Mariah reality TV on despite split

MARIAH Carey’s new reality show sees the larger-than-life singer trying on wedding dresses and wrestling with a decision to postpone her marriage to Australian businessman James Packer.

Nine months on, as Mariah’s World prepares to air in South Africa on E! Entertainment at 8pm on December 11, Carey is dodging questions about the sudden breakdown in October of her engagement to the billionaire.

Asked if the eightpart series would show what really went on to cause the split, Carey said: “Do we ever know what’s really real? I hope we learn a lesson of being good people.”

Packer, 49, and twicemarried Carey, 46, started a highly-publicised relationship in June last year, and in January, the Australian proposed with a massive 35-carat diamond ring.

Last month, the engagement was suddenly off, sparking conflicting rumours about who backed out and why.

Packer appears briefly in the first episode of Mariah’s World, when the couple enjoyed happier times in the spring, vacationing on yachts.

Carey is seen lounging in lingerie, trying on a wedding dress, and debating whether to wear a tiara.

Filming started while the We Belong Together singer was preparing for a European tour that began in March.

Carey says she wants the show to capture “behind the scenes, and the moments when you are getting ready to go on stage and putting on a tour”. — Reuters