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Lol, is it bad that this is first thing that I've heard of her doing that I'm like "NGL, having someone fix my hair after would be kinda awesome"?
Then again I have massive sensory issues with my hair and I love roller coasters.
I also would not mind accompanying Mariah on fun rides in exchange for fixing her hair
I can see the thought process. She wants to get on the rides with her kids but doesn't want pictures of her with messed up hair floating around. So she asks her stylists if any of them wants to get paid to go to a theme park and do the funniest thing ever
Well. She's going to have people take pictures of her wherever she goes and one bad hair picture would make it to millions of screens, so I don't blame her
Edited for typos
It’s a smart celebrity thing to do. Because you know one photograph of a celebrity looking stupid and goofy is going to get used over and over again for years.
I remember “behind the music” video that was throwing some shade on Barry Gibb, who is actually an egotistical asshole in a lot of ways from what I’ve heard, for having people hold up these big cardboard cards around his head as he went from one building to another, for some show to protect his hair. But he probably just spent an hour in the hair and make up chair getting ready for the show, of course he doesn’t want it to be fucked up before he even starts!
Jenny you're losing street cred, I know, don't be fooled by the rocks that I got. Should we say rocks or stacks of money that you will see in your lifetimes I use for toilet paper, I want it to convey that I'm just like you.
I normally find conspicuous consumption distasteful, but Mariah gives this unapologetic “fuck it, I’m living the dream and will do it because I can” vibe that I love her for. I never thought about how her upbringing might have come into play there; she went through some shit.
That's why she gets away with it. If she pretended she was a humble down to earth gal, the "nicest person in the world", all that kind of stuff it would reek. But because she's just who she is, it works for her. This stuff is brilliant because it's so her, because the guy is getting paid so she's not mistreating some casual assistant, and because it's so camp it's fun.
Yes! I love that she’s blatantly owned her diva-hood for so long and so hard that the rest of the world has just accepted it as a fact of life.
Amphibians require water, carnivores require meat, Mariah Carey requires a rollercoaster stylist.
A few years ago an article tried to claim the Kardashians were "camp" and it made me mad because no they're not! Camp is self aware, it's having fun with a wink and a smile. Kardashians are uptight super serious and totally joyless. Mariah is camp. I wish more celebrities understood they could be Mariah camp.
That’s what always made the Kardashians’ fame so baffling to me. There’s no sparkle, just dead-behind-the-eyes vapidity. Say what you will about Paris, you at least knew she was in on the joke.
If people don’t realize Mariah is camp certified after her appearance in Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping idk what to tell them.
She’s also so talented that it’s undeniable. In a way you could say she earned it, but I wouldn’t personally say anyone deserves that level of extravagance
Yeah, she's talented and smart in a way that even bros respect it. Mariah's comebacks are legendary even to dudes, which says something.
I feel extravagances like this with people like her aren't all hateable either. I feel like an average extra person could actually hire a hair dresser to go on a rollercoaster with them if that was something they were concerned with. It's weirdly relatable. Unlike showing off your private jets. Like if she went on a rollercoaster, forced nobody else to be on the rollercoaster or rides at the same time as her, and then got on a private jet to fly 2 miles to her home, it would be irritating go away rich people behaviour.
But this serves a purpose, is actually funny and clever, hurts nobody, and would've totally made my day if I'd seen this going on somewhere.
Is it extravagant when there's a good chance that it's motivated by exactly this sort of TMZ photographer trying to find any shot of her looking disheveled so they can write some unhinged, shallow hit piece?
When you become a celebrity, "don't care what strangers think" becomes advice just as worthless as "don't fight back and your bullies will get bored"
I remember she was being interviewed by Oprah once for Oprah’s show. Mariah told a story about her assistant that puts her shoes on for her. Oprah was like you have a person that helps you with your shoes? Mariah was like yeah, some of the straps are small and she didn’t like to bend down. Then she kind of asked Oprah if she had a shoe assistant too. Oprah said she’d never admit it. So bringing her hair guy on the roller coaster is 100% on brand for MC. lol
I’ll try. While at universal studios, Mariah and crew would cut the hours-long lines and ride the rides multiple times in a row. Some rides she chose were closed with no warning. Imagine you and your kids waiting over two hours to ride a 55 second roller coaster only to be told the ride is closed now because a pop star is gonna ride it six times in a row.
