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Better grab your sunglasses—this diva’s shade is blinding. Join us as we revisit the iciest quips, viral reactions, and legendary clapbacks from the Songbird Supreme, spanning her 2025 iHeartRadio moment, spicy exchanges with Christina Aguilera and Madonna, pointed jabs about J.Lo, a stealthy “Obsessed” burn, cool-as-ice American Idol digs, and more. Which Mimi mic-drop lives rent‑free in your head? Drop your fave in the comments!
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00:00Welcome to Ms. Mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the sassiest digs the songbird
00:10Supreme took at fellow celebs. I think you're forgetting. I'm forgetful. Right, yeah. How am I
00:16to know? 10. Her viral 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards reaction. Mimi's face comes with subtitles.
00:26Is the lighting okay? Because I don't like bad lighting.
00:33At the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards, she was presented with the Icon Award. Living up to that
00:41status, she gave us an iconic moment that took over the internet. When singer Money Long was
00:47paying her musical tribute to Mariah by performing her hit song We Belong Together, the camera panned
00:52to the legend, catching a meme-worthy reaction.
01:03Anderson Paak was jamming out to the song beside her, and she could be seen slowly turning her
01:09face toward him with a deadpan expression. This was even more hilarious because at the
01:14time, the two artists were caught up in dating rumors. While no one's really sure what prompted
01:19the reaction, the gif went viral nonetheless. Anyway, I appreciate you all more than you
01:25know. 9. Her beef with Christina Aguilera. Has anybody ever told you that you sing better
01:31than Mariah? Has anybody ever said that? Well, thank you. I know that in the press this year,
01:36you know, there were some comparisons and whatnot. Mariah and the Genie and the Bottle singer were famously
01:41feuding in 2006, and it resulted in several shady comments from both sides. In one instance,
01:48while gushing about a really cool individual in an interview, the interviewer tried to get
01:53specifics and landed an even juicier moment. As if the quick denial wasn't enough, the look on her face
02:04also betrayed her apparent dislike for the younger star, especially coupled with her casual hair
02:09flip. In other interviews, she would redirect questions about Aguilera with more finesse,
02:15but still just a hint of shade. When you hear Kim Burrell singing and you're watching her and it's
02:21like she's channeling God and it's amazing. And sometimes with all the slickness and the videos
02:26and this and that, we don't really see those moments with a lot of the stars.
02:32Number eight, that time she shaded her ex. No one is safe from the ultimate diva sass,
02:38let alone her former lovers. Everything happens for a reason. Things are the way they are. But he
02:44didn't want to be in the, in the docu-series at all. And yet he's in it. You see him, is he?
02:50Allegedly. While promoting her reality TV show Mariah's World, the fantasy songstress was asked
02:56whether her ex-fiancé James Packer would be making an appearance on it. Without missing a beat,
03:01she responded with top-grade sarcasm, seemingly shocked by his apparent popularity.
03:07Oh, he has fans? Yes. People are tweeting. Oh, I don't know.
03:12Indeed, Packer being a businessman isn't exactly a public figure,
03:16so Mariah wondering if he had fans was technically fair.
03:20However, the dry delivery of her rhetorical question with the complete lack of actual
03:24surprise or curiosity was what made it a jaw-dropping diss. She couldn't care less and she wasn't afraid
03:31to show it. How would you sum it up in three words?
03:35I just can't.
03:38You're good at this.
03:39Number seven, when she outdid Katy Perry's shade.
03:43We're sort of blessed at the moment in this world because we have so many fantastic female
03:48pop stars. You lead that list. But I also find that the higher you get, the louder the critics can get.
03:55The Queen of Camp is one of many pop stars to name Mariah as one of her artistic influences.
04:02If that's the case, she probably could have shown it better.
04:05Mariah Carey is not.
04:07Well, she's fabulous for a throwback. Fabulous.
04:11We love fantasy.
