--- title: A Mariah Carey Invisible Chair Photo Got the Best Reactions description: The Internet lost their collective minds after a video of Mariah Carey seemingly sitting on an invisible chair went viral. canonical: https://time.com/5047679/mariah-carey-invisible-chair-internet-responses/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-04T18:13:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:02.105Z og:title: The Internet Thinks Mariah Carey Has An Invisible Chair og:description: Apparently, the Elusive Chanteuse doesn't need a chair og:url: https://time.com/5047679/mariah-carey-invisible-chair-internet-responses/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt07c788695d1f50fc/6988f383096a94d4466a0a10/mariah-carey-invisible-chair-internet-reactions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: AHF World AIDS DAY Concert and 30th Anniversary Celebration: Featuring Mariah Carey, DJ Khaled, Mario Lopez, Laverne Cox og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Thinks Mariah Carey Has An Invisible Chair twitter:description: Apparently, the Elusive Chanteuse doesn't need a chair twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt07c788695d1f50fc/6988f383096a94d4466a0a10/mariah-carey-invisible-chair-internet-reactions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Is Convinced Mariah Carey Has an Invisible Chair in This Magical Photo  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Dec 4, 2017 6:13 PM UTC  LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 30: Mariah Carey performs onstage during the AHF World AIDS DAY Concert and 30th Anniversary Celebration featuring Mariah Carey and DJ Khaled at the Shrine Auditorium on November 30, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for AIDS Healthcare Foundation) LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 30: Mariah Carey performs onstage during the AHF World AIDS DAY Concert and 30th Anniversary Celebration featuring Mariah Carey and DJ Khaled at the Shrine Auditorium on November 30, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for AIDS Healthcare Foundation)Tommaso Boddi—Getty Images for AIDS Healthcare  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Dec 4, 2017 6:13 PM UTC It’s finally December which means that it’s officially the season to play [Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas”](http://time.com/4556886/mariah-carey-all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-spiking/) shamelessly on loop. For her fan base [the Lambily](http://time.com/4887472/mariah-carey-cowboy-hat-country-songs/), however, it appears that the spirit of the holiday season has manifested itself in some seeming on-stage magic for their festive queen, undisputed [queen of Christmas](http://time.com/4587954/mariah-carey-christmas/), Mariah Carey. In a video of Carey performing at a concert that surfaced on Friday, the Elusive Chanteuse graciously signs autographs for her loyal fans while appearing to sit on nothing but thin air, prompting a slew of speculation online about how she could sit without a chair. > [](https://twitter.com/MariahCareyITA/status/936496859484434432) The Internet soon divulged into a hot debate about how Mimi was able to sit, ranging from very strong thigh muscles (probable) to the presence of an invisible chair (also not outside of the realm of possibility when you consider [MC’s iconic _MTV Cribs_ episode](http://time.com/4419460/mariah-carey-instagram/)); however, most fans were convinced that it was the magic of the holiday season that gave Mariah the ability to sit without a chair. Read the most vocal responses below. > [](https://twitter.com/1942bs/status/936636279298711552) > [](https://twitter.com/Nuchole/status/936739735489224705) > [](https://twitter.com/balmainstripper/status/936675047380520961) > [](https://twitter.com/sscheek/status/937013595941978112) > [](https://twitter.com/allidoislovemc/status/937168085068500992) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5047679/mariah-carey-invisible-chair-internet-responses/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5047679/mariah-carey-invisible-chair-internet-responses/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Convinced Mariah Carey Has an Invisible Chair in This Magical Photo","datePublished":"2017-12-04T18:13:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:49:02.105Z","description":"Apparently, the Elusive Chanteuse doesn't need a chair","url":"https://time.com/5047679/mariah-carey-invisible-chair-internet-responses/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","Mariah Carey"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt07c788695d1f50fc/6988f383096a94d4466a0a10/mariah-carey-invisible-chair-internet-reactions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt07c788695d1f50fc/6988f383096a94d4466a0a10/mariah-carey-invisible-chair-internet-reactions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"AHF World AIDS DAY Concert and 30th Anniversary Celebration: Featuring Mariah Carey, DJ Khaled, Mario Lopez, Laverne Cox","caption":"AHF World AIDS DAY Concert and 30th Anniversary Celebration: Featuring Mariah Carey, DJ Khaled, Mario Lopez, Laverne Cox","creditText":"Tommaso Boddi—Getty Images for AIDS Healthcare","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5047679/mariah-carey-invisible-chair-internet-responses/","name":"The Internet Is Convinced Mariah Carey Has an Invisible Chair in This Magical Photo"}}]}] ```