I was reading an article about Glitter and Mariah's breakdown around that time, WHICH WAS A GREAT READ, and came across this little nugget: So rare was it that a then 19-year-old Britney Spears would tell Scotland’s Daily Record in October 2001, “Mariah had a lot of people probably hyping her up and she believed her own hype. I think that sometimes stars start believing they are a goddess or that they are this god-like figure.” She went on, contrasting her celebrity experience with Carey’s: