Mariah Carey: Out100 Gala After Negative 'Idol' Comments

Mariah Carey poses backstage while attending the 2013 Out100 Awards held at Terminal 5 on Thursday (November 14) in New York City.

The “Art of Letting Go” singer was on hand to present an award to The Butler director Lee Daniels.

Earlier in the week, Mariah made some negative comments about her experience as a judge on American Idol this year.

“Honestly, I hated it,” Mariah told Hot97. “Here’s what it was. I was the first person who signed on…I thought it was going to be a three-person panel. They gave me a nice…monetary moment, and I was just like, ‘Okay, Randy Jackson will be there; I’ve known him forever. He used to play bass for me. Like, this isn’t a big deal. This will be nothing.’”

“But it wasn’t that,” she continued. “It was like going to work every day in hell with Satan.”

FYI: Mariah is wearing a Cadolle top, Oscar de la Renta skirt, and Christian Louboutin shoes.

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