegations of being icy.
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Was It Shade Or Just Song Promo?
On Monday, Muni Long shook the internet when she posted a video featuring an extra-curvy Mariah Carey impersonator. The Instagram reel shows the faux Mariah auditioning for a singing competition while Muni poses as a judge. Afterward, the actress sings ‘Delulu’ lyrics, saying, “I’m delusional.” After the impersonator instructs Muni on how to sing the song and leaves, Long stamps her application with ‘Delulu’ and then repeats a comment that the real Mariah Carey made a few months ago—“I just don’t like when other people sing my songs.” Meanwhile, the singer’s caption says:
“THE DIVA!?!!!! My cute lil number? ✨✨✨✨✨🪽 and maybe…I can come around to people singing my songs if this who singing it!”
Muni used Mariah’s exact words. Carey said it in an interview in March, after Long and Tori Kelly performed a tribute to her at the iHeartRadio Music Awards. Mariah went viral that night, not only for stepping out with Anderson. Paak, but definitely for her facial expressions at the tribute. She later told GQ that she loves Muni Long, but didn’t know that she had done ‘We Belong Together’ as a cover. After the interviewer said Muni Long made the cover “her own,” Mariah said that she felt honored and flattered. But as for Mariah Carey’s songs? She said: “I love Muni Long, she’s a great person, ummm, but I just don’t like people doing my song,” before reportedly laughing.
Muni Long Says She’s A Mariah Carey Stan
And while Muni Long’s first ‘Delulu’ skit is still making its rounds, she’s doubled down on the theme with skit. Again, she used the Mariah Carey impersonator. This time, the faux Mariah Carey is seen tossing Muni Long to the curb after the ‘Hrs & Hrs’ singer told her friends she’s “that girl.” The fake Carey popped out saying, “I’m that girl, but we love everyone before throwing Muni ‘Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ style into the street. The caption says, “AND YOU KNOW WHAT?! She could push me off of every ledge in sight. THANK YOU!! I LOVE HA!! Now go stream #Delulu and show some respeck.”
Separately on Instagram Story, Muni Long directly addressed allegations that her first skit read as shade toward Mariah Carey. Screenshots of her IG Story post started floating around on social sites, like X, overnight Monday.
“Y’all don’t be delulu. I would never disrespect Queen Mariah!!!!!1 Forever a lamb,” she wrote, adding a blue butterfly.
