--- title: Mariah Carey Addresses New Year's Eve Performance INTERVIEW description: Mariah Carey shared her opinion on the technical difficulties that plagued her Saturday appearance on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve. canonical: https://time.com/4621333/mariah-carey-new-years-eve-dick-clark/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-03T23:04:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:39:52.053Z og:title: Mariah Carey Weighs in on New Year's Eve Performance Snafu og:description: "Dick Clark would not have let an artist go through that" og:url: https://time.com/4621333/mariah-carey-new-years-eve-dick-clark/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt18369d0713db6908/6988b451cf40a819e6c45f5f/mariah-carey-new-years-eve.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: New Year's Eve 2017 In Times Square og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mariah Carey Weighs in on New Year's Eve Performance Snafu twitter:description: "Dick Clark would not have let an artist go through that" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt18369d0713db6908/6988b451cf40a819e6c45f5f/mariah-carey-new-years-eve.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Mariah Carey Addresses New Year's Eve Snafu: 'Dick Clark Would Not Have Let an Artist Go Through That' > Sponsored content. 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Noam Galai/FilmMagic  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 3, 2017 11:04 PM UTC With the exception of a [single tweet](https://twitter.com/MariahCarey/status/815452528238358529) early Sunday morning, [Mariah Carey](http://time.com/4620059/mariah-carey-new-year-lip-sync-snafu/) had yet to break her silence on her [New Year’s Eve performance](http://time.com/4620015/mariah-carey-new-years-eve-performance/) that was plagued by technical difficulties. That is, until a Tuesday interview with [_Entertainment Weekly_](http://ew.com/music/2017/01/03/mariah-carey-new-years-eve-interview/). The 46-year-old singer shared her opinion on the Saturday night appearance on ABC’s _Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest_, explaining that she feels the late Clark would have supported her throughout the ordeal. “All I can say is Dick Clark was an incredible person and I was lucky enough to work with him when I first started in the music business,” she told _EW_. “I’m of the opinion that Dick Clark would not have let an artist go through that and he would have been as mortified as I was in real time.” Carey went on to express her gratitude for those who have stuck by her. “My true fans have been so supportive and I am so appreciative of them and everybody in the media that came out to support me after the fact because it really was an incredible holiday season that turned into a horrible New Year’s Eve,” she said. 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