Team Mariah Shades The Hell Out Of James Packer In Vanity Fair Profile

Months after they split, Mariah Carey‘s brief but beautiful engagement to James Packer is still producing hugely entertaining tabloid fodder, the latest of which is an extremely shady feature in celebrity rag Vanity Fair
The piece, entitled ‘James Packer’s Long, Strange Ride from Scientology to Mariah Carey’ is part-profile, part-character assassination, featuring reams and reams of juicy quotes from Mimi’s friends and hangers-on.
One such ‘friend’ told Vanity Fair that Carey and Packer’s engagement – it was to be the third marriage for both of them – was more about companionship than chemistry. According to this person: 

“It was what you call a third act. You know, in your third act you’re not necessarily looking for chemistry. You’re looking for love and laughter and companionship, someone who is like-minded, who you can spend time with, and you can have conversations and raise your kids together.”
The pair’s infamous pre-nuptial agreement, which was said to offer Mariah $6 million per year for each year of marriage, capping out at $30 million after five years, was another sticking point. Said the associate:

“When you give a woman a 37-page pre-nup that reads as a business agreement with a five-year term, that means that you have a five-year plan and you’re using Mariah for your five-year plan. It was a business arrangement rather than love. [But] I think Mariah … was hoping. She understood the business piece of it. She’s a sharp cookie, but she wanted it to be love.”

An unnamed ‘friend’ of Packer’s also chimed in to suggest that the whole engagement was just a PR stunt:

“James got the better of that. It was for him a publicity stunt … It’s made him a household name.”
Said Carey’s mate:
“Mariah really added class to the equation. No matter what you say, Mariah is still the highest-selling female artist of all time. Her range goes from Jay Z to Pavarotti … [James] gets to stand next to her on the red carpet at the GLAAD awards, alongside other high-profile celebrities. Or she’s singing for UNICEF, and he’s there on the red carpet. It’s a big deal. And all of the events that he had her accompany him to – political events, whether it was in Israel or Australia or China or London – and dragging her around … really did help elevate his business status. And I was saying to her, ‘What are you doing all this shit for? You’re not even married. Wait til you’re married. You’re helping the guy make money. What do you get out of it?’”

Finally, the kicker:


“Why does anyone in Hollywood care about James, other than the fact that he was engaged to Mariah and he’s a partner in RatPac? Nobody knew who he was until Mariah.”

There’s no word yet on who Mariah’s unnamed ‘friend’ might be, but we have some vague theories:

As we speak, James Packer may or may not be looking into purchasing Conde Nast and shutting the whole thing down. You can read the entire, savage profile here if you wish.

Source: Vanity Fair.
Photo: Brent N Clarke / Getty.

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