Poor Mariah, according to recent gossip reports, she was furious after being told she wouldn’t be seated with Barack Obama’s family during the inauguration. For real? Well, that’s what iCelebz says.

The “Touch My Body” singer – who performed at a ball to celebrate Obama being sworn in – was left aghast when she discovered she had to sit with other celebrities during Tuesday’s ceremony.

A source said: “Mariah was in the VIP area, where every celebrity, like Jon Bon Jovi, Mary J. Blige, Alicia Keys and Bruce Springsteen, was seated. But somehow she thought she’d be up with the Obama family. When she realized she wasn’t, she bailed.”

Rapper P. Diddy – who was so delighted to see Obama become America’s first African-American President he blew kisses at him as he was being sworn in – was also said to be unhappy with the ceremony, because he wasn’t asked to perform while rapper Jay-Z was.

Either way, it was an honor to perform at Obama’s inauguration and ball. Our sexy songbird was probably just having a diva moment. For me, the definite highlight of the festivities was when Beyonce sang “At Last.” Of course Mariah’s publicist had “no comment.”