US pop star Mariah Carey and Australian
casino tycoon James Packer are engaged
to be
married, according to friends who said Friday
they were over the moon for the lovebirds.
The couple has been dating for several months
and celebrated New Year’s Eve at billionaire
Packer’s Crown Casino in Melbourne, where
the singer took to the stage to perform before
an intimate audience that included Packer’s
mother.
“I’m so excited to be in Melbourne with James
for New Year’s Eve,” the husky-voiced
songstress reportedly said at the fete.
A close friend of the couple confirmed the
upcoming nuptials to AFP and saying she was
“over the moon that James has found such
happiness with Mariah”.
The Sydney Morning Herald reported that
Packer proposed to his girlfriend in New York
on Thursday.
Sources close to the Packer family said “the
family is overjoyed that they have found each
other”, the newspaper reported.
“Mariah has made James a very happy man,
she is a very special person and the family
wholeheartedly approves,” it added.
E News entertainment website described her
engagement ring as “breathtaking” and said
the rock weighed in at a whopping 35 carats.
Carey, famous for her five-octave range, was
previously married to rap artist and actor Nick
Cannon with whom she had fraternal twins.
Her five-year union to legendary music
producer Tony Mottola ended in divorce in
1998.
The singer who is around 45 but whose date
of birth is a matter of dispute, is best known
for smash pop hits “Hero,” “We Belong
Together” and “Someday.”
Packer, 48, has three children from his
marriage to his second wife, Erica Baxter.
The tycoon runs a worldwide gambling
empire Crown, one of Australia’s largest
entertainment groups.
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