Mariah Carey showed up at the Springs International Film Festival several days ago to receive an acting award – Breakthrough Performance – for her role in Precious. She accepted the award with a drunken speech as you can see below:

Last night at the People Choice Awards, where she also got an award for for R&B artist of the year, she explained to reporters what lead to her drunken speech

“We’d been sitting there celebrating this whole time, having little splashes [of champagne], I hadn’t eaten, I pulled up, I didn’t want to be late so I rushed in, and that’s what it was.”

“If people don’t understand me and just think I’m this girl that stands by a microphone and sings ‘Hero,’ then they’re definitely not going to get me,” “But if people knew me they'd understand and have a sense of humor. And basically that's what gets me through life.”

On her being drunk, Lee Daniels, who presented her the award, was to blame. “The thing is, me and Lee hadn't seen each other in a while,” she explains. “I love Lee, but he's a bad influence!”

It seems to me everyone made a big deal out of really nothing… the acceptance speech is not as CRAZY as its made out to be, I love Mariah because she's just herself and doesn't apologize for it.

thoughts?