Mariah Carey Tells Oprah the Surprising Emotion She Felt After Writing Her Memoir
Oprah recently debuted her new Apple TV+ talk show, The Oprah Conversation, in which she has important, timely discussions with thought leaders from different walks of life.
In this week's episode, the O of O sits down with music icon Mariah Carey ahead of the release of her first memoir.
At the end of July, Oprah premiered The Oprah Conversation, a brand-new series (streaming exclusively on Apple TV+) in which the television legend herself has intimate, impactful conversations with “today’s foremost newsmakers, thought leaders, and masters of their craft.”
So far, she’s interviewed Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man host Emmanuel Acho, bestselling author and scholar Ibram X. Kendi, and lawyer and criminal justice crusader Bryan Stevenson. But perhaps no one fills the master-of-their-craft category quite like this week’s guest: global music icon Mariah Carey.
Ahead of the release of her highly-anticipated memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey, the record-breaking singer and songwriter (fun fact: she still has the most number one singles of any solo artist in history) sat down with the O of O for a nearly hour-long, extremely candid conversation. “What is the word you feel about this being released into the world?” Oprah asks Carey in an exclusive clip provided to OprahMag.com, adding, “Other than relieved?”
Without missing a beat, Carey responds, “Freer.”
During the wide-ranging interview, the 50-year-old also reveals the never-before-told personal stories behind many of her chart-topping songs, what it was like to grow up biracial (specifically, African-American, Venezuelan, and Irish), and how she's confronted past traumas—and found freedom. "Then that was worth it," Oprah says at the end of the exclusive clip. "Because freedom is everything."
Just like her conversation with Oprah, no topic—either personal and professional—is off limits in Carey's new memoir—out Tuesday, October 29—which she spent nearly two years working on with co-writer Michaela Angela Davis. That includes the "Heartbreaker" singer's humble beginnings in Long Island, her short-lived marriage to music mogul Tommy Mottola, her estranged relationship with her siblings (according to a recent New York Magazine interview, she refers to them as her “ex-brother” and “ex-sister"), becoming a mother to twins Moroccan and Monroe, and the bipolar disorder diagnosis she went public with in 2018.
"I’m just in a really good place right now, where I’m comfortable discussing my struggles with bipolar II disorder," she told People Magazine at the time. "I’m hopeful we can get to a place where the stigma is lifted from people going through anything alone. It can be incredibly isolating. It does not have to define you and I refuse to allow it to define me or control me."
To catch the rest of Oprah's revealing conversation with Carey, head over to AppleTV+ starting at 12 a.m. ET on Thursday, September 24. The segment is available to AppleTV+ subscribers.
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