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 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.