Last week we reported that there were rumors floating around that Mariah Carey would star in her own reality show. Well, it looks like those rumors were true.
Is There a Mariah Carey Reality Show in the Works?
Mariah’s World is an eight-part docu-series for E!, which will show the singer her planning her wedding and touring Europe and South Africa. Carey tells The New York Times,
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“I thought it would be a good opportunity to kind of, like, show my personality and who I am, even though I feel like my real fans have an idea of who I am a lot of people have misperceptions about this and that.”
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And while Mariah’s new show joins a list of other reality programs on the entertainment channel, the iconic singer doesn’t want to be lumped in with the rest. For Mariah, the show is more than just about showing her day to day life. “I refuse to call it a reality show,” she says.
Mariah’s World is expected to debut later this year, possibly by the end of summer.
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