Mariah Carey finds her New Year's tea, takes Twitter by storm

Credit: Brent N. Clarke

Credit: Brent N. Clarke

Mariah Carey got another chance to perform during "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest" after bombing last year, but she didn't just slay her performances — she became an internet sensation in the process, and it was all thanks to her love of tea.

At Sunday evening’s event, after she had finished performing her first song, Carey noticed that there was no tea on hand to warm her up in the tundra-esque New York climate.

"I was told there would be tea. Oh, it's a disaster!" she told the audience. "OK, well, we'll just have to rough it. I'm gonna be like everybody else with no hot tea."

Given Carey's diva reputation, the request was fairly mundane. But social media users had plenty to say:

But of course, Carey always gets her own way, and in the end, she found her tea.

The pop icon announced the news that she would be performing at the televised celebration in a joint statement with Dick Clark Productions, saying, "We can all agree that last year didn't go exactly as planned and we are thrilled to move forward together to provide America with an incredible night of music and celebration on 'Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2018.' See you in Times Square!"

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In a public spat, the singer blamed her disastrous performance last year on ear piece issues and later accused the production company of purposely attempting to sabotage her. Dick Clark Productions denied involvement in Carey's meltdown in a statement:

"In very rare instances there are of course technical errors that can occur with live television, however, an initial investigation has indicated that Dick Clark Productions had no involvement in the challenges associated with Ms. Carey’s ‘New Year’s Eve’ performance. We want to be clear that we have the utmost respect for Ms. Carey as an artist and acknowledge her tremendous accomplishments in the industry."

"It is difficult to perform in Times Square," Seacrest followed up on his "On Air With Ryan Seacrest" radio show last January, "[Carey] knows what Times Square is about. It's complicated. Imagine every single TV outlet in the world was there. So, there's all kinds of technical things going on."

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