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Health & safety says no to Mariah Carey’s 20 kittens
Mariah Carey will have to switch on Westfield’s Christmas lights without 20 kittens or 100 doves
Mariah Carey, the multi-Grammy-award-winning singer, is famous for her outrageous demands. But it took British health and safety officials to say no to her request for 20 white kittens and 100 white doves to accompany her to a London shopping centre tonight.
Carey is scheduled to turn on the Christmas lights at the Westfield Shopping Centre. She had already issued an extravagant list of demands including butterfly-shaped confetti, a pink-rather-than-red carpet and 80 security guards. She also requested a Rolls Royce to drive her through the shopping centre and a wand to 'wave' (not switch) on the mall's Christmas lights.
All of these demands were met, but Carey's desire for white kittens and doves proved a request too far for Westfield.
A shopping mall official told the Daily Mail: "We did manage to source the doves that we were going to release into the sky, but the kittens proved terribly difficult. We do not allow pets into Westfield - that rule would apply for everyone."
Carey, who is in London to promote her new album Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, has a reputation for being one of the world's most demanding pop divas. Her 'riders' have included requests for a £1,000 throne and a £50,000 antique chair (flown from New York to London) to sit at while she signed autographs in Selfridges last year, and 20 humidifiers to ensure her bedroom is kept steamy at all times - ostensibly to preserve her vocal cords. ·
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Peter Simmons hits the nail on the head regarding Mariah Carey's callous demand for live animals as part of her 'rider'. Never mind the health and safety aspect - why didn't someone at Westfield tell her to grow up, or better yet, find a less selfish celeb to turn the Xmas lights on?
Neil Mcgowan should be ashamed by his petty, viscious comment. OK Neil, it's fine if you love Mariah but Peter has it about right - she is famous for her excessive demands and constantly undercuts any respect she may get for her obvious vocal talents by her ludicrous diva antics.
Peter Simmons is a non-achieving talentless loudmouth who loves to criticise others. Sits alone in a bedsit typing his bile.
What a ludicrous, self important, bad-taste bitch. No one gave a thought to how the kittens would suffer from being carted about and played with/used by this minimally talented crooner, just health and safety for humans. And all because she's obscenely rich and can have as large a carbon footprint as her grandiose selflove dictates.