Dick Clark Productions, the TV company that organised Mariah Carey’s New Year’s Eve performance in New York’s Times Square, has denied rumours that her show was deliberately sabotaged.
Since the pop star’s televised performance for Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest, during which technical difficulties appeared to force the singer to stop and start throughout, questions have been asked of both the production company and the performer.
One report by TMZ cites a source who claims that there were suspicions the TV company had “sabotaged” Carey’s performance, by providing her with a faulty earpiece, in order to score ratings.
In response, Dick Clark Productions said in a statement: “As the premier producer of live television events for nearly 50 years, we pride ourselves on our reputation and long-standing relationships with artists.
“To suggest that [Dick Clark Productions], as producer of music shows including the American music awards, Billboard music awards, New Year’s Rockin’ Eve and Academy of Country Music awards, would ever intentionally compromise the success of any artist is defamatory, outrageous and frankly absurd. In very rare instances there are of course technical errors that can occur with live television, however, an initial investigation has indicated that [Dick Clark Productions] had no involvement in the challenges associated with Ms Carey’s New Year’s Eve performance. We want to be clear that we have the utmost respect for Ms Carey as an artist and acknowledge her tremendous accomplishments in the industry.”
Carey’s manager, Stella Bulochnikov, has questioned whether Dick Clark Productions would “would prefer to air a show with technical glitches [to] have a viral moment”. Bulochnikov denied claims that the artist had missed her rehearsals, and says Carey had complained that her earpiece was not working before taking to the stage.
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