Trial separation could have saved marriage, says Carey

Mariah Carey would still be married to her ex, music mogul Tommy Mottola, if he had agreed to a trial separation.

The singer reveals her marriage became too restrictive for her and she needed a break, but Mottola even refused to let her take spa days with her friends.

"I understand him not wanting me to go out and hang out all night, but going to a spa with friends every now and then, or doing things on my own would have made a world of difference," she said. "I'd probably still be with him if I had."

"Maybe it's for my own good that I wasn't allowed to do those things, but that's not how it felt. I felt like suddenly I had a strict father.

"I didn't think I was gonna leave forever… Had it been: 'Go be yourself, you've been with me since you were a kid, let's separate for a while', I probably would've."