Mariah gives a guided tour of Packer’s superyacht
MARIAH Carey and James Packer have his-and-hers yachts. The singer gave one lucky reporter access to her incredible floating palace, and it’s quite the tour.
IF you’ve got an Instagram account and / or a healthy appreciation for diva excess, you’ll likely know that Mariah Carey’s spent the European summer on board her billionaire beau James Packer’s superyacht, moored off the coast of Italy.
In a new interview with Entertainment Tonight, the lovably ludicrous singer takes one lucky reporter on board for a guided tour.
But firstly, a clarification: James and Mariah aren’t just spending their summer on ONE yacht. Rather, they have his-and-hers vessels.
“I think it’s important to have his-and-hers anything,” she reasons.
Mariah’s yacht, the Capri, is home to the singer and her two children, Monroe and Moroccan.
While it’s a minnow compared to Packer’s abode, the Arctic P (the seventh-largest privately owned vessel in the world), Carey’s 192-footer does come complete with six staterooms, two bars, a jacuzzi, a gym and a library.
“This is, like, one of my favourite places ever,” said Mariah, conducting the tour in a robe worn wide open to reveal a glittering, bejewelled bikini.
The Capri comes complete with an on-board private chef, and costs $US340,000 a week to rent plus expenses — including $40,000 per week on fuel. For Mariah and the kids though, it’s merely a home base — they nip across to the Arctic P each day, where they spend most of their leisure time.
It’s not all relaxation, though — many nights, Mariah makes the one-hour boat journey to Naples so she can work on her next album in a studio in the Italian city with producer Jermaine Dupri.
She said that billionaire business mogul Packer was accommodating of the unusual hours kept by an international pop diva.
“He’s very cool, very understanding. When I’m writing a song at four o’clock in the morning, I’m not going to go up there blasting music ... well, I did that once and it was interesting. Anyway, I’m talking too much ...”
Mariah may be playing it relatively coy now, but we’ll get a much more detailed look at life with her soon-to-be-third husband when her eight-part docuseries Mariah’s World debuts in December. The trailer dropped days ago and it’s a 75-second delight — we’ve rounded up the five craziest moments.