to promote "butterfly", carey made many live appearances. on september 12, 1997, carey was interviewed about her split from mottola and sang a live rendition of "butterfly" and "hero" on "the oprah winfrey show". carey also featured as a musical guest on november 15, 1997 on "saturday night live", performing "butterfly" again, as well as the spanish-inspired "my all". she made two appearances on "the rosie o'donnell show"; she performed "my all" and on her return visit, sang "close my eyes" live for the first time. carey also gave performances at awards shows, singing "my all" at the 1998 blockbuster entertainment awards and "honey" at the 1998 world music awards. in europe, carey made several promotional television appearances. in the united kingdom, carey performed "my all" and "honey" on the "des o'connor show" and "top of the pops". in germany, she sang "butterfly" on "wetten, dass..?" and performed on japanese television.