Saturday November 7, 2009

MARIAH Carey admits she’s been in an abusive relationship.

The Touch my Body songstress — who wed actor-and-rapper Nick Cannon in 2008 — opened up to talk show host Larry King about how she has been affected by the struggle she faced in previous relationships and hinted her ex-husband, music mogul Tommy Mottola, was responsible for her ordeal.

“Abuse has several categories,” she said. “Emotionally, mentally, in other ways. I just think you get into a situation and you feel locked in.

“If your situation is similar to one of the situations I’ve been in, which I won’t harp on.

“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.”

Mariah wed music executive Tommy in 1993 after he signed her to the music label CBS Records. They separated just three years later and divorced in 1998.

Carey also spoke out in support of fellow singer Rihanna, who was assaulted by her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown earlier this year following a pre-Grammy’s party.

“I was very sequestered, as you know, when I first started out and if I were just allowed to be young and with a young boyfriend who’s also a star and you know, you’re working and you’re both — I don’t know what goes on,” she said. “You know what I mean?

“So it’s like, I wasn’t really allowed out of the house, so I can’t imagine what she went through.”

Carey recently hit out at “lazy” journalists for branding her a diva.

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