Mariah Carey has vented her spleen to Maxim magazine about her much reported ‘relationship’ with Eminem, which, she claims, never got very far…
Carey says: "Did I have a sexual relationship with him? No, I didn't. I knew him, I hung out with him a few times, but nothing sexual occurred. I'd admit it if it did, but it didn't. And that's why I was so upset about the whole thing, because I was like, `Look, if I had an intimate relationship with the person, that would be one thing, but...' Maybe he thought because nothing happened he'd look bad or something."
"I know I have this image that's sexy. But I'm basically like Mary Poppins. That's my nickname! I'm prudish. It's like playing dress up. When you go through difficult stuff as a kid sometimes your childhood stays with you. I've hung onto that. There was a period when I was in a relationship that was confining, where I had to wear turtlenecks and long pants and that wasn't me. I broke out of that - around the same time of the ‘Honey’ video, where I jump out of the water like a secret agent - everybody was shocked. But that was the real me coming out."
The Mariah Carey interview will appear in next month’s issue of Maxim.