Mariah Carey To Play A ‘Mega-Superstar’ In Empire

Finally, the 46-year-old singer has been confirmed to star in the show created by her good friend Lee Daniels and fans are hoping there’ll be a huge diva face-off between her character and feisty Cookie.

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To be clear, she is not playing herself. Well, not exactly.

A statement from Fox revealed Mariah’s guest stint will see her depict Kitty, a mega-superstar who comes to Empire to collaborate with Jamal Lyon (Jussie Smollett) on an explosive new song. When the duet encounters obstacles, Kitty and Jamal dig deep to overcome personal difficulties and reach a musical breakthrough.

Mariah’s episode airs on October 5, and if there was ever a role befitting of the chart topper, this is it.

Jussie previously admitted the singer is a “diva”.

He revealed: “She’s just the best. She says ‘darling’ a lot. But I say 'darling’ too as a joke, so it works perfectly. This friendship works very well. She’s a good human being and a really sweet lady … don’t get me wrong, she’s a diva. I said, 'Do you own flats?’ She’s like 'Darling, no.’ ”

He added: “OK. That’s why she has dope calf muscles. [She has] the greatness of a diva, but [is also] the regular, chill girl that you just want to chill with.”