Singer Mariah Carey has been called out by fans following a viral video of her using a teleprompter to memorize the lyrics to her hit song All I Want for Christmas.
The 52-year-old singer returned to the 96th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday and closed the show with her hit Christmas song.
She pulled off an elaborate festive performance surrounded by dancers and her twins Moroccan and Monroe, 11, in matching marching attire — officially ushering in the holiday season in New York and across America.
But a TikToker, Sidney Barinas (Mohr), who was at the parade, noticed that a giant screen — off the cameras, but directly in Carey’s line of sight — displayed the lyrics as Carey sang, and decided to post the spectacle online. did. Friday.
“Yes, Mariah Carey is using a teleprompter for the lyrics to her most famous song at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade,” she captioned the video, which has since been viewed more than 5.6 million times.
The video comes just a day after the singer – who has dubbed herself the Queen of Christmas – was accused of lip syncing to Christmas fun.
Mariah Carey, 52, returned to the 96th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday and closed the show with her hit Christmas song.
Sidney Barinas (Mohr) watched as a giant screen — out of view from the cameras, but directly in Carey’s line of sight — appeared as Carey sang the song.
Fans online were quick to point out that Carey’s flawless vocals sounded eerily similar to the recorded version of the 1994 track.
One fan wrote: ‘Mariah Carey lip syncing always sends me away because it’s so obvious. Like she doesn’t even try to hide it.
Another typed in: ‘So @MariahCarey doesn’t sing anymore? SMH’ while a third typed: ‘I wish I could get paid to stand and watch beautiful lip syncing like Mariah Carey… that girl didn’t sing a note.’
Another fan wrote: ‘And here he is ladies and gentlemen! Mariah Carey, the self-proclaimed Queen of Christmas. …and yes, I think she is lip syncing.’
One fan said: ‘Mariah Carey lip syncing. What a shock’ while another typed: “What an amazing performance from #MariahCarey, totally alive!! Laugh out loud’.
Fans had already slammed Carey online after she performed lip syncing the song
Starr’s performance saw a cameo appearance by her twins, who danced behind her in a Christmas box.
He wrote on Instagram, ‘Happy Thanksgiving!!! Grateful and so proud of my beautiful babies Rock and Roe, grateful and thankful for the precious moments in life. Now it’s really time!!!’
Her boyfriend Brian Tanaka commented: ‘Performance of the year!!!’
The celebration comes days after Carey was prevented from trademarking the title ‘Queen of Christmas’.
The 52-year-old songstress carried a jewel-studded parasol as she took to the stage on Thursday
But the performance came just days after Carey was stopped from trademarking the title ‘Queen of Christmas’ exclusively by festival singer Elizabeth Chan in a historic victory.
She filed an application to trademark the phrase in March 2021 — a move that sent festival singers Chan, 42, and Darlene Love, 81, to court, with the former heading to court in an attempt to block Carey.
The United States Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ultimately ruled against Carey’s attempt to trademark the ‘Queen of Christmas’. It also dismissed and denied Carey’s concurrent attempts to register the trademarks ‘Princess Christmas’ and ‘QOC’.
The It’s Like That Singer Had applied for the exclusive right to use the title on everything from music to perfume, to sunglasses and even coconut milk – in perpetuity and globally.
Responding to the decision, Chan said: ‘Christmas is a season of giving, not a season of taking, and it is wrong for someone to try to own and monopolize a moniker like the Queen of Christmas for the purposes of blatant materialism.
“As a freelance artist and small business owner, my life’s work is to bring people together for the holiday season, which is how I came to be known as the Queen of Christmas.”
‘I wear that title as a badge of honor and with the full knowledge that it will – and must be – given to others in the future.
‘My goal in taking this fight was to stand up to trademark bullying not only to protect myself but to protect future Queens of Christmas.’
