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Legendary singer, Mariah Carey lost her mother and sister last weekend, but her complicated and toxic relationship with her sister has been revealed. Mariah and her sister, Alison have not met for decades, following her tragic death. According to People magazine, David Baker, a friend of Carey's sister for nine years, claimed Alison hadn't seen the We Belong Together singer since either 1994 or 2002.
Mariah Carey, speaking to PEOPLE, revealed her appreciation for the love and support she has gotten from friends, family and fans following her mother and sister's death. “My heart is broken that I’ve lost my mother this past weekend, Carey revealed. Sadly, in a tragic turn of events, my sister lost her life on the same day.”
I feel blessed that I was able to spend the last week with my mom before she passed, Carey added. I appreciate everyone’s love and support and respect for my privacy during this impossible time.
In her memoir, “The meaning of Mariah Carey”, the songstress revealed that she felt “physically and emotionally” safer not being around her siblings. David Baker, Alison's friend took to PEOPLE magazine to claim Carey hadn't seen her sister for decades before her death and was aware of her sister's situation.
According to Baker, he met Alison after she had suffered from a brain injury after a home invasion. I saw somebody who needed help, and I knew I could do it, he told People magazine. She’d tell me that she was so glad I was around.”
More recently, before she got sick, if I went somewhere for an hour, she’d call and say, ‘When are you coming back?’ And I’d say, ‘Well, I’ll be there in 20 minutes, he recalled.And then she’d call a second time and say, ‘When are you coming back?’ Because short-term memory was affected by the brain injury.”
Baker revealed to The US Sun that the “We Belong Together” singer never made the initiative to contact her sister despite knowing she was hospitalized. “A phone call, or better still, a video call would have meant so much to Alison. But it never came,” Baker said. He claims that the “callous rejection” from Mariah added to Alison's pain. He went ahead to say Alison would talk about her funeral frequently, wondering if Mariah and other members of her family would come.
