No. 1 ‘TRL’ Moment

The Mariah Carey Striptease — “Mariah Carey is stripping on TRL right now.” – Carson Daly

It started off so innocent, and ended so badly. During mid-summer of 2001, Mariah Carey, in the middle of a major stressfest that included the now infamous flop “Glitter,” made an unannounced visit to the “TRL” studio to surprise host Carson Daly with a gift and to give out popsicles to an unsuspecting audience. Wearing a purple, oversized, airbrushed t-shirt that said “Loverboy,” Carey waltzed onto the “TRL” stage and proceeded to strip down to a mere skimpy shorts and tank top, all while Daly repeated to a stunned America: “What are you doing?” Carey then gave the T-shirt to Daly.

Carey continued to ramble about nonsense for several minutes, and at one point, Daly stared into the camera and said, “Mariah Carey has lost her mind.” The whole event can be summed up with a now infamous line that was delivered by Carey herself, “All I know is I just want one day off when I can go swimming and look at rainbows and, like, eat ice cream. And maybe, like, learn how to ride a bicycle.”

A few days later, Carey checked herself into a mental facility.