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Mariah Careycandidly opened up about her marriage to music executive Tommy Mottola in a newCosmopolitaninterview.
You might want to picture a child bride, she put it bluntly.
Carey and Mottola began their relationship in 1991, when he was head of Sony Music.
Carey had recently graduated high school when he promised to make her a worldwide star.
It was very controlled.
There was no freedom for me as a human being.
It was almost like being a prisoner.
[With Tommy] I felt safe and I felt a sense of family.
It just didnt work out because it became too suffocating.
But that was also part of the reason for her success.
