USA/FILE: Thirty pounds lighter, megastar Mariah Carey reveals her post-baby body as part of Jenny's new weight loss ad campaign

Record ID: 190346

  • Title: USA/FILE: Thirty pounds lighter, megastar Mariah Carey reveals her post-baby body as part of Jenny's new weight loss ad campaign
  • Date: 10th November 2011
  • Summary: CAREY AND KING TALKING (SOUNDBITE) (English) MARIAH CAREY, SINGER, SAYING "I was never nude. I used to walk around, oh, I'm naked, whatever, okay, I mean, you know, not publicly, look at the flashbulbs, yeah, no honestly, I mean, not through the house, I just mean in your own bathroom like walking from the tub to get a towel. I had a towel on in the tub. I had like clothing on in." (SOUNDBITE) (English) GAYLE KING, HOST, SAYING "Mariah. Mariah. Back up." (SOUNDBITE) (English) MARIAH CAREY, SINGER, SAYING "I'm not lying. I am not lying. I promise you." (SOUNDBITE) (English) GAYLE KING, HOST, SAYING "You would bathe with the towel on?" (SOUNDBITE) (English) MARIAH CAREY, SINGER, SAYING "Yes." (SOUNDBITE) (English) GAYLE KING, HOST, SAYING " I don't believe you." (SOUNDBITE) (English) MARIAH CAREY, SINGER, SAYING: "You think I would let Nick see me looking rancid like that? No." (SOUNDBITE) (English) GAYLE KING, HOST, SAYING: "Yes, I do. You are the mother of his children. He loves you." (SOUNDBITE) (English) MARIAH CAREY, SINGER, SAYING: "No, no, we love all that, but I couldn't do it."
  • Embargoed: 25th November 2011 12:00
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  • Location: Usa
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Entertainment
  • Reuters ID: LVA9D9X0ECSVY6QG4KDVY9ZONO0K
  • Story Text: Grammy-winning singer Mariah Carey revealed a slimmer, post-baby body figure on Wednesday (November 09) at the unveiling of her Jenny weight loss ad campaign.
    The 42-year-old mother of twins said she shed 30 pounds, thanks to the program, formerly known as Jenny Craig.
    Carey told the media event host Gayle King that she struggled with her body image during her pregnancy, even refusing to look at her numbers on the scale.
    "I was never nude. I used to walk around, oh, I'm naked, whatever, okay, I mean, you know, not publicly, look at the flashbulbs, yeah, no honestly, I mean, not through the house, I just mean in your own bathroom like walking from the tub to get a towel. I had a towel on in the tub. I had like clothing on in," Carey said as King rejected the idea.
    "You think I would let Nick see me looking rancid like that? No."
    The star said she was approached by other corporations, but Jenny fit her lifestyle.
    Among her favorite items on the plan, s'mores, a dessert she indulged in during her pregnancy.
    Combining her eating habits with a trainer and aquatic exercise, Carey claims she still has more to go and intends to slim down even more.
    Carey and her actor/rapper husband Nick Cannon welcomed twins on April 30.
    "Me and Nick have never been better. Here's the thing. I'm a real person, so I'm not going to put on the fake Hollywood, 'yes, every single time Nick says anything I faint and fall on the floor.' No. Sometimes we make each other mad and sometimes I make him mad," Carey said.
    "That's called why we're not divorced after four months, you know what I mean? What?"
    Carey said that she hopes her husband is proud of her weight-loss.
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