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Mariah Carey: "I was joking about Britney Spears"
Mariah Carey has laughed off rumours she's angry at Simon Cowell for choosing Britney Spears
over her as a judge on The X Factor after she appeared to take a swipe at the Toxic hitmaker
during a recent interview. The Hero hitmaker reached out to music and TV mogul Cowell when
he first announced plans to launch a U.S. version of the hit British talent search early
last year and expressed her interest in getting involved.
Carey, who was expecting twins at the time, was forced to drop out of plans to become a judge
on the programme due to her pregnancy and singer Nicole Scherzinger was reportedly chosen to
take her place alongside Cowell, Paula Abdul and Antonio "L.A." Reid for season one.
The R&B superstar was briefly linked to the job again when Abdul and Scherzinger were dropped
from the line-up at the end of the first series, but Cowell finally settled on hiring Britney
Spears and Demi Lovato for the vacant roles and officially announced their involvement on
Monday.
Carey didn't appear to be a fan of his decision to appoint Spears as a judge when she was
asked about the hire during an interview for U.S. news show Extra, and said, "You think I
focus on that stuff? Have we met? I love Spears, honestly. I think she's a very nice person,
but I don't care who's going on that show - as long as it's not me."
Her comments sparked speculation she was upset at being overlooked by Cowell, but Carey
insists she was just joking. Taking to Twitter.com on Wednesday, she wrote, "Britney Spears
and Simon Cowell, of course I love and care about you darlings, congrats. You never know
what's true or gossip. I was joking around!"
(Contactmusic)
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