Mariah Carey to air a reality show with her ex-fiance in it.

As Mariah Carey’s new reality show – Mariah’s
World – prepares to air in December, Carey is
dodging questions about the breakdown of her
engagement to Australian businessman James
Packer.
Asked if the eight-part series would show what
really went on to cause the split, Carey told
Reuters. “Do we ever know what’s really real?… I
hope we learn a lesson of being good people.”
Packer, 49, and twice-married Carey, 46, started a
highly-publicised relationship in June 2015, and in
January, the Australian proposed with a massive
35-carat diamond engagement ring.
In October, the engagement was suddenly off,
sparking conflicting rumors 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 her European tour that
began in March and the first episode shows her
reluctantly deciding to postpone her wedding to
Packer because of her work commitments.
Carey, the world’s best-selling female singer, 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.”
“I don’t think people really know who I am, or the
different sides of my personality, so I am excited
about it,” Carey told Reuters.
Although the show was first promoted as showing
Carey planning her wedding, it remains to be seen
how much Packer will now appear.
On Wednesday, Carey told Ellen DeGeneres in an
appearance on her talk show that her relationship
with Packer was “kind of difficult to talk about” and
described the split as “a whole friggin’ thing.”
“Mariah’s World” shows Carey to be heavily
involved in planning and rehearsing for her
European tour, as well as flirting with her back-up
dancers.
“There is a lot to get stressed out about and you
do go through a lot of angst,” she told Reuters.
But “if I’m able to have my music… it’s my saving
grace.”
“Mariah’s World” premieres on cable network E! on
December 4,
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