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Most panels at the Television Critics Association's summer press tour in L.A. have been a fairly sedate affair, but "sedate" has never been a word associated with Mariah Carey.
So when the music superstar descended on the press tour to promote Mariah's World, her upcoming E! don't-call-it-a-reality series, she pulled out all the stops, and then some.
But in between Carey's over-the-top flourishes—which included sitting on a human chair made up of six shirtless, muscled men, calling reporters "darling" and drinking Veuve Clicquot while lounging on a purple chaise (which looked identical to the one she was carried out on, also by shirtless men, at the NBCUniversal upfront presentation in May)—Carey also did something unexpected: She charmed a room of jaded journalists with self-deprecating wit.
It's that same comic/diva cocktail that E! hopes will turn Mariah's World into a big hit when it debuts Dec.
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