Mariah Carey, the iconic diva and best-selling female artist of all time, is making headlines yet again, this time for her seemingly shady reaction to a tribute performance in her honor at the iHeartRadio Music Awards 2025. The highly anticipated event aired live on FOX, showcasing GRAMMY winners Muni Long and Tori Kelly performing a medley of Mariah’s classic hits ‘We Belong Together’ and ‘Always Be My Baby’.
As the audience eagerly awaited Mariah’s reaction to the tribute, cameras caught a moment that quickly went viral. Some viewers speculated that Mariah’s facial expression seemed less than impressed, leading to a wave of social media chatter about her reaction. However, fans of the iconic singer were quick to come to her defense, pointing out that Mariah has always been known for her candid and unfiltered reactions.
Despite the speculation surrounding her reaction, Mariah graciously accepted the event’s Icon Award, further solidifying her status as a legendary figure in the music industry. The award served as a testament to Mariah’s enduring impact and influence on music, as well as her ability to connect with audiences around the world through her soulful and powerful vocals.
Ultimately, Mariah Carey’s legacy as a trailblazing artist and icon in the music industry remains untouchable, with her signature hits continuing to resonate with fans old and new. While her reaction to the tribute performance may have sparked some controversy, there’s no denying that Mariah’s talent and influence are here to stay for years to come.
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i think she was a lil jealous of tori …tori did great
Tori voice is a million miles from Mariah. At least Muni didn't try to sound Mariahesque. She was smart enough to adapt it to her voice and range. Well played.
Everything is considered shade now
Don't think she was shading, but this lady needs to loosen up. She is always so damn uptight and always looks stiff and uncomfortable. You paid your dues and a legend. Ofcourse, time an place and your time is over as a popular artist. People appreciate you as a sweet nostalgia. so loosen the heck up and dance, move, stop looking like you cant breathe @mariahcarey
I can’t believe E entertainment reported such trash what happened to them?
I feel she can’t respect other people while they’re doing tributes to her. There should be no more because at this point it’s just giving very ignorant.
She loved the performance you guys 😊 It's either the lighting or just being overwhelmed/shocked. Stop it E! 😂
It was a horrible tribute!
She was smiling and blowing kisses 😘 that’s not what someone does when throwing shade y’all need to stop it smh
"I don't know her!"
What a messy and toxic “news” piece. Do better ET. 🙄😒
Shading?…STOP WRITING THIS SHITS….
I just disliked this vid for being clickbait-y. Mimi had collabed with Muni before so it makes no sense for Mimi to be shady.
She said : Theres such great talent out there!
What she MEANT: …they didnt show up for me… but they out there somewhere. I don't know her 🙄
Talent these days isn’t what it used to be. Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston were REAL talented singers. When they sang, they bought down the house with their powerful vocals. I don’t blame her for shading them.
Mother just avoiding bad lighting, y'all chill
I can't believe we're still doing this nonsense. Every movement she makes has to be scrutinzed and turned into a Fantasy (#1). Still thriving (1990-2025) despite it!
ET rage baiting
I think she was looking at the dude next to her …acting like a moron
ET. are we still doing this technique?
Y’all are SOOO wrong for this!!! Mariah can’t do ANYTHING right! And y’all wonder why she’s always so timid and afraid to even move!!! She and Muni are FRIENDS!!!
I think she was annoyed at Anderson Paak because he wouldn’t sit still and was singing along. She had this look like, boy if you don’t sit still and be quiet I’m trying to listen to their tribute to ME!😂😂😂
Can we just say how beautiful Muni’s hair looked. I love a good French twist hair style!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽💯💯💯💯❤️❤️❤️❤️
She seems like she’s high on Xanax or something
She was annoyed that Muni used the backtrack during high note parts. She was annoyed that Muni had audacity to lip synch the tribute.
That's not shade you idiots!
The one Mariah was shading was Tommy, not Muni and Tori
Lambs nailed it! Lighting! Give Entertainment Tonight HELL for this!
No, because why didn’t they make Ariana Grande? Don’t give me wrong. I love her, but she couldn’t hit that high note that Mariah was looking for for her tribute and that’s not nice. That’s messed up.
They kept putting her face on the massive screens beside the stage and she’d look away every time they did that
FFS.. Mariah lost her voice 20 years ago…bloated..mimi? time to move on
Make the song your own, your not the original artist
Cmon guys.. don’t think Mariah not impressed with tori and muni performance!
Don’t do Mariah, Whitney, or Celine. I’m sorry, it just didn’t add up for me
Mariah's team has her heavily medicated for going on 3 years… y'all are just seeing it now and calling it shade. She acted like a zombie. #FreeMariah
Damn, this was nasty 😡😡😡. You can see fan footage the she was smiling and clapping for both tori and muni. And so stupid report. Since mariah was the first one who gave muni a push in her song writer career and then jumped on Made for me remix. And her produce Jermaine dupri helped muni cuz mariah and him thought she was big just to be a song writer.and Mariah gave a standing ovation to tori when she perfomed visión of love. Yall so disgusting. This is unfair