Mariah Carey struggles keeping eye contact on Sunrise as she bizarrely admits to stocking up on Christmas decor during COVID-19 panic buying
Mariah Carey has long been coined the ‘Queen of Christmas’ for her successful 1994 festive anthem, All I Want For Christmas Is You.
And living up to the label, the American singer-songwriter has detailed just how deep her love for the special holiday runs.
Appearing on Seven’s Sunrise on Thursday, Mariah revealed she stocked up on Christmas decor when COVID-19 panic buying started.
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Mariah Carey appeared on Seven’s Sunrise on Thursday, where she bizarrely admitted to stocking up on Christmas decor during COVID-19 panic buying in New York in March
Mariah was on the breakfast show to promote her new Apple TV+ special – Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special.
‘I was in the New York apartment for the first four-to-five months of Covid with the kids and our little pod,’ the actress explained.
When panic buying first started, Mariah laughed as she recalled her reaction at the time: ‘all of a sudden I sat there and said “wait a minute – I better get Christmas decorations, because what if people get all the decorations?” of course, I was thinking about that in March.’
‘I sat there and said “wait a minute – I better get Christmas decorations, because what if people get all the decorations?”‘ Mariah said in March when panic buying started in New York, she became concerned about Christmas decorations running low
During the recorded chat, Mariah struggled to maintain eye contact with the main camera feeding into the Sunrise studio.
The pop star’s eyes would wander to her left as she spoke with an incredible white Christmas backdrop visible.
Mariah said she usually treats her nine-year-old twins, Moroccan and Monroe, to Christmas festivities, Santa meetings and sledding each year, but the coronavirus pandemic has thrown a spanner in the works for the family.
‘I have no need to go anywhere, safety is more important,’ she said of trying to social distance amid the pandemic.
Keeping the spirit alive: Mariah said she usually treats her nine-year-old twins, Moroccan and Monroe, to Christmas festivities, Santa meetings and sledding each year, but the coronavirus pandemic has thrown a spanner in the works for the family
Mariah said her new Christmas special was ‘so much fun to do’ and was ‘such a labour of love’.
The special includes performances and appearances by Tiffany Haddish, Billy Eichner, Ariana Grande, Jennifer Hudson, and Snoop Dogg.
Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special premieres on Apple TV+ on December 4
Coming soon: The trailer for Mariah Carey’s upcoming Christmas Special, set to debut on December 4, dropped on Friday