Mariah Carey dons unflattering swimsuit, talks about abuse in her past

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Oh, Mimi. What are you doing? It’s November, for goodness sake. Granted, I’m still wearing flip-flops in Virginia, so it‘s probably not that cold in Malibu. But I’m not a diva. And I’m not campaigning for an Oscar. Put some clothes on! Also, Us Weekly put these photos up with a link to a story called “See celebs who are tired of being called fat”. Rude much? Mariah doesn’t look fat to me. She’s curvy. She has a lovely, voluptuous figure. She just needs to learn what clothes are flattering on her figure. Usually she packs herself into some too-tight dress that makes her look like a stuffed sausage, or in this case, a really unflattering halter swimsuit which is cut badly for her figure.

Mariah was filming a music video for her song “H.A.T.E.U.” I’m not sure how Mariah in a halter cut down below her navel really helps, but she may be trying to convince us that she’s not pregnant? While she was on last night’s Larry King Live (full transcript here), Larry asked her about the pregnancy rumors. Mariah replied: “Right now? I’m going to take a swig of my scotch and let you know… [being pregnant] would be the happiest thing in my life, but what I’m saying is right now with this movie [Precious] coming out, with the next few singles from the album and those things that I’m doing, I need to focus on that because I cannot do the having-a-child thing halfway.”

Mariah also admitted to Larry that she had been “emotionally, mentally” abused in relationships, saying: “Well, it’s scary…You know, I just think you get into a situation, and you feel locked in if your situation is similar to one of the situations that I’ve been in which I won’t harp on.” Larry asked, “No, you don’t have to, but it is hard to get out?” Mariah replied: “For me, to really get out it was difficult because there was a connection that was not only a marriage but a business thing where the person was in control of my life,” Carey added. Good Lord, is she talking about her first husband Tommy Mottola? I’ve read interviews with Mariah before where she alluded to the idea that Mottola was a very controlling man, but I’ve never heard her allude to Mottola being abusive. Interesting.

Here’s more from the Larry King interview:

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  1. Mari says:

    Call me silly, but I kinda like her curves. Just not in that swimsuit.

  2. original kate says:

    she looked thinner before those enormous boob implants. now she looks like a stuffed sausage, a la megan mc cain.

  3. bo says:

    i like them in the swimsuit.

  4. nAynAy says:

    I think she is pregnant. At least the angle in some of those photos gives me the impression that she is.

  5. snowball says:

    Nobody but a 98 lb. model looks good in boy-cut swimwear.

    Geez, if she bends over too far, we’ll get to see if she shaves or shapes it. (shudder)

  6. BitterBetty says:

    Yeah. if you don’t have anything nice to say, dont say anything at all, so…Yeah.

  7. Mari says:

    @ Naynay- definitely not prego, just gained some weight.

  8. Firestarter says:

    Mariah recently said she has gained a ton of weight and it is all Nick Cannon’s fault, because she is happy.

    It isn’t the most flattering thing I have seen her wear, few things are, but I give her props for not really caring about her weight and she knows that CGI will make her SLIM!

  9. nAynAy says:

    Thank you Mari.

  10. Lantana says:

    I agree with Mari. She’s just chunky, not gross, and the swimsuit does nothing for her. I honestly don’t think that suit would even look good on anyone. When I buy clothes online (should I be embarrassed to admit that?), my rule of thumb is “If it looks iffy on a model, it’s going to look like hell on me.” I won’t go searching for that suit anytime soon.

  11. skibunny says:

    that looks horrible on her

  12. ☠MeowBea says:

    Wow great reminder not to buy that crappy swim suit…. She has put on some weight but she stills looks good- the White Bathing Suit looks much better CB you should put that one up as well

  13. Tazina says:

    Married life can do that to you…..I doubt she’s pregnant.

  14. Lem says:

    that is just gross

  15. crash2GO2 says:

    I don’t understand her obsessive need to show us her body. I don’t have an obsessive need to look at it. Meh.

  16. She should just wear a regular bikini & show the girls off. The boyshorts make her butt look flat & wide. Not cute.

  17. cara says:

    She was basically held captive in her manse in Armonk, Ny when married to Mottola. Not having freedom, if not for a crime I’d say is abusive.

    I think she looks great. After witnessing that Alexa Chung show yesterday, I’ve concluded having some fat is great for you!!! (that chicks frame is not cute) Besides, if sh*t hit’s the fan, the skinny minnies will be some of the first to go.

    I’d also like to add that her legs are toned, much more so then some skinny models.

  18. Prissa says:

    I’ll always LUV Mariah, but I do wonder when she’s gonna become a little more refined and classy. Although she looks awesome for her age (almost 40) I can’t imagine her being 50 and still wearing second skin dresses and micro-mini’s. But it’s Mariah, so we’ll see…

  19. lilred says:

    Dang, If the skinny minnies are the first to go I guess I’ll be in line to take them out lol.I’m for sure no skinny minnie. I like curvy.

