Mariah Carey And Manager Stella Bulochnikov Have Split
Mariah Carey and her manager of three years, Stella Bulochnikov, have decided to part ways in day-to-day management. Bulochnikov, who oversaw the launch of Carey’s reality TV career, was absent on the pop and R&B star’s recent visit to New York, according to Page Six. Mariah hired Stella after Brett Ratner introduced them.
On Saturday, Bulochnikov confirmed the news to Page Six in a statement on behalf of both women and said that the split was mutual.
“After working together for almost three years, Mariah Carey and Stella Bulochnikov have determined that it is in their mutual best interest to part ways on day-to-day management.”
The statement said that during Stella and Mariah’s time working together, the two women had accomplished great things. More recently, Mariah Carey’s new music and movie projects that are coming up this holiday season. The 47-year-old singer has recently released a holiday record, The Star.
“Mariah Carey and Stella Bulochnikov remain partners in a number of business ventures, and will continue to support each other in those endeavors.”
In April of 2015, Billboard reported that Carey officially hired Bulochnikov and Brian Sher as her new management team. Sher and Bulochnikov’s producing credits include T.I. & Tiny, Boss, and Master P’s Family Values. In addition to these major reality television shows, Bulochnikov is also credited as an executive producer on hit shows like Paris’s Hilton’s My New BFF and Flavor Of Love Girls: Charm School.
Stella Bulochnikov took the pop diva’s career in a dramatic and surprising new direction, through the launching of the E! reality show, Mariah’s World. Stella was also involved in the embarrassing New Year’s Eve live TV performance that upset Carey months later.
More recently, Stella posted a video of Mariah Carey to Instagram and said, “Everyday it’s an honor to represent you! You look so pretty so happy and sound great.” Carey is well known for her 1994 song “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” off of Carey’s first holiday album, Merry Christmas. Mariah recently had her hands and feet encased in cement in the forecourt of the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
.@MariahCarey and @KarlLagerfeld last night in New York City. pic.twitter.com/zJT5Ude8OF
— Glittering Mariah (@glittering_mc) October 24, 2017
Mariah Carey took the stage during Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, but had a meltdown on stage when she wasn’t able to hear her vocal track. In the early hours of 2017, Mariah tweeted, “S*** happens. Have a happy and healthy new year everybody! Here’s to making more headlines in 2017.”
However, the drama continued when Mariah’s team accused the producers of the singing gig to have purposefully “sabotaged” the star in an effort to raise ratings, according to Page Six.
“You know her inner ears were NOT working and your entire production team did not set her up to win.”
Carey’s manager wrote to the head of the production company and demanded a “formal apology” for the mishap. The producers responded on Monday that the claims were “frankly absurd.”
“It’s not going to stop me from doing a live event in the future… But it will make me less trusting of using anyone outside of my own team.”
“It really was an incredible holiday season that turned into a horrible New Year’s Eve,” Carey said.
Back in April, Mariah reportedly doled out a $34,000 birthday present for Stella Bulochnikov, according to the Daily Mail. Mariah threw a birthday bash for Stella at Catch LA in West Hollywood, and surprised her with a Louis Vuitton trunk for her 44th birthday. One of the many guests at the lavish birthday party included Stella’s dad.
A source revealed to Page Six that during the party, Stella was all smiles and that her daughters gave her an expensive Balenciaga bag.
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