Seven years later and Mariah's rock bottom still seems VERY tame. And her rock bottom was the same time as Anne Heche's rock bottom. I always thought Heche was truly crazy, and Mariah was just overworked.

Now are these "rainbows" of yours actually in the sky, or are they spewing out of the asses of the talking butterfly parade that made your breakfast and dressed you this morning?

Last time I had ice cream in my life I had a lot of something else in my toilet.

I cannot believe it has been seven years already. I black out during roller coaster rides and apparently also during any Bush Administration.

I'm glad she's back on top of her game. I went through a breakdown from stress, lack of sleep & a whole lot of other issues at one point. It took a lot of hard work and courage to get back my confidence. I can relate to the feeling of just wanting time off to just play and look at pretty, pretty things.

I've never been a fan of hers, but I don't enjoy it when anyone hits rock bottom. And I'm generally considered a bit of a bitch.

her rock bottom was a 7 year old girl's dream land.

@gingerkhan: I agree, and she was being honest...she was craving the little things

I miss crazy Mariah and her ice cream truck.

I'm not a fan at all, but that was kind of endearingly nutty - not bare cooter child endangering car crashing nutty.

@TwiceShy: Seriously, I think Dubya has given most people post-traumatic stress disorder-related amnesia. The other day I was trying to remember the timeline of the Valerie Plame lies, and I gave myself a migraine.

Her voice has never been the same, though. Back when she was crazy she could hit high notes and sing trills like nobody's business. Now it's all kind of whispery.

@olgagoldfarb: same. new mariah with her sunglasses 24/7 and little dog just aren't the same. *sigh*

Aw, this meltdown is tame and charming compared to Spears's impromptu shave. During this period, didn't Mariah also bath with a towel on during MTV Cribs?

@hamburgerhotdog: ooh yikes. sorry...

remember when Mariah's label dropped her and then she sang the National Anthem at some big game and rocked it, like, a week later? she's kind of cool like that.

@olgagoldfarb: i agree. new mariah with her sunglasses 24/7 and little dog just aren't the same as old, crazy mariah. *sigh*

oh and carson daly? is annoying.

oh man. she was the linchpin of the celebrity robot conspiracy theory i developed in college. i still think they replaced her with a robot shortly after this, and the real mariah has been on vacation eating ice cream all this time. seriously, has anyone heard emotion in her voice since?

I'm outing myself as a former TRL fan, but I remember watching this happen on LIVE television. It's funny now, but I'll never forget the look on Carson's face after she ripped off her T-Shirt.
Good times!

@theloudcorral: Carson is the Pavarotti of tools.

A friend of mine worked on her recent perfume release (top note: toasted marshmallow!) and had to coordinate an appearance at Macy's for her, which she showed up to for exactly three minutes and then left. Allegedly she's much crazier in real life. By, like, a lot.

Did you catch her on Oprah... still kinda crazy if you ask me, but not quite *this* crazy.

She has made an amazing comeback, even if her voice is not as stellar as it was in the 90s. I haven't heard her latest album, but the one with "We Belong Together" was awesome.

@gold_gato:

And so is her bathroom!

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@JessicaLovejoy: Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate, ACK!: [i31.tinypic.com]

@hamburgerhotdog: I read on a gossip site that she is a MAJOR germaphobe. As in, she only uses a towel time and then she has to throw it out.

@KittenFluff: word. She was funny in the ad that aired right before the hills on MTV last night and she used the awesome Jack McBrayer in her video.

Those interests/dreams are better than the ones she listed in her high school yearbook: guidos and muscle cars.

You stay klassy, Lawn Guyland.

@brendastarlet: I have the same fears if Amy ever gets clean.

Great, now I have to spend another several years erasing Carson Daly from my memory.

@BeAgrestic: uses a towel one time.

@Cam/ron:

Yep, same episode where she changed outfits five times. That's not crazy as much as realistic considering how much clothing she has, but it was interesting.
I kind of feel her quote. That's exactly what I would like to do right now.

I expect better from the editors (and commenters) of Jezebel then to use 'crazy' as a reference for the mentally ill. Simply unacceptable.

This is pasted from one of my posts from yesterday's Elizabeth Wurtzel post:

The term 'crazy' is not correct nor appropriate for mentally ill people.

Below are two explanations of the word crazy in regards to mental health: the first, an apology from an editor about its use of the word crazy in a story about a group home for the mentally ill; the second, an article titled The Importance of Language and Mental Illness.

The term 'crazy' is not correct nor appropriate for mentally ill people.

Below are two explanations of the word crazy in regards to mental health: the first, an apology from an editor about its use of the word crazy in a story about a group home for the mentally ill; the second, an article titled The Importance of Language and Mental Illness.

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"The icecream makes us all dizzy, Carson."

I feel like this quote has some sort of deeper hidden meaning.

@beastybeatsy: That trainwreck quality is something nobody else can match.

ugh....Carson Daly was my childhood crush. I called into 1-800-Dial-MTV every day trying to holler at him.

Didn't she also hit on Carson Daly, that day on TRL?

Mariah was having nervous breakdowns before they were cool. Sadly, I think if this happened today nobody would blink. Also, walking by the MTV building and remembering when TRL was cool makes me sad.

@hamburgerhotdog: Did a lot of people show up at the Macy's thing? In order to "meet" her, you had to buy a bottle of perfume for eighty bucks or something like that.

@BeAgrestic: I ws just going to say I saw this live also. Yikes. I love her though. When I was going through a rough on again off again my bff rented Glitter and we ate pizza, drank massive amounts of alcohol and watched Mariah in all her acting glory. Oh, Mariah.

If being obsessed with popsicles and riding bikes and spending some time in a loony bin is "rock bottom," then I've been living the last days of Howard Hughes for the past five years.

Very sorry about that last post- pasted incorrectly.

There's hope for Britney!

@bria: what about crazypants?

@gingerkhan: Should I sue? The other day I found myself dating a check "1998."

@fulanita:

Sorry, I don't see the humor. The word crazy isn't acceptable.

@fulanita: Or crazyface? I ain't giving up crazyface for shit!

@Cam/ron: Yes, and she also phoned into TRL shortly around this time and had a weird interview while she was in.the.shower.

@brendastarlet: Neither's the talent.

i remember i saw this live and thought, wow, she's a big ole can of crazy.
If i would have seen it now- eh. Kinda sad how unphased I have gotten.

If she had some terrible virus or a form of cancer, I doubt many of you would be making jokes. I'm not Mariah Carey's doctor (I'm not a doctor at all) but rest assured that breakdowns, stays in mental facilities and the like are not fun and I don't think you should be making fun of her. It's not funny. It's real and painful and incredibly insensitive. Go ahead and say I'm overreacting, I'm sick of it.

It doesn't get better than Mariah Carey working on her stairmaster in stilettos on MTV Cribs.

I searched for a still of that image for 20 minutes. I wanted it to be my new avatar.