Kate Garraway was yesterday under fire from her producers of GMTV after she claimed that Mariah Carey was a diva in a magazine column.

According to The Mirror, the show’s co-host was not present in the studios when Lorraine Kelley conducted the original interview and was misinformed about Carey’s demands.

Garraway claimed that two minders had carried the singer into a chair and that she had brought her own toilet paper to the studio, with Carey’s spokesperson saying that the reports as a “gross exaggeration”.



A source said: “What Kate claimed wasn’t true and it has caused big problems backstage. The huge entourage was actually a choir and musicians used by Mariah.

“When stars come to be interviewed on GMTV they don’t expect this. Even worse, what Kate wrote wasn’t true.

“Kate has been carpeted by bosses and told it cannot happen again. It looks bad for GMTV to be linked to these sort of comments about a guest.”

A source close to Garraway added: “She was misinformed and is mortified by what has happened. She has apologised to Mariah and her bosses and will make amends in her column next week.”