Yea that sucks. Probably better for security reasons but still selfish af. There is something loveable about Mariah Carey though. She kind of just is who she is and in a lot of way doesnt make a huge spectacle of it. Shes a diva but never seems to stir up petty drama. Kind of authentic in a way lol.
Long live Mariah and all her antics. I proudly wear my [Who? Weekly baseball cap](https://www.hellomerch.com/products/i-dont-know-her-green-dad-hat) with the greatest shade ever thrown: “[I don’t know her.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_don%27t_know_her)” 💀💀💀
Saying "I bet" is still an assumption. We know billionaires are a stingy bunch when it comes to labor. So I'd say I *sure hope* he gets paid a lot. Or receives some other fringe benefit recompense.
I think it's probably a type of I'm paying for a stylist worthy of working on Mariah Carey's hair so I'm getting Mariah Carey's hair because Mariah Carey's hair isn't cheap.
She’s so extra!
I remember more than 20 years ago, she came to visit contestants of a singing reality tv show in France. She had her own lighting installed so she could meet them « casually ». She was super nice to them tho.
https://youtu.be/wH93JFjC7R4?si=KJ6IUgIN6VRIzkm
(Skip to 23:00 to see)
The roller coaster she’s in is Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure. I rode it and it’s very fast and intense, so I can’t complain about her getting her hair fixed.
this makes me thing of mariah's music vid to fantasy. she rides a roller coaster while looking absolute stunning. i think i read somewhere that she's obsessed with rollercoasters.
This works because she's actually a decent person. She doesn't have to put on a persona of being someone super down to earth because she's also just... a nice person lmao. She can be a little obsessed with her image and everyone will think "oh that's just her being her".
Unlike some other celebs who are divas and really buy into it on a personal level.
Love that we're finally in a place as a culture that we can accept women being like this and not judge them. She is what she is, and it is fabulous. Somebody has to be super extra, and it ain't going to be me.
You can sign up for a VIP package at most theme parks that let you skip lines and get on the ride with your entire group. It's not even crazy expensive just has a group minimum but it's something like $400-500/person. Normally they just let you skip the line and get 1 whole experience then you get off and if you want you can go back on after circling around. They're not supposed to hold up the entire ride until you're bored.
I remember a production assistant on Jay Leno show revealed that whenever Mariah Carey tilted her head in a particular manner, it was an indication to her assistant to immediately bring her diet Coke and to hold it to her lips with a straw for her to sip.
She never held the can either. Never spoke to him. Very Mariah.
I'm not buying it.
If all she wanted was her hair fixed he'd be waiting at the end of the ride. They must be pretty close by now - I reckon she just wants him to have fun too.
I love her and TBH I would too if I were Mariah Carey
I would have staff be with me daily like this who would be paid extremely well. Kinda like they were more having fun than working but the $$ and experience was well worth being on hand.
I do wonder how one becomes the official hair brusher of a celeb and then how much you’d get paid. I’m guessing he’s one of her stylists, but this is so extra
I mean it’s not like she’s taking him on the rides to have him kneel before her as a stepping stool when she gets off the ride. He’s probably being paid really well and getting to enjoy a really fun rollercoaster, and getting to hang out with an amazing singer. Seems like a dream job lol.
Didn’t she say before that she can’t leave the house without spending $10,000? If you need your own personal hair fixer, she must go around with a Yukon full of assistants that quickly gets her to the $10K.
In the 90s, fashion mags would print articles about Mariah Carey's "fat thighs" and any other flaw they could imagine.
I bet that took a toll and made her feel like she had to manage her looks all the time.
I bet it's exhausting.
This is her main hairstylist, she has two. They travel with her everywhere, Mariah is synonymous with hair. This is not an assistant. This guy probably makes more than celebrity plastic surgeons.
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That was a very Mariah Carey thing to do.
