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<p>This is what Mariah Carey gets for starting to promote the Christmas season nearly three months early.</p><p>While live on air on the talk show <em>Good Morning Britain </em>early Monday morning, news broke of the <a href="https://www.someecards.com/entertainment/celebrities/celebrities-tweet-condolences-las-vegas-shooting-victims/">mass shooting that occurred in Las Vegas</a> Sunday night. A <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/02/us/las-vegas-shooting.html?hp&amp;action=click&amp;pgtype=Homepage&amp;clickSource=story-heading&amp;module=span-ab-top-region&amp;region=top-news&amp;WT.nav=top-news">gunman opened fire</a> on a concert during the Route 91 Harvest Festival, killing more than 50 people and injuring several hundred others.</p><p>Carey appeared on the show live from Los Angeles, casually sprawled across a white couch in a red gown, with a fully decorated Christmas tree in the background. As explained by <a href="http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/mariah-carey-tv-interview-cut-short-amid-las-vegas-shooting-w506523"><em>Us Weekly</em></a>, Carey was promoting her upcoming Christmas tour, when <em>Good Morning Britain</em> hosts Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid put talk of &quot;All I Want for Christmas Is You&quot; on hold to address the devastating news.</p><oembed>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFzoFhRlEnY</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The hosts asked Carey, who has performed several residences in Las Vegas, to comment on the tragedy. &quot;It&#39;s just awful. Again, I pray for the victims and hope that all of this can stop as soon as possible,&quot; Carey said in a clip from the segment. &quot;I&#39;ve spent a lot of time in Vegas. This type of thing happening anywhere is a huge tragedy. So I continue to pray for the victims and hope we have an end to this as soon as possible.&quot;</p><p>&quot;It&rsquo;s terrible because people just going out to listen to music, that&#39;s what they want to do, and they&rsquo;re out for the night and then something like this happens, nobody could have expected it. It&#39;s just wrong. I really don&#39;t know what to say,&quot; the singer continued.</p><div><iframe frameborder="0" height="260" scrolling="auto" src="//content.jwplatform.com/players/6ZODJdmE-qInh6Xrr.html" width="320"></iframe></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>While Carey&#39;s comments were fairly respectful and eloquent, especially considering the awkward circumstances, the internet responded to the clip with backlash.</p><h2>Many thought it was unprofessional of the hosts to continue with Carey&#39;s segment at all.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">GMB choosing to interview Mariah Carey in the middle of a terriost attack is an odd choice? Surely you cancel that <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/mandalaybay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#mandalaybay</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GMB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GMB</a></p>&mdash; Michael Kitchener (@eventsbykitch) <a href="https://twitter.com/eventsbykitch/status/914751049575084032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/GMB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GMB</a> Mixing a pre-arranged interview w Mariah Carey (&amp; Xmas tree?!) with awful news from Las Vegas. Surreal, unfair to her, poor journalism</p>&mdash; Sarah Mann (@sarahmann365) <a href="https://twitter.com/sarahmann365/status/914752414804299776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><a class="twitter-timeline" href="https://twitter.com/lawuh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">Tweets by lawuh</a> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/DVOC_/status/914766151103549440</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/GMB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GMB</a> absolutely disgusting decision to still interview <a href="https://twitter.com/MariahCarey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MariahCarey</a> and break the news to her live! Was unfair and distasteful!</p>&mdash; Naomi Cera Stevie (@butterflynay) <a href="https://twitter.com/butterflynay/status/914767556011012096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/katielowndes/status/914751357327994880</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>Some aimed their anger at Carey.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mariah Carey slouched answers questions on Vegas shooting on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GMB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GMB</a> infront of a Christmas tree 🎄 looking like a Barry White album cover</p>&mdash; Chris Bebbington (@thebebbo) <a href="https://twitter.com/thebebbo/status/914756300130717698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We now go to Mariah Carey for some unknown reason for the latest updates <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GMB?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GMB</a></p>&mdash; me (@__Niceguy__) <a href="https://twitter.com/__Niceguy__/status/914750452645924865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>However, others defended the singer, arguing that she was blind-sided.</h2><oembed>https://twitter.com/DJVillan/status/914821216640389120</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Give Mariah Carey a break. She was on GMB to discuss a Christmas tour not the Las Vegas shooting. It&#39;s not her fault she was blind-sided.</p>&mdash; Hanna Ines Flint (@HannaFlint) <a href="https://twitter.com/HannaFlint/status/914763016100564992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>And some just couldn&#39;t focus on anything other than her Christmas tree, up three months early.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Good to see <a href="https://twitter.com/MariahCarey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MariahCarey</a> has got the Christmas Tree up early this year 🌲 <a href="https://t.co/qszIJk2ANQ">pic.twitter.com/qszIJk2ANQ</a></p>&mdash; George Kimm (@GeorgeKimm) <a href="https://twitter.com/GeorgeKimm/status/914750917756452865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/fedha550/status/914837590628593664</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mariah Carey being interviewed by GMB over the Vegas shooting. Sprawled over a sofa with an Xmas tree in the background. 😧 <a href="https://t.co/CPMeTG2QtL">pic.twitter.com/CPMeTG2QtL</a></p>&mdash; Carly (@Jam_3192) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jam_3192/status/914751032630145025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/Joffey/status/914751342362742784</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Glad to see <a href="https://twitter.com/MariahCarey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MariahCarey</a> already has her Christmas tree up. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BuyHerChristmasAlbum?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BuyHerChristmasAlbum</a> <a href="https://t.co/vjruXOpt0P">pic.twitter.com/vjruXOpt0P</a></p>&mdash; Joshwa Saint James (@JoshwaStJames) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoshwaStJames/status/914846520008114176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>Carey did not respond to the backlash, but she did write a tweet reiterating her feelings about the tragic shooting.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Horrified to hear about the shooting in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LasVegas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LasVegas</a>. My thoughts are with the victims and their families. Praying for everyone&#39;s safety 🙏💔</p>&mdash; Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) <a href="https://twitter.com/MariahCarey/status/914757558258294784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Mariah Carey found out about the Las Vegas shootings live on TV and everyone is angry.

