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Mariah Carey dispels restaurant entrance music rumors, details 'Empire' guest role

By Wade Sheridan
Mariah Carey arrives on the carpet the 2016 NBCUNIVERSAL Upfront at Radio City Music Hall on May 16, 2016 in New York City. Carey has denied that she has enterance music play while entering a restaurant. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
1 of 3 | Mariah Carey arrives on the carpet the 2016 NBCUNIVERSAL Upfront at Radio City Music Hall on May 16, 2016 in New York City. Carey has denied that she has enterance music play while entering a restaurant. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Mariah Carey has denied that she has entrance music play when she dines at famed Italian restaurant Ristorante Aurora.

"They have their own playlist. Somebody there made a playlist of my songs that I like better than the playlists that I have, and I was there and I was like, 'Can we get this one?'" the pop star explained to Entertainment Tonight about the persistent rumor that she has her own music play when she enters.

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Carey, who is often labeled a diva, also dispelled rumors that she has her favorite wines from France flown in to restaurants she is visiting.

"Sure, yeah, we do that every day," she said jokingly. "Please don't believe it."

On Monday, it was announced during the Television Critics Association press tour that the singer had signed on to guest star in an upcoming episode of Empire when the hit music drama returns this fall for Season 3.

Carey explained to Entertainment Tonight how her role as Kitty, a music superstar, is not based on herself. "It's not going to be Mariah Carey," she says. "We've had a couple of conversations and I think she is going to be pretty glamorous, but I don't know. We will see."

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Carey was last on hand at the Television Critics Association press tour to promote her upcoming E! documentary series Mariah's World, as a new trailer was released that featured the 46-year-old preparing for her wedding to billionaire James Packer and for her European tour.

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