Mariah Carey has a new movie Tennessee coming out, was in You Don’t Mess With the Zohan, and don’t forget a hit record.  Tennessee has been making the Festival circuits and she is receiving decent reviews for her performance.  Then there is the new marriage to 27-year old Rapper Nick Cannon. 

Mimi is on top of the world.

On her past unhappiness:

“When I was in an unhappy place in my life,” Carey says of her past, “I always wanted to be kidnapped. I just wanted a way out, but I didn’t have one.”

On her relationship with Nick before marriage:

 “We really kept the whole relationship aspect of it quiet,”  “Therefore, we didn’t really ‘date,’ you know what I mean? Because that would have been not quiet or private. I think we didn’t want to give people a chance to be like, ‘What are you doing? What are you talking about? This is so quick…are you sure?’” 

On Nick Cannon’s proposal:

 “He sort of kidnapped me and took me on a helicopter ride. Then he re-proposed.”

His first proposal: 

Took place on Carey’s roof in Manhattan a couple of evenings prior and involved the hiding of a 17-carat diamond ring inside a candy ring pop. “They’ve been calling me Cinderella since I first started out, so, of course, being Cinderella…” she says, laughing. “Most people would think, Okay, please! This doesn’t happen in real life.”

Before their nuptials the pair got tattoos:

Hers is a butterfly on the small of her back with “Mrs. Cannon” written down the center; his, a shoulder-spanning rendering of her name—to signify their love.

Her ring is 17 CARATS!!!!  S-E-V-E-N-T-E-E-N !!!!!!

The August issue is on  newsstands now.

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