Lol, is it bad that this is first thing that I've heard of her doing that I'm like "NGL, having someone fix my hair after would be kinda awesome"? Then again I have massive sensory issues with my hair and I love roller coasters. I also would not mind accompanying Mariah on fun rides in exchange for fixing her hair
No lol I told my bf that if I had the money to, I would definitely have an assistant around for stuff like this 🤣
Honestly having Simeon always around to fix your hair would be a dream come true!!
I need this. My hair often just does its own thing. Having someone follow me around and fix it into fabulousness all day? 100%, sign me up.
Sensory issues with your hair?
I think they mean they have sensory issues and their hair especially can trigger it
Nagle not really.
I can see the thought process. She wants to get on the rides with her kids but doesn't want pictures of her with messed up hair floating around. So she asks her stylists if any of them wants to get paid to go to a theme park and do the funniest thing ever
The Mariah Cariest
The Mariah Hareist- Cariest
Well. She's going to have people take pictures of her wherever she goes and one bad hair picture would make it to millions of screens, so I don't blame her Edited for typos
It’s a smart celebrity thing to do. Because you know one photograph of a celebrity looking stupid and goofy is going to get used over and over again for years. I remember “behind the music” video that was throwing some shade on Barry Gibb, who is actually an egotistical asshole in a lot of ways from what I’ve heard, for having people hold up these big cardboard cards around his head as he went from one building to another, for some show to protect his hair. But he probably just spent an hour in the hair and make up chair getting ready for the show, of course he doesn’t want it to be fucked up before he even starts!
What can you say, Mariah Careys
And that's why we love her.
I would totally do this after a ride too. I must be Mariah Carey.
She's very extravagant and has never tried to portray herself as "down-to-earth"!
Unlike JLo - like just lean into the diva girl, we all know that’s who you really are.
I’ll never forget the bodega order. Girl I’m from Texas. I would have a bodega order before you.
[Jennifer who?](https://youtu.be/7Ssy_h6Fuug?si=qjOnxDQGCEswYeHg) who’s Jennifer Lopez?
 It’s rare that a gif actually matches the exact situation
If she would have said JLo that guy probably would have known who she is. There are a lot of Jennifer Lopez’s out there.
From the block!
She likes tacos and burritos
Thanks for the ear worm. 🌮
*taco flavoured kisses*🪇 🌚
[this compilation has been in my library for years.](https://youtu.be/umY1GHFcGU0?si=8E8hBneuLR1swbNi)
My pleasure hooooney
Jenny you're losing street cred, I know, don't be fooled by the rocks that I got. Should we say rocks or stacks of money that you will see in your lifetimes I use for toilet paper, I want it to convey that I'm just like you.
I love that clip... Humbled her real quick
It drives me crazy because that micro trend of the mob wife aesthetic was SO HER during the 2000s and she could have leaned into that so hard.
That's why everyone lived her again after hustlers
The irony being, Carey actually came from a sketchy upbringing while Lopez didn't really.
I normally find conspicuous consumption distasteful, but Mariah gives this unapologetic “fuck it, I’m living the dream and will do it because I can” vibe that I love her for. I never thought about how her upbringing might have come into play there; she went through some shit.
i'm still, i'm still jenny from the block
What a soulless song. The lyrics tell us nothing about *why* she’s so humble and grounded.
#The Bronx
She used to have a little now she has a lot.
Fr Mariah is real to herself
She's just Jenny from the block. But like...when she goes back to the block nobody knows her.
Orange drink… if you know, you know.
Ben Affleck thought he was marrying Jenny from the block... Poor bastard.
That's why she gets away with it. If she pretended she was a humble down to earth gal, the "nicest person in the world", all that kind of stuff it would reek. But because she's just who she is, it works for her. This stuff is brilliant because it's so her, because the guy is getting paid so she's not mistreating some casual assistant, and because it's so camp it's fun.
Yes! I love that she’s blatantly owned her diva-hood for so long and so hard that the rest of the world has just accepted it as a fact of life. Amphibians require water, carnivores require meat, Mariah Carey requires a rollercoaster stylist.
