Dick Clark Productions Refutes ‘Absurd’ Rumors That Mariah Carey’s NYE Performance Was Sabotaged
Mariah Carey‘s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve performance was a disaster by any standard. Since walking from the stage late Saturday night, she’s explained that there was a technical malfunction that prevented her from singing well. TMZ subsequently ran a report claiming that her faulty earpiece might just have been a deliberate ploy to get more people talking about the performance and now Dick Clark Productions has spoken out against the claim.
According to the Wrap, DCP said this:
As the premier producer of live television events for nearly 50 years, we pride ourselves on our reputation and long-standing relationships with artists. To suggest that [Dick Clark Productions], as producer of music shows including the American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, New Year’s Rockin’ Eve and Academy of Country Music Awards, would ever intentionally compromise the success of any artist is defamatory, outrageous and frankly absurd … In very rare instances there are of course technical errors that can occur with live television, however, an initial investigation has indicated that dcp had no involvement in the challenges associated with Ms. Carey’s New Year’s Eve performance. We want to be clear that we have the utmost respect for Ms. Carey as an artist and acknowledge her tremendous accomplishments in the industry.
TMZ, too, has updated their story to include information from a source close to the production company. They were told that Carey chose not to do a sound check and has changed her story about what happened.
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