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London, Sep 2 (ANI): Mariah Carey has said that she regrets apologising for her shaky performance at Michael Jackson’s memorial service by writing on her Twitter blog.

The ‘Hero’ hit-maker was the first singer who went on stage at the ‘Thriller’ star’s memorial service at the Staples Center in Los Angeles in July.

Carey, who was close friends with the ‘Thriller’ star, sang classic Jackson 5 hit ‘I’ll Be There’ at the service, while struggling to hit the notes as she fought back tears during her performance.

After the show, she explained on her Twitter.com blog how she became overemotional when she saw Jackson’s gold coffin below the stage.

“Trying to sing today was basically impossible for me. I could barely keep myself from crying. I’m sorry that I wasn’t able to pull it together and really do it right, but I was literally choked up when I saw him (Michael) there in front of me,” the Daily Express quote Carey as having written at the time.

And now, the singer is saying that she should not have publicly spoken out about her performance.

She, however, feels blessed that she was given the chance to sing at Jackson’s send off.

“I regret sending that message but I was very emotional and I wasn’t happy with my performance. But we all did our best to give Michael the send off he deserves. I just forgot the world could read that. I thought I was just talking to my friends. I shouldn’t have done that because that was really only meant for Michael. That was about him,” said Carey.

She added: “It was difficult just to get through the song because I feel as if I have been listening to Michael Jackson’s music my whole life. When I was a little kid I used to sing all his songs. The whole world suffered a huge loss. The whole world is going to feel this forever. I feel myself blessed to have known him, to have performed with him several times and to have sung at his memorial.” (ANI)