Diva On The Couch
Fantástico - October 2008 Issue
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Mariah is on the cover of the October 2008 issue of the Brazilian magazine, Fantástico, with other famous entertainers who have been interviewed by journalist Zeca Camargo. Inside, Camargo discusses his past interviews including one with Mariah in 1999.
Diva on the couch - How could it have been different? Maybe if I was the last one. It worked with Mariah Carey, why couldn't it work with Madonna? To finish the day of interviews seems to be the dream of every artist that submit themselves to a junket, and, as I learned with Mariah Carey, that can be a good thing. My interview with her was in a studio in New York, in a room especially decorated to receive the international press - which was made of a comfortable lounge chair, a table with an exuberant flower arrangement and a couch where the diva scattered herself. Literally.
Laid down languid on that furniture, she seemed to be crystallized in that position. The first scene I saw was a masseuse treating the muscles of her neck for spending the day in that pose. She received me with a smile that said, "Wow, I can't even believe this is the last one!" And as soon as the masseuse left us, we started one of the most enjoyable conversations that I ever had with a high profile celebrity. Part of the charm of the conversation involved the rehearsed chat ups of Mariah: a compliment to the pants I was wearing (who compliments pants without second intentions?); a strap of her dress that kept on slipping; a light reference to the sensuality of the Brazilian people (too generic for me to think it was directed only to me); a very daring opening of the skirt's chap - that even made her manager stop the recording for some minutes to erase part of the tape. The rest is up to your imagination…
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Many thanks to Leandro for the scans, and to Joao for the translation.
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