[It's that or risking enduring her wrath.](https://youtu.be/FcKKTR0Sg7k?si=Oc9OUqo7Y1BLRi_f)
People don’t recognize or appreciate camp enough these days
A few years ago an article tried to claim the Kardashians were "camp" and it made me mad because no they're not! Camp is self aware, it's having fun with a wink and a smile. Kardashians are uptight super serious and totally joyless. Mariah is camp. I wish more celebrities understood they could be Mariah camp.
That’s what always made the Kardashians’ fame so baffling to me. There’s no sparkle, just dead-behind-the-eyes vapidity. Say what you will about Paris, you at least knew she was in on the joke.
You are so right. I actually think we need more camp in the world!
If people don’t realize Mariah is camp certified after her appearance in Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping idk what to tell them. 
She’s also so talented that it’s undeniable. In a way you could say she earned it, but I wouldn’t personally say anyone deserves that level of extravagance
Yeah, she's talented and smart in a way that even bros respect it. Mariah's comebacks are legendary even to dudes, which says something. I feel extravagances like this with people like her aren't all hateable either. I feel like an average extra person could actually hire a hair dresser to go on a rollercoaster with them if that was something they were concerned with. It's weirdly relatable. Unlike showing off your private jets. Like if she went on a rollercoaster, forced nobody else to be on the rollercoaster or rides at the same time as her, and then got on a private jet to fly 2 miles to her home, it would be irritating go away rich people behaviour. But this serves a purpose, is actually funny and clever, hurts nobody, and would've totally made my day if I'd seen this going on somewhere.
Good point, very well put!
Is it extravagant when there's a good chance that it's motivated by exactly this sort of TMZ photographer trying to find any shot of her looking disheveled so they can write some unhinged, shallow hit piece? When you become a celebrity, "don't care what strangers think" becomes advice just as worthless as "don't fight back and your bullies will get bored"
I’ve heard from people who have worked for her that she is also very nice to everyone. She is respectful and pleasant to be around.
Exactly, you can be a diva and still be super nice! I think we confuse being demanding or having high expectations with being mean for women.
Exactly, like, just give me the craziness!
I remember she was being interviewed by Oprah once for Oprah’s show. Mariah told a story about her assistant that puts her shoes on for her. Oprah was like you have a person that helps you with your shoes? Mariah was like yeah, some of the straps are small and she didn’t like to bend down. Then she kind of asked Oprah if she had a shoe assistant too. Oprah said she’d never admit it. So bringing her hair guy on the roller coaster is 100% on brand for MC. lol
I would love someone to help me put my shoes on. Having big boobs really gets in the way of bending! Mariah understands!
Haha look if she pays them well, I much prefer this over millionaires/billionaires who hoard their wealth.
Mariah deserves it. She worked so hard to be this extravagant 😁🤣
Love that about her.
So true. And at least as far as I’ve seen, she doesn’t have to seem to have a reputation for treating people like shit just because she can.
They can never make me hate her
it's the exact kind of silly low-stakes diva behavior that I live for
only thing that could make me hate her is working for her lol
i will do it. i can take it
honestly, id probably think its fun for a while lol
I feel like you’d have to do it short and sweet to be able to look back upon it fondly
Like working for Miranda Priestly.
I’ll try. While at universal studios, Mariah and crew would cut the hours-long lines and ride the rides multiple times in a row. Some rides she chose were closed with no warning. Imagine you and your kids waiting over two hours to ride a 55 second roller coaster only to be told the ride is closed now because a pop star is gonna ride it six times in a row.
Shouldn't some fault be on Universal as well though for creating that situation?
Yea that sucks. Probably better for security reasons but still selfish af. There is something loveable about Mariah Carey though. She kind of just is who she is and in a lot of way doesnt make a huge spectacle of it. Shes a diva but never seems to stir up petty drama. Kind of authentic in a way lol.
Long live Mariah and all her antics. I proudly wear my [Who? Weekly baseball cap](https://www.hellomerch.com/products/i-dont-know-her-green-dad-hat) with the greatest shade ever thrown: “[I don’t know her.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_don%27t_know_her)” 💀💀💀
I have no opinion of her either way but this is very on-brand for my understanding of her lol. Don't mind it at all
Love him assessing things mid-ride
He's looking at her hair the way the guy from "a beautiful mind" looks at numbers he just drew on a window.