This is what Mariah Carey gets for starting to promote the Christmas season nearly three months early.While live on air on the talk show Good Morning Britain early Monday morning, news broke of the mass shooting that occurred in Las Vegas Sunday night. A gunman opened fire on a concert during the Route 91 Harvest Festival, killing more than 50 people and injuring several hundred others.Carey appeared on the show live from Los Angeles, casually sprawled across a white couch in a red gown, with a fully decorated Christmas tree in the background. As explained by Us Weekly, Carey was promoting her upcoming Christmas tour, when Good Morning Britain hosts Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid put talk of &quot;All I Want for Christmas Is You&quot; on hold to address the devastating news.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFzoFhRlEnYThe hosts asked Carey, who has performed several residences in Las Vegas, to comment on the tragedy. &quot;It&#39;s just awful. Again, I pray for the victims and hope that all of this can stop as soon as possible,&quot; Carey said in a clip from the segment. &quot;I&#39;ve spent a lot of time in Vegas. This type of thing happening anywhere is a huge tragedy. So I continue to pray for the victims and hope we have an end to this as soon as possible.&quot;&quot;It&rsquo;s terrible because people just going out to listen to music, that&#39;s what they want to do, and they&rsquo;re out for the night and then something like this happens, nobody could have expected it. It&#39;s just wrong. I really don&#39;t know what to say,&quot; the singer continued.While Carey&#39;s comments were fairly respectful and eloquent, especially considering the awkward circumstances, the internet responded to the clip with backlash.Many thought it was unprofessional of the hosts to continue with Carey&#39;s segment at all.GMB choosing to interview Mariah Carey in the middle of a terriost attack is an odd choice? Surely you cancel that #mandalaybay #GMB&mdash; Michael Kitchener (@eventsbykitch) October 2, 2017 @GMB Mixing a pre-arranged interview w Mariah Carey (&amp; Xmas tree?!) with awful news from Las Vegas. Surreal, unfair to her, poor journalism&mdash; Sarah Mann (@sarahmann365) October 2, 2017 Tweets by lawuh https://twitter.com/DVOC_/status/914766151103549440 @GMB absolutely disgusting decision to still interview @MariahCarey and break the news to her live! Was unfair and distasteful!&mdash; Naomi Cera Stevie (@butterflynay) October 2, 2017 https://twitter.com/katielowndes/status/914751357327994880Some aimed their anger at Carey.Mariah Carey slouched answers questions on Vegas shooting on #GMB infront of a Christmas tree 🎄 looking like a Barry White album cover&mdash; Chris Bebbington (@thebebbo) October 2, 2017 We now go to Mariah Carey for some unknown reason for the latest updates #GMB&mdash; me (@__Niceguy__) October 2, 2017 However, others defended the singer, arguing that she was blind-sided.https://twitter.com/DJVillan/status/914821216640389120Give Mariah Carey a break. She was on GMB to discuss a Christmas tour not the Las Vegas shooting. It&#39;s not her fault she was blind-sided.&mdash; Hanna Ines Flint (@HannaFlint) October 2, 2017 And some just couldn&#39;t focus on anything other than her Christmas tree, up three months early.Good to see @MariahCarey has got the Christmas Tree up early this year 🌲 pic.twitter.com/qszIJk2ANQ&mdash; George Kimm (@GeorgeKimm) October 2, 2017 https://twitter.com/fedha550/status/914837590628593664Mariah Carey being interviewed by GMB over the Vegas shooting. Sprawled over a sofa with an Xmas tree in the background. 😧 pic.twitter.com/CPMeTG2QtL&mdash; Carly (@Jam_3192) October 2, 2017 https://twitter.com/Joffey/status/914751342362742784Glad to see @MariahCarey already has her Christmas tree up. #BuyHerChristmasAlbum pic.twitter.com/vjruXOpt0P&mdash; Joshwa Saint James (@JoshwaStJames) October 2, 2017 Carey did not respond to the backlash, but she did write a tweet reiterating her feelings about the tragic shooting.Horrified to hear about the shooting in #LasVegas. My thoughts are with the victims and their families. Praying for everyone&#39;s safety 🙏💔&mdash; Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) October 2, 2017 

While on 'Good Morning Britain' on Monday, Mariah Carey was put in an awkward position.