Josh Groban tweets, deletes snarky reaction to Mariah Carey's New Year's Eve fiasco

Josh Groban performs on stage at the Cobb Energy Center for Performing Arts in Atlanta on Saturday, September 12, 2015. Groban kicked off his tour supporting “Stages,” his album of Broadway songs. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL

Credit: Jonathan Phillips

Credit: Jonathan Phillips

Josh Groban performs on stage at the Cobb Energy Center for Performing Arts in Atlanta on Saturday, September 12, 2015. Groban kicked off his tour supporting “Stages,” his album of Broadway songs. JONATHAN PHILLIPS / SPECIAL

Josh Groban couldn't help but tease Mariah Carey after her disaster of a performance on New Year's Eve.

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After Carey seemed to give up on her "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" performance Saturday night, claiming she was experiencing technical difficulties, Groban sent out a tweet teasing the singer.

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"Any time one of the greatest voices of my generation lip syncs, an angel loses its wings," Groban joked in the since-deleted tweet, according to People.

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Shortly after he deleted the tweet, Groban explained his actions to fans on Twitter.

>> Mariah Carey's New Year's Eve performance panned on social media

“Deleted my tweets about a certain performance because it was made in humor but taken way more meanly than intended,” Groban wrote. “Not out to diss artists.”

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