Mariah Carey ushered in the new year in New York with a spectacularly terrible live performance.
Broadcast to millions on live TV, the 46-year-old appeared to have a few technical difficulties during Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest, which went out on the ABC Network.
At one point, she even gave up on singing her song Emotions, instead telling the audience to finish the lyrics for her while she awkwardly paced the stage.
This bit was perhaps the most talked about part of the performance…
And now, for the grand finale, 2016 is taking out Mariah Carey live on stage pic.twitter.com/kfBJxXjepB
— Matt Mitchell (@ALostrich) January 1, 2017
Although  we particularly enjoy this bit, where she makes virtually no attempt to cover up the fact she’s lip syncing…
Even Milli Vanilli is embarrassed by Mariah Carey's debacle. pic.twitter.com/8179cHu7jA
— Jimmy Traina (@JimmyTraina) January 1, 2017
As is often the case with this sort of thing, those that were tweeting about it were far from kind:
RIP Mariah Carey's credibility. https://t.co/aQqcyopyAu pic.twitter.com/0CfXQumZYS
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) January 1, 2017
https://twitter.com/Ambergeckle/status/815460469385334785
I think Russia hacked Mariah Carey's microphone. Knock it off Putin, you're taking it a bit too far…
— Mike Melliza (@TheMelliz) January 1, 2017
No matter how hungover you feel tomorrow just know Mariah Carey feels worse .
— FairyGothMother (@EvaDeMuro) January 1, 2017
Mariah Carey: I should practice for the preformance.
Mariah Carey to Mariah Carey: Nah just wing it pic.twitter.com/SsRMXdjiCt— Josh (@JoshKrispy) January 1, 2017
Although Carey will undoubtedly have been embarrassed by her performance, the tweet she sent out afterwards didn’t show it too much.
Shit happens 😩 Have a happy and healthy new year everybody!🎉 Here's to making more headlines in 2017 😂 pic.twitter.com/0Td8se57jr
— Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) January 1, 2017
Shit happens indeed.