    Lem- If that is your idea of gross I’d hate to think what you call healthy.

  20. cara says:

    @lilred – they’ll waste away quicker because of having less body fat to help maintain the body. You know if for some reason (emp) we run out of immediate food supplies.

  21. Cristina says:

    R u kidding urself kaiser? She’s not curvy, she’s fat!!!!! Let’s call a spade a spade and quit sugarcoating it!

    Anyway, when I saw the story pic on the main page I thought it was Miley Cyrus! Ha! Perhaps this is a crystal ball

  22. Beth says:

    Mariah has said Tommy was very controlling many times over the years. I can’t remember specifically what she said of the relationship but it wasn’t healthy or good for her self-esteem. Ugly, unflattering bathing suit. She doesn’t look big but the suit makes it look like she is.

  23. lilred says:

    Cara- darn right they will go down first if food gets scarce I (and my curvy body)will run ’em over getting to the food. lol

  24. fizXgirl314 says:

    she is not fat… I am sure her husband (and most men) think she is juicy… it’s only women who are super bitchy about a few extra pounds *eyeroll*

  25. Jeri says:

    I can see hime being “emotionally & mentalling” abusive. Anybody hear from his present wife recently?

  26. Jeri says:

    oops MENTALLY

  27. loldongs says:

    Wow Mariah, way to showcase that lovely beer-can physique.

  28. mel says:

    I’m not going to call Mimi fat, but she’s definitely gained weight. She needs to find another stylist cause realistically the clothes I’ve seen her in lately are not flattering.

  29. MSat says:

    I won’t comment on the swimsuit but I will say that I saw the Larry King interview and she is batshit crazy. There is not a single person in this bitch’s life who will tell her the truth: she’s boring, she’s stupid, and she needs a heaping helping of STFU.

  30. Katyusha says:

    “unflattering” is an understatement.

  31. Codzilla says:

    Why doesn’t she get that awful boob job fixed, already? Those things look terrible. And she always has them stuffed into some awkward ensemble, which only makes the problem worse.

  32. Taya says:

    Mariah still thinks she is 20 years old and weighs 105. No sweety, you are 40 and just your ass weighs 105 pounds. Grow up and dress your age.

  33. nAynAy says:

    I certainly do not condone being in an ‘abusive’ relationship, but wasn’t it Tommy who “put her on the map” (as the expression goes)? Am I wrong?

  34. Lee says:

    Wow, she’s a 3-D rectangle. And that’s an unflattering swimsuit. She must have been looking in a skinny mirror when she put that thing on and thought it was fine. And that old trick of super-high-heels-with-a-swimsuit didn’t work either.

  35. Lem says:

    it is gross! not a single flattering picture in the bunch. the bottom of that suit is too small and the top is too loose. the white suit is slightly better but only slightly. the Angel was tacky but this is nasty.
    Letting it all hang out should be a frame of mind not a size of swimsuit.
    this is a music video shoot, not an unknown on a beach in middle america somewhere.
    M’s version of it fits had always been if I can’t breathe it fits. Which wasn’t flattering at her thinnest, wasn’t flattering at her fattest, and isn’t flattering at this weight either.
    For a woman who obviously takes a huge amount of pride in her body, you’d think she might want to put some work into her body.
    is there some reason she cannot sing without her belly roll hanging free? Does her voice not work it her tatas are covered? Do the butterflies in her sparkly hello kitty brain demand she wh0re it out on some beach?

    She needs to call in Tim Gunn stat and make it work. Hell even Stacy & Clinton could class up this mess.

    @ lilred: healthy is what I would call healthy, since you’re wondering. Curvy or thin doesn’t matter. Healthy and fit does. You can be fat and fit or thin and unhealthy. but if you are both fit and healthy, it shows!

  36. loldongs says:

    She’s got a tramp stamp as well.

    Blorf!

  37. viper says:

    Thats a very beautiful woman right there, Very very brave too, even if the suit sucks.

  38. Emily says:

    She’s not fat, that’s just a really unflattering swimsuit on her. That said, I’m hoping that she will very soon realise that she’s not 20 anymore, and start covering up a bit. For fuck’s sake, has no one ever told her that if you’ve got a miniskirt on, keep your tits covered, and vice versa?

  39. fizXgirl314 says:

    alex, those are the same pictures as here except that they have clearly been widened… how slimy…

    I dunno, I kind of think some men really go for that sloppy pig look… probably means she’s a little bit wild and jiggly and doesn’t care if some crazy position show off a little bulge…

    that’s how i like to imagine it anyway lol

  40. loldongs says:

    She’s developing a gunt.

