Mariah Carey "kind of like bamboozled" during encounter with her ex

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Carey: Meeting Ex-Hubby Mottola Was Weird

04/19/2005 1:07 PM, AP

She was all smiles when she met ex-hubby Tommy Mottola at the recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame festivities, but Mariah Carey says the moment wasn't exactly comfortable.

Carey planned to make a brief appearance at last month's event at the request of Antonio "L.A." Reid, who is chairman of her label, Island Def Jam. But to her surprise, she was seated at the same table as Mottola and his new wife, singing star Thalia.

Mottola and Carey had a bitter breakup, and she has described her marriage to her former mentor as controlling. When the pair saw each other, they exchanged kisses and pleasantries, but Carey said the meeting was "just weird."

"He was a gentleman," Carey told The Associated Press in a recent interview. "He was nice, but I wasn't about the photo op, and I was kind of like bamboozled."

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