Mariah Carey is on the cover of August 2008 Elle magazine and is profiled in an extended article and interview. Regarding her marriage to Nick Cannon:
Nick is someone, like her, who’s “motivated by faith,” she says. “We really do share a similar spiritual outlook on life… Even though people have their own fears about ‘Was I in a relationship before this, was I not in a relationship before this,’ to me, I wasn’t in a real relationship; it was more of a friendship and a working situation.”
She talks about Nick wistfully (”He’s a great guy…”), but also warns me she’s cautious not to speak for him, fearing that anything she says will be misinterpreted by the ravenous media gossip machine. “It’s difficult, especially when legitimate press is saying, ‘They’re having a $4 million wedding,’ Why? What — did we set a budget?”
She waxes sarcastic over the swirling rumors of a more formal and more costly future New York nuptial: “It’s gonna be $4 million! It’s going to be really cool! We’re going to give away gold as people leave! We’re going to sprinkle them with gold! It’s going to be very Coming to America! What do they think? Our whole point [in having the unannounced beach wedding] was to do the opposite!”
On her support of Barack Obama:
She says that her racial ambiguity is something that naturally attracts her to Barack Obama as a presidential candidate. “I can relate a lot to so many of the stories he tells. Clearly I am not the political analyst of the ages, but this is something that hits me on a deeper level than anything I’ve ever experienced growing up,” she says. Will she be singing Obama’s theme song or making any campaign appearances? “I would be honored if he wanted me to be involved in any way. Right now I’m kind of watching from the sidelines.”
Mariah Daily Journal has the entire article and all of the photographs: Mariah Daily Journal: Magazine Covers - Elle - She Owns the Night
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