This meme originates from an interview where Mariah Carey was asked about the commercial failure of her movie and soundtrack, Glitter. In a now-famous moment of deflection, she referenced the tragic events of September 11, 2001—the same day the album was released—telling the interviewer, 'You don't wanna hear about 9/11.' The clip became a viral sensation on social media, used as the ultimate reaction for avoiding accountability or shutting down an awkward line of questioning. It is frequently applied to situations where someone wants to escape a minor inconvenience by escalating the conversation to an unanswerable level of drama.