Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I te Hanuere 2019, i mahi a Carey i Saudi Arabia, i puta ai te riri. I kite a Owen Jones o "The Guardian" he maha nga kaiwhaiwhai a Carey, ana ko te taangata taangata i Saudi Arabia ka whiua ki te mate. I pehia ia ki te whakakore i te whakaaturanga nā te kohuru
o te kairipoata a Jamal Khashoggi, ā, nā te mauheretanga o ngā kaitiaki wahine a Saudi Arabia. I roto i te korero ki te Associated Press, ka mea te kaikorero a Carey: "I te whakawhiwhia ki te tuku ki te mahi mo te hunga whakarongo o te ao me te taangata i Saudi Arabia, i whakaae a Mariah ki te whai waahi hei huarahi pai ki te whakakore i te wehewehe ira tangata. [...] I te mea ko ia te kaitoi wahine tuatahi o te ao ki te mahi i Saudi Arabia, e mohio ana a Mariah ki te hiranga ahurea o tenei huihuinga ka haere tonu ki te tautoko i nga mahi o te ao mo te taurite mo te katoa. "