Year 2019 ended in the most dramatic way for Mariah Carey as the American singer’s Twitter account was hacked on New Year’s Eve.
The hijacked account which has over 21 million followers was used to post racist slurs and pornographic messages. It’s unclear who’s behind the hack, and the pop star did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“Personally I don’t think racism is real, it’s just pussy boy talk,” one tweet read. “Eminem has a small penis,” read another. Mariah Carey and rapper Eminem once had a very public feud, in which he claimed to have slept with the singer.
Although, more than 50 tweets were posted on Carey’s account after it was hijacked, most of these tweets were quickly deleted as many verged on the nonsensical and appeared to troll the singer’s fans.
Twitter users were quick to jump in and deliver their own commentary on the bizarre situation. “Hacking Mariah Carey is a federal offense so I hope it was worth it!” one user wrote.
Carey has become a renewed focal point of pop culture in recent weeks, through her record-breaking achievements.
The singer’s modern classic “All I Want For Christmas” hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time this month – 25 years after its original release.
“What’s a decade?” the singer jokingly tweeted after the news broke, when she was allegedly still in control of her account.