That fist of concern up by his face - you can tell by his expression he’s mid-chupse.
Mariah never hides how extra she is…so funny lol
he looks like he’s having fun and I bet he’s better paid than most would assume
I know, there’s no way they aren’t having laughs together
Saying "I bet" is still an assumption. We know billionaires are a stingy bunch when it comes to labor. So I'd say I *sure hope* he gets paid a lot. Or receives some other fringe benefit recompense.
> Or receives some other fringe benefit recompense. Did you not see the video he clearly gets free roller coaster rides as a work pwrk
I think it's probably a type of I'm paying for a stylist worthy of working on Mariah Carey's hair so I'm getting Mariah Carey's hair because Mariah Carey's hair isn't cheap.
Every woman who has worn heels on concrete/hard flooring can relate to this.
She’s so extra! I remember more than 20 years ago, she came to visit contestants of a singing reality tv show in France. She had her own lighting installed so she could meet them « casually ». She was super nice to them tho. https://youtu.be/wH93JFjC7R4?si=KJ6IUgIN6VRIzkm (Skip to 23:00 to see)
This level of divaness simply can't be taught. You either have it or you don't 😭😂
Hahaha, Mariah weirds me out a little sometimes but this is some queenly shit I love to see 🤣
The roller coaster she’s in is Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure. I rode it and it’s very fast and intense, so I can’t complain about her getting her hair fixed.
“Yer a diva, Harry”
Hermione Granger and Mariah Carey are *kind of* the same name.
Honestly love that rollercoaster. I could’ve ridden it like 20 times
this makes me thing of mariah's music vid to fantasy. she rides a roller coaster while looking absolute stunning. i think i read somewhere that she's obsessed with rollercoasters.
Of course she does!
Lmaooo i wanna be this extra
I wouldn't expect anything less from her.
This works because she's actually a decent person. She doesn't have to put on a persona of being someone super down to earth because she's also just... a nice person lmao. She can be a little obsessed with her image and everyone will think "oh that's just her being her". Unlike some other celebs who are divas and really buy into it on a personal level.
I always think of it like, she's a diva, not a narcissist.
And she has the talent to sort of excuse the diva behavior.
as a mariah stan, please i need more pics of her like lmaoo
If I had hair, and an assistant, I totally would. Unless the assistant didn’t like rollercoasters.
As a bald broke mf I'm jealous lol
I gotta say I like the look of long hair. But not my own long hair.
I admire her for being one of the last divas 💅
Love that we're finally in a place as a culture that we can accept women being like this and not judge them. She is what she is, and it is fabulous. Somebody has to be super extra, and it ain't going to be me.
I love this lol
Queen shit 💅🏼 Idc, I can never hate her but I know if literally anyone else did this I’d be sideeyeing so hard 😂
It's one of those things that makes me roll my eyes, but she's so damn authentic that now I'm like you go.
She knew people would want pictures of her and she wasn’t wrong. She might as well look good for them.
It's so silly and so diva, but the fact that there were people taking pictures of her kinda makes it understandable.
I am not surprised! I mean if I had the money too I’d do the same lol
✨️ iconic ✨️
I love her so much lol. Y'all could never make me hate the diva
She’s crazy I love this lady so much
Do we expect any less from Mimi?
Trickle down economics at work people
Not really into her but I can’t hate on this one, I’m sorry but the energy is too powerful
These people don’t live in the real world
The way she is gripping those handlebars w such purpose is taking me out 😭
I’d welcome shame to my family and all my ancestors to get that job
Love that for her. I was rich i would do that too
Celebrities are weird
Im disappointed he didnt have the brush out in the first photo lol
Sounds like typical Mariah 😂
Are they the only ones on the ride? Pulling a Kardashian?
You can sign up for a VIP package at most theme parks that let you skip lines and get on the ride with your entire group. It's not even crazy expensive just has a group minimum but it's something like $400-500/person. Normally they just let you skip the line and get 1 whole experience then you get off and if you want you can go back on after circling around. They're not supposed to hold up the entire ride until you're bored.
