Mariah Carey Was ‘Very Intimidated’ by Aretha Franklin
Mariah Carey was recently on Andy Cohen’s Watch What Happens L!ve during which she revealed a little-known fact. When a caller asked about Mariah’s time performing with Aretha Franklin, the…

LAS VEGAS, NV – SEPTEMBER 21: Mariah Carey performs onstage during the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena on September 21, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)
Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesMariah Carey was recently on Andy Cohen’s Watch What Happens L!ve during which she revealed a little-known fact.
When a caller asked about Mariah’s time performing with Aretha Franklin, the diva said that during their 1998 Divas Live performance other singers were happy to take on the “Queen of Soul” during rehearsals but Mariah says that she ‘very intimidated’ by Franklin and remained in the back.
Franklin later told Carey that ‘they were playing games” and she “wasn’t playing games,” so the two divas rehearsed in Franklin’s trailer.