Mariah Carey reveals she was treated like ‘an ATM machine with a wig on’ as she discusses new memoir with Oprah

Mariah Carey is revealing it all in an upcoming memoir set to be released on Tuesday, Sept. 29.

And the 50-year-old legend sat down with Oprah Winfrey to discuss her explosive new book, The Meaning of Mariah Carey.

In a clip from their conversation on AppleTV+, Mariah revealed she didn’t ‘feel worthy of existing’ and was treated like ‘an ATM machine with a wig on.’

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Talk about it! Mariah Carey is revealing it all in an upcoming memoir set to be released on Tuesday, Sept. 29

Oprah added: ‘The loneliness and sadness behind the facade — I now understand it.’

‘I couldn’t have asked for a better way to introduce my memoir than having a conversation with my friend, therapist and icon Ms. Oprah, on her series The Oprah Conversations,’ Mariah captioned a clip on Instagram.

The New York Post picked up that social media savvy fans assumed Mariah was referring to her marriage to former manager Tommy Mottola.

Icons: Oprah added: ‘The loneliness and sadness behind the facade — I now understand it.’

Tough: In a clip from their conversation on AppleTV+, Mariah revealed she didn’t ‘feel worthy of existing’ and was treated like ‘an ATM machine with a wig on’

Business: The 50-year-old legend sat down with Oprah Winfrey to discuss her explosive new book, The Meaning of Mariah Carey.

Mariah met the former Sony Music exec in 1988 and the couple were married in 1993. She left the marriage in 1997 and was officially divorce on March 5, 1998.

Carey described their ‘Sing Sing’ mansion in New York as a prison with security cameras and guards, according to reports from the Los Angeles Times.

Carey blamed her estranged family members for repeatedly going to tabloids with stories, and felt no ill-will revealing it all in the book because they ‘drew first blood, historically.’

Honest: Carey blamed her estranged family members for repeatedly going to tabloids with stories, and felt no ill-will revealing it all in the book because they ‘drew first blood, historically’

Mottola, for his part, told Page Six that he’s ‘deeply gratified to have played that role in Mariah’s well-deserved and remarkable success, and continue to wish her and her family only the very best.’

Mariah’s tell-all also includes how Derek Jeter played a crucial role in helping Carey leave her husband.

‘He was a catalyst that helped me get out of that relationship, because I had believed that there was somebody else,’ she shared.

She also revealed that The Roof and My All, two songs from her 1997 album Butterfly, were about the former New York Yankees shortstop.

Host with the most: Oprah listened on as Mariah described excerpts from her new memoir

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