--- title: Golden Globes 2018: Mariah Carey Just Wants Some Tea description: All Mariah Carey wants is a nice cup of hot tea. The singer revisited her viral New Year's meme during the 75th Golden Globe Awards. canonical: https://time.com/5091997/golden-globes-mariah-carey-tea/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-08T03:06:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:24.124Z og:title: Mariah Carey Just Wants Her Tea at the Golden Globes og:description: Hope she didn't have to "rough it" og:url: https://time.com/5091997/golden-globes-mariah-carey-tea/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd2633a0d8bd28de5/6988f76297cdff48af6b3d90/maria-carey-golden-globes-tea.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: NBC's "75th Annual Golden Globe Awards" - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mariah Carey Just Wants Her Tea at the Golden Globes twitter:description: Hope she didn't have to "rough it" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd2633a0d8bd28de5/6988f76297cdff48af6b3d90/maria-carey-golden-globes-tea.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Mariah Carey Just Wants Her Tea at the Golden Globes ## Video: Mariah Carey Was Told There Would Be Tea [Watch (HLS stream): Mariah Carey Was Told There Would Be Tea](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/4DwyDaPB.m3u8) (0:13)  _Published 2018-01-02. Mariah Carey says there isn't any tea for her during her New Year's Eve performance in Times Square._ by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jan 8, 2018 3:06 AM UTC  Singer Mariah Carey arrives to the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2018. Singer Mariah Carey arrives to the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2018.Kevork Djansezian/NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images via Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jan 8, 2018 3:06 AM UTC All Mariah Carey wants is a nice cup of hot tea. The singer, who went viral after she for asked to [“take a sip of tea”](http://time.com/5084034/mariah-carey-hot-tea-meme-nye-2018/) for her vocal chords during her performance on New Year’s Eve, revisited the now-iconic meme during the [75th Golden Globe Awards](http://time.com/5088433/golden-globes-2018-winners/) on Sunday. > [](https://twitter.com/MariahCarey/status/950175719681904640) It’s unclear whether Mariah will have to “rough it” at the [Golden Globes](http://time.com/5091887/elisabeth-moss-golden-globes-speech/) like she was forced to do on New Year’s Eve when no hot tea appeared right away. “I’m going to be like everybody else, with no hot tea,” she told the crowd. The beverage eventually appeared after her performance. > [](https://twitter.com/MariahCarey/status/947733819553181696) The demand for tea during a live performance put the Internet in a tizzy. > [](https://twitter.com/KATVJason/status/947705691225063425) > [](https://twitter.com/EmmaHerlong/status/947691480507977729) We know the Golden Globes is a great chance for celebrities to indulge in some [alcohol](http://time.com/5091915/golden-globes-2018-tom-hanks-drinks/) — so it shouldn’t be too hard to find some hot water for Mariah. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5091997/golden-globes-mariah-carey-tea/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5091997/golden-globes-mariah-carey-tea/"},"headline":"Mariah Carey Just Wants Her Tea at the Golden Globes","datePublished":"2018-01-08T03:06:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:24.124Z","description":"Hope she didn't have to \"rough it\"","url":"https://time.com/5091997/golden-globes-mariah-carey-tea/","keywords":["Newsfeed","awards","golden globes","goldenglobes2018"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd2633a0d8bd28de5/6988f76297cdff48af6b3d90/maria-carey-golden-globes-tea.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd2633a0d8bd28de5/6988f76297cdff48af6b3d90/maria-carey-golden-globes-tea.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"NBC's \"75th Annual Golden Globe Awards\" - Arrivals","caption":"NBC's \"75th Annual Golden Globe Awards\" - Arrivals","creditText":"Kevork Djansezian/NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images via Getty Images","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/5091997/golden-globes-mariah-carey-tea/","name":"Mariah Carey Just Wants Her Tea at the Golden Globes"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Mariah Carey Was Told There Would Be Tea","description":"Mariah Carey says there isn't any tea for her during her New Year's Eve performance in Times Square.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/4DwyDaPB/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-01-02T17:23:45.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/4DwyDaPB.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5091997/golden-globes-mariah-carey-tea/","duration":"PT13S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5091997/golden-globes-mariah-carey-tea/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```