I won’t be blogging about Mariah’s appearance on the cover of the March issue of Playboy. But, while I’m on the subject – did anyone read my last entry? How does this help in the confusion of discerning between Mariah Carey and Mary Carey? Granted, Mariah will not be revealing her most private areas. However, Mariah’s team wants to legally prevent Mary from singing or performing music while at the same time Mariah dabbles into Mary’s profession. For those defenders of this choice - if I hear the argument one more time about Hustler being the raunchy one I’m going to slowly peel off my eyelids!

Onto something a little less detrimental to my face but still related. How about another girl-fight? Some of you may remember Samantha Cole. Some of you may not remember her relation to Mariah Carey. Cole was more than just the infamous, very underage girlfriend (at 16) to Peter Cook, Christie Brinkley’s ex-husband. She was also said to be Mariah Carey’s stalker.

Samantha Cole is from Southhampton, NY and began taking music lessons when she was twelve. She performed on MTV’s The Grind at sixteen and soon became a regular singer at Tatou in NY. The NY Post reported that Melanie Daniels, the auditor of that angelic backup voice, had worked with Samantha at the nightclub. Daniels was recorded as saying that Samantha was obsessed with Mariah to the point where she’d dress and do her hair like hers. She even performed a “very bad imitation” of “Hero. Now, this is all very remote from being a stalker so I bet you’d like to know how the two came to know each other.

In 1997, Samantha, then moving into her 20’s and now a Sony artist, was romantically paired with a very established producer named, Walter Afanasieff. That’s right … Mariah’s old partner in magical music. Walter had personally acknowledged their relationship when asked if Mariah had a problem with him dating Cole: “I had a personal problem with Samantha and a professional problem with Mariah at the same time.” Could the problem with Samantha be that he may have felt used?

Patricia Carey, Mariah’s mother, confirmed that Samantha badgered her for vocal lessons. Page Six reported Pat as saying, “She left repeated messages on the machine, saying she wanted me to teach her to sing like Mariah, she wanted to hit the high notes.” Another source said, “She would call constantly, come to the studio, and leave flowers. It just never stopped”. Pat added that it became very uncomfortable for her and the girls at the studio.

A few years ago I discovered an obscure article about Lizzie Grubman, the socialite who mowed down 16 people outside of a nightclub in the Hamptons with her Mercedes SUV without braking. Lizzie is also the brash daughter of Alan Grubman, the attorney at Sony during the years Mariah was on the label. Alan was the best friend of Tommy Mottola and was fired from Mariah’s camp after her divorce from Tommy. The article revealed that when Tommy and Mariah separated, Lizzie became a primary person he turned to for support. They would go out on the town, sometimes with friends. On one particular night, one of Lizzie’s best friends included Sony’s “then-latest-would-be-chanteuse”, Samantha Cole. Much to Tommy’s dismay, a photographer tried to shoot the two together before Lizzie finagled away his film.

The coincidental happenings continued into the “Rainbow era” when Cole managed to be at the same club as Mariah one Friday night only to have ice cubes chucked at her. “One passed right near my nose. I was a little shocked”, she said as she explained that the pitcher was Mariah, herself. According to a witness, Mariah tried to get Samantha booted from the VIP section by telling club staff that she had launched the first cube. Mariah’s reps insisted that she did not throw anything but that it was possible that her friends did.

Samantha would constantly insist that Mariah was always talking about her and even told a friend that she was considering getting a restraining order against Mariah’s bodyguards. She also claims that people in Mariah’s camp would call her house and leave harassing messages. This is coming from someone who also claimed to be a descendent of Nat King Cole. Huh? Mariah’s then publicist, Cindi Berger, blasted the claims by saying, “Any rivalry is completely one-sided. Mariah certainly has no issues with Ms. Cole. My only concern is that she seems intent on riding on Mariah’s coattails”. That seems to still be the theme. Not mentioning any names… *cough* Mary *cough* Eminem *cough*.

Just last month, Cole was seen at the club Marquee in New York all over Jamie Foxx allowing him to pour vodka down her throat before they left together. I hope he knows what he’s “getting into”.

Oh yeah! Samantha and Mariah have still one more thing in common – Samantha Cole was “Babe of the Month” for Playboy’s November 2005 issue.