WATCH: Mariah Carey spreads holiday joy with Billy Eichner on NYC streets

WATCH: Mariah Carey spreads holiday joy with Billy Eichner on NYC streets

Mariah Carey joins Billy Eichner on the streets of New York City
Mariah Carey joins Billy Eichner on the streets of New York City (Photo: YouTube)

‘Queen of Christmas’ Mariah Carey joined gay comic Billy Eichner for his popular Funny or Die web series, Billy On The Streets. The duo hit the sidewalks of New York City to spread some holiday joy to some very surprised members of the public.

The clip premiered online yesterday. In the segment, Eichner is his usual manic self, accosting people and asking them to complete the lyrics of Christmas classics.

Carey tries to keep up with him, and the juxtaposition of Eichner’s energy, Carey’s fixed grin, and the shock of onlookers, is what makes the 6-minute segment so hilarious. That and the gifts they give away, including a Christmas tree topped with a CD of Carey’s album, Glitter (a Christmas tree topped with glitter, geddit?).

Related: Memers rejoice as Mariah Carey’s flop album “Glitter” hits #1… 17 years after its release

Oh, and kudos to Carey for slipping into Swedish to speak to two Swedes they encounter!

The episode premiered on a very special day for Carey. Her 1994 hit, “All I Want For Christmas Is You”, went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100.

It’s the first time it has hit the top of the charts. In doing so, it becomes her 19th number one – placing her one behind the Beatles (although Carey has spent 80 weeks at number one compared to the Beatles’ 59 weeks).

It also scores a record as the song to take the longest time to hit number one (25 years!), and means she joins Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, and Usher in having a number one hit every decade since the 1990s.

Related: Billy Eichner and Chris Evans harass New Yorkers with a bunch of lesbians

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Terrorists Who Sent Bomb with Unsuspecting Gay Brother in Foiled Plot to Blow Up Airliner Jailed for at Least 27 Years

Terrorists Who Sent Bomb with Unsuspecting Gay Brother in Foiled Plot to Blow Up Airliner Jailed for at Least 27 Years

Mahmoud and Khaled Khayat

Khaled Khayat, 52, and Mahmoud Khayat, 34, who were found guilty of attempting to blow up an Etihad airlines flight from Sydney to Abu Dhabi in 2017 have been jailed for at least 27 years.

The Guardian reports: “The plot – which included their older brother Tarek Khayat who fought for Islamic State in Syria – involved blowing up the plane and carrying out a lethal poisonous gas attack. A bomb hidden in a meat grinder was to be put into the luggage of their unsuspecting brother, Amer Khayat, who was flying to Abu Dhabi. But the plan was abandoned when the luggage was found to be overweight at Sydney airport.”

Part of the reason their brother Amer was involved was because he is gay and the brothers felt he brought dishonor to the family.

Said Justice Christine Adamson said on Tuesday: “While no one was physically injured or killed as a consequence of the offense, the offenders nonetheless achieved their aim of creating terror in the minds of members of the public. … Neither offender was particularly close to Amer, although each said he loved him as a brother and spoke to him when he saw him. They disapproved of him because he drank, went clubbing, gambled and was gay which they regarded as bringing shame on the family. … If the plots had gone according to plan, no one in the aircraft carrying the bomb and no one exposed to the poisonous gas would have survived and no one would have had time to say goodbye. The scale of the intended impact adds significantly to the gravity of the offense.”

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Terrorists Who Sent Bomb with Unsuspecting Gay Brother in Foiled Plot to Blow Up Airliner Jailed for at Least 27 Years

AM_Equality Tipsheet: December 17, 2019

AM_Equality Tipsheet: December 17, 2019

OPEN ENROLLMENT FOR ACA EXTENDED UNTIL 3 A.M. ET TOMORROW: LGBTQ people are less likely to have health insurance than non-LGBTQ people, so it is critical for the LGBTQ community to be fully aware of the benefits provided them through the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Access to affordable health insurance provides a pathway to appropriate care, helps address health disparities that exist in the LGBTQ community and provides critical preventative care. More from Reuters.

