MARIAH Carey has opened up on her steamy affair with Derek Jeter, revealing the Yankees legend was the ‘second man she ever had sex with’. The 50-year-old singer struck up a secret romance with the professional baseball player during her first marriage to Tommy Mottola. Speaking on their relationship in her memoir, The Meaning of Mariah […]
MARIAH Carey has opened up on her steamy affair with Derek Jeter, revealing the Yankees legend was the ‘second man she ever had sex with’.
The 50-year-old singer struck up a secret romance with the professional baseball player during her first marriage to Tommy Mottola.
Speaking on their relationship in her memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey, the star recalled a “weekend wonderland” with Derek in Tampa, Florida.
She said: “Derek was only the second person I had ever slept with (coincidentally his number 2 on the Yankees). Just like his position on the team, our relationship was a short stop in my life.
“It was a very critical transition for me, and maybe a dream come true, or maybe an accomplishment, for him. I don’t know.
“Very soon we weren’t meant for the long run. For one, there’s a great gulf between athletes and artists, and honestly it’s hard for two stars from any industry to make it work.”
The pair first met at a dinner party, and they secretly started “text-flirting”.
During their romance, the two also enjoyed a romantic trip to Puerto Rico.
They spent the night together after bumping into each other at the El Conquistador Resort.
The singer shared: “We got back to my room, and that familiar dance of the butterflies began. Being alone with someone I had a genuine attraction to was all so new to me.
“And again, I threw caution to the Caribbean breeze and surrendered into his arms and the moment.
“We lay there for the night in one embrace, engaging in one, single, long kiss. It was the sexiest moment – without sex.”
Mariah began her relationship with first husband Tommy in 1991 when she was 21.
The former couple were married between 1993 to 1998.
In a upcoming episode of The Oprah Conversation with Oprah Winfrey, Mariah revealed her affair with Derek was the “catalyst” to ending her marriage to the music producer.
She explained: “He was a catalyst that helped me get out of that relationship, because I had believed that there was somebody else.”
During their romance, Mariah wrote the songs My All and The Roof for Derek.