04:14Calling Mimi old news had its consequences.
04:17According to iHeart.com, Mariah apparently hit back with a savage takedown of her own.
04:23I don't really know her, she reportedly stated, instantly making it clear that she didn't think they were on the
04:29same level. Then she supposedly added with even more condescension, if controversy is what she needs to sell her
04:36album, then I'm glad I could help. That burn had layers to it, and we bet it stung.
04:42However, the talented ladies seem to be supportive of each other now.
04:46Katy Perry.
04:47Nice girl. She came to my show as well.
04:49Number 6. Her Cutthroat Mantra for Prioritizing Herself
04:53Carrie's stint as a judge on season 12 of American Idol was untoutedly memorable for fans.
05:00However, she cheekily compared being on the show to working in hell after seemingly locking
05:05horns with fellow panelist Nicki Minaj.
05:08Nicki, how would you, Mariah, do a duet?
05:11Me and Mariah would be like this.
05:12What? What?
05:14Up out my waist, boom, boom.
05:16We never got that.
05:18During an interview with Entertainment Tonight around that time, the Grammy winner revealed that she focused on keeping it real on the show.
05:25In order to do that, she shut out external influences, denying the existence of anything that kept her from being herself.
05:33I don't hear you. I don't see you. You don't exist to me at this moment. That's what it is.
05:38With this comment, Mariah was both unbothered and cleverly shady without naming names.
05:43Her quote entered the pop culture lexicon and never left.
05:47Again, back to the Billboard Hot 100 number one song which you just performed, which is difficult to get.
05:52Not everybody has that. To their credit, to your credit, you did a great job.
05:56Number 5. The JLo Jab.
05:59Is there rivalries, by the way, in this business?
06:01There are rivalries, but I don't think she has anything to do with me.
06:04I mean, my whole thing is singing, writing songs.
06:05She's an actress.
06:06Yeah, and, you know, I've been doing this, you know, my whole life.
06:10Singing is first and foremost. It's a God-given talent that I'm grateful for.
06:14Her thing is something different.
06:15Few celebrity feuds are as famous as the one between the Queen of Christmas and the Queen of Dance.
06:20Since the 90s, the two have come for each other and addressed rumors of their contentious relationship on several occasions.
06:27There was one time when Lopez spoke about having an eight-hour sleep schedule, to which Mariah had a pointed reply.
06:44If I had the luxury of not having to sing my own songs, I'd do that too, she told journalist Vanessa Grigoriadis.
06:51Previously, Carrie had refused to put JLo in the same artistic category as herself, citing her work on the film Selena, where she lip-synced the songs.
07:00So she basically doubled down on that opinion with this dig, leaving us shook.
07:06Do you know JLo at this point?
07:08No.
07:11The audience member said it.
07:12Number four, the Obsessed music video.
07:16Mariah's involvement with Eminem seems to have been a messy situationship at best.
07:21The rap god MC said they were dating, but she insisted that it was strictly business.
07:27And you didn't date him at all?
07:29Um, I hung out with him, I spoke to him on the phone, I think I was probably with him a total of four times, and I don't consider that dating somebody.
07:38They name-dropped each other in songs and had wildly different things to say about their time together in interviews.
07:43However, the highlight of their beef was probably when she released her chart-topping hit, Obsessed, which many thought was about Eminem.
07:59Adding fuel to the fire was the music video, where Carrie appeared as a stalker who looked a little too much like the stan rapper.
08:06She made it so obvious that everyone clocked the Shade Throne at the king of hip-hop, but she blatantly refused to accept that it was a direct diss.
08:15Classic Mariah.
08:22Number three, when she didn't know Nicki Minaj sang.
08:25Do you think this fight is detracting from American Idol?
08:29I think it's a classic, classy show, and it didn't need this.
08:33I really think it was just a crass moment.
08:36Influential journalist Barbara Walters was known for her candid interviews with celebrities.
