If you drew a Venn Diagram of our interests, reality TV shows would occupy one circle and the James Packer–Mariah Carey romance would occupy the other, so as you can imagine, we are ~fucking beside ourselves~ at the news that these two things may soon overlap.
Our faces right now (artist’s impression).
News broke overnight that Mariah has signed up to star in a series on the E! network in the US, that promises to give us worthless peasants a glimpse behind the scenes while she prepares for her Las Vegas residency.
A ‘source’ (gotta love ’em) told Us Weekly:
“Mariah’s excited to show some personal family moments. It’ll definitely show another side to her.”
Another added:
“The show is also about Mariah and the crew around her. It’s nuts. Mariah is very funny on camera.”
While we physically can’t wait to see Mariah being “very funny on camera”, the more pressing issue is whether the hell James Packer will be involved, and to what extent?
If he’s relegated to the occasional, bewildered dinner party guest appearance, as is the fate of most reality TV husbands, we’ll be bitterly bloody disappointed, because how many chances like this do you get?
We want to see them shopping for ludicrously expensive diamond rings; we want to see them canoodling on yachts and screaming at servants; we want to see James get day drunk and punch on while Mariah shakes her head in disappointment.
Please, television gods, make these things happen.
Packer’s reps have told Page Six that “he’s not involved with any reality TV program”, but we’re sure that’s just semantics, because he’s not involved with any reality TV program, he’s involved with the reality TV program.
The show does not yet have a premiere date, but the possible title of Mariah’s Squad has been floated. Our bodies are beyond ready.
Source: Us Weekly.
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