    😀

  41. bros says:

    oh man, these arent even the worst pics. there re some on the superficial that show this from the side, and it is NOT pretty. she needs to deflate her implants because they make her look so thick and stuffed and constipated.

  42. Steve says:

    She outweighs Nick by at least 25 pounds…

  43. jaundicemachine says:

    I’d fire the person who put you in that swimsuit, babe . . .

    (Or more realistically – fire the person who OKed for the camera. Not doing you any favors. . .)

  44. Kylie says:

    Oh go away Christina. She is not fat at all. Comments like that are just lame.
    She needs to dress her age. I saw her on Eleen the other day with suspenders showing from under her dress and her dress was so short she was basically showing everyone one what she had for beakfast if you know what I mean.
    Come on Mariah – get a stylist!

  45. You Go Girl says:

    It’s not about flattering,unflattering, fat or skinny.
    she’s gotten to an age, where she just needs to dress appropriately. A woman her age in an ass length mini shirt, with 2 minute heels, n all her bits hanging out is for the under 30’s, not a bloody over 30 chunka. She lacks class in that respect, just like the LaToyas, Pammies etc..

  46. NYC says:

    Tommy wouldn’t let her dress like a whore. He steered her career to great heights. All this girl ever wanted to do is dress like a whore. Well she did a bang up job of it after she got divorced.

  47. Trillion says:

    She’s working on winning over the Tyra Banks fans demographic.

  48. ogechi says:

    i love this chic

  49. Merridith says:

    Steve i think you are being extremely generous with your estimate of only 25 lbs more than her husband.

  50. Firestarter says:

    NYC- Tommy Mottola is a well known ass who has had a LONG history of abusing all of the artists that were under his “wing”. He is not a nice man.

    Mariah’s career soared to greater heights AFTER she kicked his egomaniacal ass to the curb.

    This is not the Victorian era. If she wants to dress inappropriately, that is her decision to make, and not some bulldozing man’s right to tell her how to act, dress, what to sing, when she can go out and what she can do.

    Mottola may have given Mariah her start, but that is only because he was the first to latch on to her. She would have made it whether or not he was involved.

  51. Fire says:

    Ok….a few things….

    A stylist picked THAT swimsuit for her to wear in a VIDEO? REALLY? That person should be fired. It’s hard to airbrush video footage – she is safer sticking to still shots. ;o) She is definitely not fat. Curvy, yes. But the thing is she really does stuff herself into trashy tight hoochie mama dresses. She would look a whole lot better if she didn’t spill out of everything. That’s when we can see all the flaws. Pick appropriately sized dresses. And I’m not saying she can’t dress young and fresh, but she is almost 40. Stop with the belly shirts! Especially since the belly ain’t at that tight!

    Secondly….she split from Tommy TWELVE years ago. How is this relevant now? Oh, I guess she is trying to compete with Rhianna? Keeping herself in the news? Not sure, but we heard it all before. I’m not condoning his behavior if he was “abusive and controlling” but he did help her career just a tad. Not worth it if he hit her though, IMHO.

    My two cents….oh, one more thing. She has a phenomenal voice – absolutely beautiful. But, do we need to hear her range in EVERY song?

  52. Fire says:

    I was taking it easy on her and then I read some of your comments. YOWSA!

    Lem, MSat, Katyusha, loldongs – FUCKING HILARIOUS!

    And viper – what do you mean by brave? Brave to wear that swimsuit? Brave to put that tiny piece of fabric (and every button, snap and zipper on every piece of clothing she owns) to the test??

  53. ligeia says:

    a non toothpick figured woman in hollywood wears a swimsuit to the beach, more news at 8!!!!!

  54. Rosie says:

    Mimi without photoshop.

  55. nxghosting says:

    wow
    she take a great enjoy in this articles images she looks in black bikini on the bane of sea very sexy and hot so

  56. Bambi says:

    I don’t think I’d like that swimsuit on anyone.

  57. Cee says:

    Firestarter, you think Mariah’s career took off AFTER her divorce?

    I don’t think her career was bad post divorce necessarily but it certainly had its moments when she seemed to flounder and she tried to hard to full rap/ghetto/cool instead of gradually progressing into that realm. And I agree that her clothing became trampier post divorce.

    Mariah cheated on Tommy and she made diva demands on him.

    Tommy is married to Thalia now and I haven’t heard her complaining.

  58. D says:

    I like women with curves, but the only curves Mariah has are on her pregger belly.

    Seriously, she looks like a truck stop hooker.

  59. sweetgirl says:

    Serious…Oh God..Make me..

    Like I do…

    Like this part when she ain`t like Hanna Mantana.

    Kok.

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  61. jennifer says:

    i think she looks great it is comments like that that make it hard to be a celeb they wonder why celebs have breakdowns and addictions it is because people treat them like they have to be perfect. they are still human and she is 42 and looks great to be that age.