"People think that I'm this little girl next door, and they can say stuff about me, and I'll never check them if they run into me," Carey says. "Wrong." Specifically, Carey recalls a run-in she had with There's Something About Mary star Cameron Diaz. Last year, Diaz said that if anyone wanted to "torture" her, forget the dripping water or the rats \emdash just tie her up and start playing some Mariah.
When Diaz and the Diva ended up in the same New York restaurant, Carey says, "I decided I should seize the opportunity to straighten a few things out." The two 5-foot 9-inch stars faced off, and Diaz backed down, explaining that "her words had been twisted" by an interviewer. Carey gave her the benefit of the doubt, but adds, "I was actually one of those bad girls at school who used to push people in the lockers and smoke in the bathroom when I was 12. So [Diaz] is lucky."
Carey tells that in addition to her self-protection instincts, her showdown with Diaz was probably fueled by "too much wine."