Mariah Carey knew she’d be making headlines this morning and not for the right reasons, so she got in front of the obviously evident criticisms that have been doggin’ her all morning and offered a classy, yet epic response beforehand.

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First let us feel you in on what happened with Mariah Carey’s embarrassing-as-hell live New Year’s Eve gig at the infamous ABC’s Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest in New York’s Time Square. Her vocals went M.I.A. and she didn’t play it off too well in front of a crowd of thousands and a TV audience of millions. In fact, she showed her frustration over the mess up, in her signature diva style as the cameras kept rolling, capturing every one of her hisses, complaints, and eye rolls (presumably toward the sound engineer) as they happened live.
There is a bright side though, Mariah’s dancers were on point and kept hittin’ their positions with accuracy as if nothing happened. I guess they figured ‘Hey, I ain’t letting her vocal slip jack up my check. No need for all of us to look bad on TV.’

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On the serious tip, it doesn’t look like the off timing and M.I.A. vocals were completely Mariah’s fault. Maybe she’s to blame for her timing of when she was supposed to start singing, but it probably wasn’t her fault that her mic had a mind of it’s own last night.

Like we said, Mariah and/or her publicist jumped ahead of the online jokes that were sure to come, with a post that elegantly read “Sh!t happens.” it out below…

Shit happens 😩 Have a happy and healthy new year everybody!🎉 Here's to making more headlines in 2017 😂 pic.twitter.com/0Td8se57jr

— Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) January 1, 2017

Well said Mariah.