Mariah, Nick Cannon spill the beans on wedding

May 9, 2008 at 12:00a.m.

NEW YORK — Mariah Carey really did get married to Nick Cannon in the Bahamas last week — and they have the tattoos to prove it. The 38-year-old singer and the 27-year-old actor confirmed to People magazine that they tied the knot at Carey’s Bahamian estate April 30 after a courtship that began in late March.

In an interview from the magazine’s May 19 issue, Cannon said they clicked instantly when Carey cast him as a lover in the video for her new single, “Bye Bye.” “From the first time we sat down to discuss the video at the Beverly Hills Hotel, we connected,” Cannon said. “We had so much in common spiritually, and we laugh at the same things. I didn’t have to put on my Mac Daddy suave mode. I was able to be myself with her. We are both eternally 12 years old.”

They began a whirlwind romance, and raised eyebrows when Carey was seen sporting a huge diamond ring on her finger at the Tribeca Film Festival premiere of her movie “Tennessee,” in which she plays a waitress. Carey said she told “only about four people” about the wedding.

A dozen guests attended their sunset wedding, where they served Maine lobster and Dom Perignon champagne. The bride wore a gown by Nile Cmylo that showed off her curves and faded from off-white to pale pink. “My pastor Clarence Keaton flew in from New York,” Carey said. “The whole wedding was really beautiful and sweet. Being there with loved ones under the sky ... it was a spiritual moment.”

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