NEED TO KNOW
- Mariah Carey may be raising a future hitmaker
- During her appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the Here For It All artist revealed her daughter Monroe is interesting in pursuing her own career in music
- The Grammy winner shares her twins with ex-husband Nick Cannon
Mariah Carey’s daughter may be ready to chart her own musical path.
While appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the Here For It All songstress, 56, opened up about her new album, her career and motherhood. Carey, who’s a mother to twins Monroe and Moroccan, 14, also shared what her children are interested in nowadays. The singer teased that her daughter may be ready to step out on her own and start her own career in the music industry.
“My daughter’s into music, and she likes music,” she said. “She used to sing with me on my Christmas tour, but I don’t know if she’s doing it this year.”
When host Jimmy Fallon asked if the 14-year-old is ready to break away from her mom and do her own thing, the doting mom responded, “I’m trying to get her to do her own thing. I think she wants to. So possibly.”
This past December, Carey, who shares her children with ex-husband Nick Cannon, shared how she’d feel if her twins followed in both of their parents’ footsteps and began working in the entertainment industry.
“I think they’re both very talented and smart, and if they want to pursue having a life as an entertainer, then I think they should,” Carey told PEOPLE of her two kids.
She added, “It’s a hard kind of life, but they seem to really love performing, so I’m happy for them.”
On Monday, April 21, the singer uploaded a series of photos in an Instagram carousel to celebrate Easter. However, Carey’s twins noted that they weren’t too thrilled by her posting the pictures.
After Carey shared the snaps to her 14.1 million followers, her children commented on her post, expressing their embarrassment. Moroccan commented, asking, “Why do you do this to me mom😭,” Sharing a similar reaction to her brother, Monroe added, “OMG DELETE IT.”
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That wasn’t Carey’s first time embarrassing her children. On Thursday, April 3, Carey and Monroe strolled into the room while Moroccan was live on the streaming platform Twitch for about 10 minutes playing video games with friends.
In the video, Moroccan — or “Rocky” as his mom and dad call him — could be heard talking to the two off-camera before he cut the audio and then came back on to tell his audience: “Sorry chat, my mom is here.”
Playfully teasing, his fellow streamers can then be heard chiming in to say, “Hey, Mrs. Carey!” and Monroe then walked into frame holding a dog. “You wanna come here, Mom?” Rocky then asked the “Fantasy” singer, who then popped her head into view, standing over his shoulder.
“Okay, y’all need to get out now. Just, everybody get out,” Rocky then told his mother and sister, seemingly embarrassed. “Mom, they can see you. They’re saying, ‘Hi Mariah, I love you!’ Oh my God.”
“Hi, you guys!” Carey told the audience. “I love you too.”
The teen then lovingly rescinded his invitation and requested that Monroe and his mom leave the room, asking: “Can y’all please get out, please? Love you. Get out of my room!”
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