Originally posted by August 12, 2002
Call it diva-to-diva outreach. Last September, after Mariah Carey weathered a very public emotional breakdown, fellow songbird Beyoncé Knowles sent her a videotaped message. Having endured bad publicity over legal battles involving her group Destiny's Child, "she related to how isolated Mariah must have been feeling," says makeup artist Billy B., who works with both stars. Though they'd never met, Knowles "said if she ever needed a friend to talk to that she'd be there," says Billy B. "It was a nice thing to do, and that's just Beyoncé
