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Mariah Carey: I try not to be a jerk

Singer says fame has not gone to her head

Mariah Carey is married to rapper Nick Cannon

Mariah Carey insists she's not a diva

The singer admits her sassiness has been mistaken for rudeness in the past.

'I try not to be a jerk. I really do. I try to be nice and cordial,' explains Mariah, 39.

'I've seen the real extreme diva behaviour and I don't think that's who I am.

'I think I have mannerisms and that whole thing... But even before I had any type of fame I was like this. Seriously.'

Mariah is fed up of the rumours surrounding her backstage demands.

'They said I wouldn't come into a hotel room unless there were petals on the floor,' she tells The Guardian Weekend. 'I'm like, do you really think at 3am I give a shit what I'm walking on?'

Mariah's new album Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel is out next month.

Hanna Flint