Years after their divorce, Mariah Carey still feels Tommy Mottola's control over her. In 2001, Mottola allegedly instructed hip hop producer Irv Gotti to make a song for Jennifer Lopez that was similar to one on Carey's record for the semi-autobiographical film Glitter, according to Fox News. Carey sampled Yellow Magic Orchestra's "Firecracker" for the song "Loverboy," on which she worked with Gotti. A month later, according to Gotti, Mottola wanted that same sample for Lopez's future hit, "I'm Real."
Carey would later score a double flop with Glitter, as the album and film fell behind her previous successes. She asked Mottola to get out of her contract, and per Fox News, was allowed to release Glitter through a new deal with Virgin Records. Unfortunately, the singer also suffered "a physical and mental breakdown" around this time and was diagnosed with bipolar II disorder, a battle she only revealed to the public via People in 2018.
In excerpts from his 2013 memoir Hitmaker (via Billboard), Mottola expressed regret over what Carey went through during their marriage, but he also called Carey's allegations of abuse and harshness "untrue" and "lots of crap." Mottola also admitted that their relationship was "absolutely wrong and inappropriate." Mottola also admitted to being "truly sorry for any discomfort or pain that all of my good intentions inevitably caused [Carey], and most of all for the scars it left on my two oldest children."
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