Mariah Carey Reveals Which Two of Her Hits Were Inspired by Derek Jeter Romance

Mariah Carey has confessed her romance with Derek Jeter was the last straw during her marriage to music mogul Tommy Mottola, talking candidly about her upcoming Memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey on  The Oprah Conversation  Mariah revealed Jeter was “a catalyst” that helped her take the decision of divorcing Mottola.The famous singer wrote two songs inspired by the former New York Yankees star, The Roof and My All, after they “secretly flirted” via text and shared a “clandestine kiss” on the

Mariah Carey opened up about dating Derek Jeter in the late 1990s as her marriage to Tommy Mottola came to an end.“He was a catalyst that helped me get out of that relationship because I believed that there was somebody else [out there for me],” the five-time Grammy winner, 50, told Oprah Winfrey on Apple TV+’s The Oprah Conversation on Thursday, September 24.“It was the racial situation — you know, his mom is Irish, his dad is Black — but he was also very ambiguous looking to me,” she recalled.

Mariah Carey‘s life would be so different today had she never met her old flame Derek Jeter!

Mariah Carey credits former New York Yankee Derek Jeter with inspiring her to leave her emotionally abusive marriage to music executive Tommy Mottola.In a new interview with Oprah Winfrey on AppleTV+'s The Oprah Conversation, Carey shared details about her forthcoming memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey, and dished about her affair with the baseball star, who played a pivotal role in her achieving her own independence.

Derek Jeter played an important part in Mariah Carey's marriage to Tommy Mottola. The 50-year-old pop star recently joined Oprah Winfrey for her Apple TV+ show "The Oprah Conversation" and opened up about meeting Jeter, which ultimately led to her divorce from Mottola.

Derek Jeter played a big part inMariah Carey's life, both on a personal level and musically. The former New York Yankees shortstop met Carey in 1998 shortly before her divorce from her music producer husband, Tommy Mottola. «He was a catalyst that helped me get out of that relationship because I believed there was somebody else,» Carey explains to Oprah Winfrey in the new Apple TV+ series . She added that Jeter being biracial also played a big part in her connection with the athlete. «It was the

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Mariah Carey has revealed that Derek Jeter was the “catalyst” for her to split up with her ex husband Tommy Mottola, who she married in 1993 before splitting up in 1998.

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Mariah Carey has revealed the tracklist for her forthcoming rarities collection.In an Instagram post on September 10, Carey shared an image of the 15-track listing for CD 1 of ‘The Rarities’ with the caption, “THE RARITIES Revealed”.

Mariah Carey has opened up about having an affair with New York Yankees baseball legend Derek Jeter while she was married to Tommy Mottola.The musician writes about the affair, which was rumoured for years, in her upcoming memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey.In the book, Carey writes that the affair with Mottola happened in the 1990s after they met at a dinner party and secretly began “text flirting”.The singer reveals how her first meeting with Jeter took place on the rooftop of his New York

Mariah Carey is opening up about her personal life like never before. The singer has an upcoming memoir, "The Meaning of Mariah Carey," in which she discusses a romance with retired baseball star Derek Jeter, according to a conversation she had with Vulture. Carey even confirmed two songs off her 1997 album "Butterfly" were about the former Yankee player.

Mark David Like many urban dwellers with the freedom and resources to do so, Mariah Carey decamped her plush mansion-sized penthouse in lower Manhattan sometime in March to sequester in seclusion and high style at a grand Westchester County country estate.

Vulture interview, telling reporter Allison P.