Guess
Jun 10th, 2008, 09:22 AM
For most people, romantic flame-outs inspire sobbing midnight phone calls, sleepless nights and lots of excess drinking. For pop stars, that bad boyfriend or cheating girlfriend can be the road to contstant radio airplay.
These performers have all used their tabloid-worthy exploits as inspiration for something more hummable than humbling.
http://www.mariahdaily.com/temp/mc_tm.jpg (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/lat-mariah1_eg5q55gw20080609133912,0,7200755.photo)Mariah Carey
Song: "Side Effects"
Bust-up: Mariah Carey's breakup song is rumored to be about ex-husband Tommy Mottola.
What happened: Carey married music mogul Mottola in 1993. After the couple split, Carey told Parade that Mottola had been unable to handle her success. "I was treated almost like a prisoner. Everybody around me was deathly afraid of him. I became so scared. I was like an obsession and a possession."
Telling lyric: Do my best to handle sleeping with the enemy / Whether he was smothering every last part of me / So I broke away and finally found the strength to leave
Source: Los Angeles Times (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/lat-mariah1_eg5q55gw20080609133912,0,7200755.photo)
These performers have all used their tabloid-worthy exploits as inspiration for something more hummable than humbling.
http://www.mariahdaily.com/temp/mc_tm.jpg (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/lat-mariah1_eg5q55gw20080609133912,0,7200755.photo)Mariah Carey
Song: "Side Effects"
Bust-up: Mariah Carey's breakup song is rumored to be about ex-husband Tommy Mottola.
What happened: Carey married music mogul Mottola in 1993. After the couple split, Carey told Parade that Mottola had been unable to handle her success. "I was treated almost like a prisoner. Everybody around me was deathly afraid of him. I became so scared. I was like an obsession and a possession."
Telling lyric: Do my best to handle sleeping with the enemy / Whether he was smothering every last part of me / So I broke away and finally found the strength to leave
Source: Los Angeles Times (http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/lat-mariah1_eg5q55gw20080609133912,0,7200755.photo)