No more drama? Not quite.
Mary J. Blige's diva antics had organizers at last weekend's Jazz in the Gardens musical festival in Miami Gardens vowing never to have her back, according to sources. We hear the drama began even before the 39-year-old arrived.
"While she sat in her limousine, her personal guards came into the press tent to clear out the area like they were the Secret Service," says an insider.
"They first demanded that all print and online journalists be kicked out because Mary didn't want to take questions. They were acting like she was Michelle Obama or Queen Elizabeth."
After the guards were finished, Blige allegedly sent them in a second time to force the remaining reporters to back up 10 feet farther from where she would be standing.
Not that anyone even got a one-on-one with the superstar.
"When Mary finally emerged from her car, she walked into the tent for literally two minutes wearing dark shades - even though it was nighttime," the source adds. "She struck one pose and then walked off without bothering to say a single word.
"Her antics were extreme and unwarranted."
It wasn't just the shutterbugs and journalists who were upset: The 40,000 people in the audience, who saw performances by Teena Marie, Joe Sample and Robin Thicke earlier in the evening, had to wait 90 minutes before Blige would take the stage.
"Her handlers kept saying that she would 'go onstage when she was ready,'" says the snitch. "But it was almost midnight when she got on, which took the entire festival into overtime."
At least Thicke was a crowd-pleaser: The crooner opened the show with his smash hits "Lost Without U" and "Magic," along with a smooth-as-silk rendition of "Shakin' It 4 Daddy" from his latest album, "Sex Therapy."
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