Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Janairun 2019, Carey ya yi wasan kwaikwayo a Saudi Arabiya, wanda ya jawo mummunan sakamako. Owen Jones na "The Guardian" ya lura cewa Carey yana da babban magoya bayan 'yan luwadi kuma cewa' yan luwadi a Saudiyya ana azabtar da su da mutuwa. An matsa mata lamba ta soke wasan kwaikwayon saboda kisan kai
na dan jarida Jamal Khashoggi da kuma saboda Saudi Arabia ta tsare mata mata. A cikin wata sanarwa ga kamfanin dillancin labarai na Associated Press, mai gabatar da labarai na Carey ya ce: "An gabatar da ita tare da tayin yin wasan kwaikwayo ga masu sauraro na kasa da kasa da na jinsi a Saudiyya, Mariah ta karɓi damar a matsayin kyakkyawan mataki zuwa ga rushewar rarrabuwar jinsi. [...] A matsayinta na mace ta farko mai zane-zane ta kasa da kasa da za ta yi a Saudiyya, Mariah ta fahimci muhimmancin al'adun wannan taron kuma za ta ci gaba da tallafawa kokarin duniya don samun daidaito ga kowa. "