After six years of marriage, Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon have decided to begin divorce proceedings.
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However friends of the Hero songstress have claimed that the end of her marriage has proven too much for her to deal with - and that she is heading towards a "total breakdown".
“Nick wanted Mariah to go to rehab,” a source told Radar Online, noting that Carey has been drinking champagne and allegedly taking anti-depressant pills.
They added: “She has a different bond with Nick than any of the men she’s been with, and that’s why she’s taking this breakup even harder.
"She’s going to have a total breakdown if someone doesn’t intervene soon. She really needs help before she ends up in the hospital.”
It would not be the first time; in 2001, the singer suffered what was described as an 'emotional breakdown' and was hospitalised in July 2001.
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She was later placed under her doctor’s care, before being released from a facility in Connecticut in late August, reports ABC.
Nick Cannon confirmed the end of his marriage in August, telling The Insider: "There is trouble in paradise.
"We have been living in separate houses for a few months."
The couple have two children, twins Moroccan and Monroe.
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