Mariah Carey just could not hide her brutally honest reaction to the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Awards performance dedicated to her!
On Monday night, the legendary singer took home the Icon Award during the show at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Before accepting her trophy, though, she had to sit through a tribute of her biggest hits performed by Tori Kelly and Muni Long. And yeahhhhh… If you wondered what she really thought of the performance, you can just look at her face! It says it all!
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As Muni belted out We Belong Together, the camera cut to Mariah at one point slowly turning her head looking super displeased and giving some side-eye to her rumored boo Anderson .Paak as he danced along! Check it out (below):
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OUCH! Mariah managed to crack a few smiles during the musical number, but other than that, her disinterested facial expression stayed, even when Tori stepped out to sing Always Be My Baby! Watch the full performance (below):
Oof. Imagine looking out in the crowd and seeing Mariah so disappointed while you performed her iconic track! Brutal! Of course, we don’t know if this was what Mariah was reacting to! She hasn’t said anything about it! Perhaps the look was directed at Anderson’s dance moves! However, many fans are convinced she was not obsessed with the performance on stage! See the reactions to the viral moment (below):
“This gif of Mariah Carey will go down in history.”
“she was wondering why they didn’t book Ariana [Grande].”
“Mariah Carey reaction to Muni Long singing her song just SENT ME OMFG”
“The way Mariah Carey can’t help but show her disinterest on her face ”
“Mariah Carey is not feeling these performances and is not hiding that fact. Lol”
“Mariah Carey is so unimpressed with this tribute”
“Mariah Carey with the side turn I CANT STOP LAUGHING”
“can’t wait for all the memes that are coming from Mariah Carey’s annoyed face during that performance
WHY DOES SHE LOOK MISERABLE”
“Please is anyone else watching the iHeart Music Awards and saw Mariah Carey looking thoroughly unimpressed with the tribute performance
WHY DOES SHE LOOK MISERABLE”
”Regardless of how she may have felt about the performance, Mariah still showed some love to Muni and Tori — after this iconic question! When she hopped on stage to accept the Icon Award, she immediately asked:
“I just want to ask you a question—is the lighting OK? Because I don’t like bad lighting.”
LOLz!!!!
She went on to say:
“Thank you iHeart for this incredible honor. Thank you Muni and Tori for these beautiful performances.”
Ummm… We did not get that impression you enjoyed them, Mariah! Ha! Watch the rest of the acceptance speech (below):
What are your reactions to the viral moment? Let us know!
[Image via iHeartRadio/YouTube]
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