TUESDAY TWEETS — JOIN HRC IN URGING HHS TO SHUT DOWN ANTI-LGBTQ PROPOSAL: This proposal would permit discrimination against LGBTQ people, religious minorities, and women in programs related to foster care, adoption, HIV and STI prevention, refugee resettlement, elder care programs and more. More from HRC’s Charlotte Clymer (@cmclymer).

I want us to get 50,000 comments by Thursday. It’s incredibly easy. You click on this link, fill out your info, and use the box below that to tell HHS why you don’t want this regulation put in place. It takes all of 45 seconds. t.co/9WsjxdsqpD

— Charlotte Clymer��️‍�� (@cmclymer) December 16, 2019

ROBYN OCHS ON WHY BI, PAN, QUEER PEOPLE NEED THE EQUALITY ACT NOW: “I’ve seen firsthand the injustices that bisexual people and other LGBTQ+ people face because we lack explicit legal protections under the law,” said Ochs (@robynochs). “I know my visibility as an openly bisexual woman matters when we talk about this legislation because our community faces unique challenges that can be all too easily dismissed or ignored.” More Washington Blade

“Passage of the Equality Act is a critical step toward ensuring that bisexual, pansexual, sexually fluid, and queer people, alongside the full LGBTQ+ community, realize the promise of equal opportunity for all.” — @robynochs in @WashBlade on #EqualityAct.t.co/281ttGInNv

— Alphonso David (@AlphonsoDavid) December 13, 2019

WINDY CITY TIMES INTERVIEWS HRC PRESIDENT ALPHONSO DAVID ON THE ONGOING FIGHT FOR EQUALITY: “Alphonso David is more than the new national president of the sprawling LGBTQ-rights organization the Human Rights Campaign (HRC),” writes Andrew Davis (@azygous60610). “He is literally the face of change.” Read more from Windy City Times.  

PORTLAND, ORE., MAN CONVICTED OF HATE CRIME FOR ATTACKING TRANS WOMAN: Dominick Gonzales, 38, received time served and three years of probation. More from The Associated Press.

COLORADO PARENTS SAY CONVERSION THERAPY CONTRIBUTED TO LESBIAN DAUGHTER’S SUICIDE: Joyce Calvo-Chen, mother of Alana Chen, say she turned to her church when her daughter came out, and that the so-called “counseling” she received was actually dangerous “conversion therapy.” More from CNN.

DALLAS MEN PLEAD GUILTY FOR USING DATING APP TO TARGET AND ROB GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN: They used Grindr to meet men and then force them at gunpoint to withdraw money from ATMs. More from Gay Nation.

GLOBAL EQUALITY NEWS

TOKYO DISTRICT COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF TRANS WOMAN SUING EMPLOYER TO USE RESTROOM ALIGNED WITH HER GENDER IDENTITY: More from LGBTQ Nation.

LGBTQ ADVOCATES IN KENYA RAISE RAINBOW FLAG AT PEAK OF MT. KENYA: Consensual same-sex relationships are criminalized in Kenya. More from Mwakilishi.

READING RAINBOW – Bookmark now to read on your lunch break!

The Washington Post shares the history of the U.S. Navy naming a ship after Harvey Milk; Los Angeles Blade interviews Nick Nolan about his new book, ‘No Place Like Home;’ Pioneers Post speaks to the owner of a trans-owned beauty salon in Pakistan; Long Time No See speaks to HRC Press Secretary Elliott Kozuch (@ElliottKozuch) and Casa Ruby about the epidemic of violence against transgender and gender non-conforming people; Compete Network announces Amazin LêThi has become the first Asian athlete to represent Stonewall U.K. as a Sport Champion Ambassador 

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