Mariah Carey still has complicated feelings about her ex-husband Tommy Mottola. The “Touch My Body” singer, 56, made rare comments about her first marriage in an interview published Monday for the September 2025 issue of Harper’s Bazaar UK.

The singer told Harper's Bazaar that the former Sony Music CEO tried to keep her in a mainstream pop lane despite her efforts to swerve.

Mariah Carey is looking back at her first marriage to Tommy Mottola. The "Vision of Love" singer, 56, was married to music executive Mottola, 77, from 1993 to 1998, after he signed her to her first recording contract with Columbia Records years earlier.