Carey blames her director Lee Daniels for her tipsy's speech at the Palm Springs International Film Festival on Tuesday.The R&B singer says she was having champagne with Lee Daniels and Precious director before her acceptance speech.Mariah Carey explained to the audience, "Please forgive me because I'm a little bit um, yeah," leading some to wonder whether she was drunk – or just nervous. It was apparently the former, and Carey says Daniels, who presented her the award, was to blame. "The thing is, me and Lee hadn't seen each other in a while," she explains. "I love Lee, but he's a bad influence!" Carey also offers a few words to anyone wagging fingers: "If people don't understand me and they just think I'm this girl that stands by a microphone and sings "Hero" then they're definitely not gonna get me," she says. "But if people knew me they'd understand and have a sense of humor. And basically that's what gets me through life."









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