Nick Cannon is cast as Mariah Carey's lover in her new video — but rumor has it that the superstar diva has given the young actor a considerably bigger role in real life. According to several published reports, Mariah Carey married Nick Cannon on Wednesday. Word that the two were seeing each other first surfaced in the last few weeks. Last Saturday, Ms. Carey was seen sporting a huge diamond ring on her finger at the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of her movie, "Tennessee," in which she plays a waitress. Mr. Cannon was at her side at the party.
Latina.com was first to report that the two got married, at Carey's home in the Bahamas. Friday's New York Post also has the pair wed and E! Online quoted a relative of Cannon's as saying that he called his family and confirmed the news.
Nick Cannon is best known for his role in the movie "Drumline" and a Nickelodeon TV series (yes, Nickelodeon — Cannon is 11 years Carey's junior). She is 38 and he is 27. He's featured in Ms. Carey's upcoming video for "Bye Bye."
While Mariah and Nick (or is it the Cannons?) were playing coy, the famed jeweler Jacob & Co. was quick to publicize its apparent role in the reputed union with a press release touting the ring Cannon reportedly gave her. The release described it as "crafted from platinum and features a square emerald cut fancy light pink diamond as the center stone surrounded by 58 intense pink diamonds and two half moon diamonds on each side. The total carat weight of the ring — center stone is 10 carats — is a jaw-dropping 17 carats with a value of $2.5 million.
Nick Cannon does have experience with engagement rings. The actor, who has previously romanced singer Christina Milian and reality star Kim Kardashian, last year gave a 15-carat stone to Victoria's Secret model Selita Ebanks as he proposed in grand fashion — on the Jumbotron in New York's Times Square. Cameras were flashing as she said yes. They split just a few months later.
The Carey-Cannon match is already getting considerably more ink, leaving some to wonder whether it's a publicity stunt. She's just released a No. 1 album ("EMC2" is on the top of the charts), and he has at least four movies due out this year. But, Mariah Carey is one of the most successful artists in music, and hardly needs a marriage to get her attention. She's already scored a No. 1 hit off the album with "Touch My Body."
This would be Nick Cannon's first marriage but Mariah Carey's second. She famously wed top music executive Tommy Mottola in an extravagant wedding in 1993. They had a bitter divorce in 1998.
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