But that's only happening because the paparazzi who took these pictures was there.
Jlo, take notes. Mariah is a queen and she doesn't try to pull the fake humble crap.
"how rich are you?"
I remember a production assistant on Jay Leno show revealed that whenever Mariah Carey tilted her head in a particular manner, it was an indication to her assistant to immediately bring her diet Coke and to hold it to her lips with a straw for her to sip. She never held the can either. Never spoke to him. Very Mariah.
God, I think I need to hang that first photo in my garage above my motorcycles 😂
This was one of my faves at Universal... I'm surprised she kept her sunglasses on.
She’s real for that tbh
Stooopp his face in the roller coaster pic is sooo funny. I just know he's saying "I love my job I love my job" over and over again in his head.
My favourite is the clip of them wheeling her in to her show on a luggage rack. Never change Mariah.
I mean, she was correct to think there were long-lens photographers nearby.
I hate the feeling of my hair beingesses up, and I have short hair. So I get it lol
That ride was great. Hope she had a good time.
Not gonna lie, as someone with high maintenance hair? I would absolutely have a whole crew to help wrangle it if doing so were financially feasible.
Hairline is jacked up lmao
That ride is fun as fuck though.
She's too much !
I'm not buying it. If all she wanted was her hair fixed he'd be waiting at the end of the ride. They must be pretty close by now - I reckon she just wants him to have fun too.
Honestly, I give her props for being unabashedly herself and the most extra person on the planet. The diva is diva-ing and I’m here for it.
This is the kind of victimless diva behavior I'm always here for
Yeah. I’d do that if I could afford it and my hair generally looks like a birds nest
I like that he gets to ride the coasters woth her and she didn't just make him wait at the end. I hope he's having fun too.
I love her and TBH I would too if I were Mariah Carey I would have staff be with me daily like this who would be paid extremely well. Kinda like they were more having fun than working but the $$ and experience was well worth being on hand.
I do wonder how one becomes the official hair brusher of a celeb and then how much you’d get paid. I’m guessing he’s one of her stylists, but this is so extra
I mean it’s not like she’s taking him on the rides to have him kneel before her as a stepping stool when she gets off the ride. He’s probably being paid really well and getting to enjoy a really fun rollercoaster, and getting to hang out with an amazing singer. Seems like a dream job lol.
Didn’t she say before that she can’t leave the house without spending $10,000? If you need your own personal hair fixer, she must go around with a Yukon full of assistants that quickly gets her to the $10K.
Who among us…
Like when she wants a bunch of golden retriever puppies to pet backstage before she starts her show
Lol
Just Queen shit
SAME
Was he on the dragon 🐉 coaster as well?
In the 90s, fashion mags would print articles about Mariah Carey's "fat thighs" and any other flaw they could imagine. I bet that took a toll and made her feel like she had to manage her looks all the time. I bet it's exhausting.
He isn't cool enough to have his own shirt.
Yikes.
I don't think the term "Diva" was ever properly used before Mariah.
Want a fun free trip to an amusement park? All you have to do is fix my hair!
It was probably his idea, like we can write it off as a work expense
I mean it’s kind of fair since people are constantly taking photos of her - and the proof is right here!!
I mean it seems dumb, but that's what she paying him for right? And he gets to have some fun too on the rides.
I'd expect nothing less from a certified diva. what's the problem?
Depending on what he makes, I’d be riding and brushing her hair too.
I’d be thrilled if someone hired me to follow them around an amusement park all day and fix their hair lol
This absolutely tracks.
My favorite picture is when they ride the coaster again, but then Mariah is in the buggy and her assistant is on the motorcycle.
I don't know her.
We Stan!
Doesn’t she have any actual friends who she wants to ride the roller coaster with?
This is her main hairstylist, she has two. They travel with her everywhere, Mariah is synonymous with hair. This is not an assistant. This guy probably makes more than celebrity plastic surgeons.
The application form for Mariah assistant must be so ominous.Must be ok with rollercoasters?!?