Mariah Carey Says Derek Jeter ‘Was a Catalyst’ in Her Divorce From Tommy Mottola
Mariah Carey opened up about dating Derek Jeter in the late 1990s as her marriage to Tommy Mottola came to an end.“He was a catalyst that helped me get out of that relationship because I believed that there was somebody else [out there for me],” the five-time Grammy winner, 50, told Oprah Winfrey on Apple TV+’s The Oprah Conversation on Thursday, September 24.“It was the racial situation — you know, his mom is Irish, his dad is Black — but he was also very ambiguous looking to me,” she recalled. “I didn’t know who he was.”During their relationship, Carey wrote two songs about the former New York Yankees shortstop, now 46, for her 1997 album, Butterfly: “My All,” which hit No.