Mariah Carey Had This to Say About Her Nightmarish New Year's Eve Performance

Let’s be honest—it wasn’t very surprising for the not-so-great 2016 to end with such a cringe-worthy performance from Mariah Carey on New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, but Mariah thinks quite differently. The pop singer has come forward with her thoughts on the disastrous performance and who’s to blame for it, reports Cosmopolitan.  

Mariah talked with Entertainment Weeklyabout the nightmarish incident, pointing to production company Dick Clark Productions as the instigator of her bad performance. “All I can say is Dick Clark was an incredible person and I was lucky enough to work with him when I first started in the music business,” she revealed. “I’m of the opinion that Dick Clark would not have let an artist go through that and he would have been as mortified as I was in real time.”

Before Mariah spoke out about the incident, her team accused the production company of purposely ignoring the singer’s ongoing concern about her earpiece's functionality so they could “get Mariah drama.” Dick Clark Productions denied these claims, revealing that an investigation had proven that its own actions hadn’t affected Mariah’s difficulties. The special's co-host Jenny McCarthy even defended the company, saying, "For [Mariah] to defame them was so incredibly insulting for the group of people who work their balls off preparing and rehearsing for their musical guests."

Although it seems like everyone and their mother still has a bone to pick when it comes to this debacle, Mariah's not letting it affect her upcoming plans, which include a tour with Lionel Richie beginning in March and a new reality series on E!. “It’s not going to stop me from doing a live event in the future,” Mariah said. “But it will make me less trusting of using anyone outside of my own team.”

No matter whose fault this mess may have been, I think we can definitely take Mariah’s post-performance tweet to heart when it comes to facing our own less-than-perfect moments.