08:41She never hesitated to ask the hard questions or the scandalous ones.
08:46So when she sat down with Mariah while rumors of her feud with Nicki Minaj on the set of American Idol were swirling, she got straight to the point.
08:53Nicki recently released a song.
08:57It's called Hell Yeah, It's About American Idol.
09:00Quoting some of Minaj's Barb's lyrics, Walters asked if the super bass artist was singing about Carrie.
09:07As usual, the Chanteuse gave a masterclass in bone-dry brutality.
09:11Don't know.
09:13Don't know what she sang.
09:14I didn't know she sang.
09:15I thought she rapped or whatever.
09:17Something about Mariah's indifference just hits different.
09:21Number two, when she came for Madonna.
09:24Madonna also here tonight.
09:26Did you congratulate her on a new baby?
09:27No, I didn't.
09:28I didn't see her.
09:30Mm-mm.
09:30In her defense, the Queen of Pop came for her first.
09:34Speaking to Spin Magazine, Madonna attributed Mariah's popularity in the U.S. to, quote, homogeneity.
09:41She even went so far as to make connections between Mariah Carey fans and the acquittal of O.J. Simpson.
09:47I want you to calmly file towards the exits.
09:50That's it.
09:51That's it.
09:52Nobody runs.
09:53Just walk.
09:54Single file.
09:55Mariah, that's it.
09:57Now, if we just stay calm, no one's going to be harmed by the huge bomb that's going
10:01to explode anymore.
10:03In another interview, this time with NME, she implied that Mariah lacked a unique point
10:09of view and wasn't, quote, terribly bright.
10:12So how did this dream lover singer react?
10:15She took a shot at Madonna's popularity, suggesting that the material girl might have been relevant
10:20when Mariah was a schoolgirl, but not anymore.
10:23I really haven't paid attention to Madonna since I was in, like, 7th or 8th grade when
10:27she used to be popular.
10:28So I didn't, I didn't hear that.
10:32Although their feud didn't stop there, this clapback was unforgettable.
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10:52Number 1.
10:54I don't know her.
10:55This was Mariah's legendary response to being asked about Jennifer Lopez.
11:00The two pop stars were rumored to be at odds with each other since the odds.
11:04Mariah's ex-husband, former Sony Music Entertainment exec Tommy Mottola, allegedly helped J-Lo make
11:11a song with a sample Mariah had picked for Loverboy.
11:14They used the Firecracker sample and released it before Loverboy.
11:17Ja Rule and I wrote a song together too, and next thing you know, Tommy was calling up his
11:21manager, Irv Gotti, asking him and Ja to collaborate on a duet for the same female entertainer's
11:26record, leaving me to scurry and remake the song.
11:28That's supposedly where the beef started.
11:30Then Mariah claimed to not even know the All-I-Have singer in an interview.
11:36I don't know.
11:36Die kenne ich nicht.
11:39Ups.
11:40The phrase took on a life of its own, and both Mariah and Jennifer later said that they
11:45were never well acquainted with each other.
11:47However, the Made in Manhattan actress wasn't the only one on the receiving end of this world-famous
11:52shade.
11:53Apparently, the Glitter Star doesn't know Demi Lovato either.
11:56Mariah's a legend, and she's so talented, but she disses people.
12:01It's nasty the way she treats Jennifer.
12:04What would you say to Demi?
12:06I don't know her either, and so I wouldn't say anything to her.
12:09She should come up, introduce herself to me, say, here's my opinion.
12:13What do you think about it?
12:14That's how you handle s***, okay?
12:16Do you think Mariah Carey is the ultimate queen of throwing shade?
12:19Share your thoughts in the comments, and don't hesitate to get shady.
12:23You performed with Miley at Divas Live.
12:25I've performed on that show a lot of times.
12:27I know, I know.
12:27I read the Franklin, Diana Ross, I might have to remember everybody else.
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