Mariah Carey blames her loony acceptance speech at the Palm Springs International Film Festival awards on director Lee Daniels.
"The thing is, me and Lee hadn't seen each other in a long time, and then he was presenting my award, so he starts off immediately with inside jokes," Carey said backstage at the People's Choice Awards on Wednesday night, where she was named favourite R&B artist.
"We had splashes of champagne, and I love Lee, but he's a bad influence," the singer said and laughed.
Carey gave a long, rambling acceptance speech after being named 'Breakthrough Actress' for her performance in Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire on Tuesday. Daniels directed the movie.
The video of her speech was one of the most popular on the internet, and led to jokes at Carey's expense.
The 39-year-old says she was rushing to receive the honour and didn't eat enough. She also says people should not take the speech too seriously.
"If people don't understand me and think I'm just this girl that stands by a microphone and sings Hero, then they're definitely not going to get me," she said.
"But if people knew me better, they would understand I have a sense of humour, and basically that's what gets me through life."
AP