Mariah Carey Engagement Ring - The Untold Story

Since Mariah Carey and James Packer started dating somewhere around 2013, this most unlikely romance between a Hollywood superstar and a billionaire businessman has stunned the media in every corner of the world.  And later when the couple broke up after several years of romance, the story attracted the attention of the media again. And in 2018, she sold the engagement ring she got from James packer for a much lower price than what James paid for it. Here is what really happened.

Mariah Carey sold her the 4 million US dollar worth engagement ring for 2.7 million dollars after the breakup with him. After sixteen months of romance with Australian Casino Mogul James Packer, Mariah Carey got engaged in January 2016. Their engagement became such a fascinating story due to the enormous sparkling 35-carat engagement ring given to her by Packer. Popup the question for the girlfriend is such a special moment for every man. This multi-billionaire James Packer make that moment fabulous by popped the question to his love in New York with a magnificent platinum engagement ring with a stunning 35 carat diamond on it. He got a big YES from his fiance.

However, a series of events led to an unfortunate brake up in October of the same year. This engagement ring is such a special ring as no other celebrity ever received such a massive elegant engagement ring ever. Even Elizabeth Taylor's ring was 33.1 carats. The total of Kim Kardashian's (15ct) and Beyonce's (18ct) rings are 33 carats.  The story of Mariah and Packer is such an epic with fascinating details.

How the Romance Unfolded

_{Mariah Carey will be performing at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace is this November. Her concert “All I Want For Christmas Is You” will be performed for five dates from Nov. 22 through Nov. 30, 2019.}

Both Carey and Packer were married twice before and they met. Both of them were recovering from the second divorces. But once they get to know each other they fall in love; hard and fast. The matchmaker of Mariah and Packer was Packer's film company partner Brett Ratner who is a friend of Mariah as well and he also had directed videos of her. They were getting to know in 2013 in Aspen Colorado. Mariah and Packer were photographed for the first time in June 2015, and they were strolling hand-in-hand around the Capri island in Italy.

Though the pop star diva Mariah Carey's reputation centred on her fame, for Packer it was all about his fabulously wealthy family and business ventures. So they were both popular but were on two different paths in their life. Mariah always thinks of her public figure and wherever she go even it's a romantic getaway her crew included her stylist, hairdresser and personal assistant/manager Bulochnikov. The book "The Price of Fortune: The Untold Story of Being James Packer" by Damon Kitney reveals a lot of secret details about the relationship between Mariah and Packer. It mentioned that Crown director Harold Mitchell says "There were two minibuses full of support staff for Mariah and they took over the place."  when they were sitting in the private lounge at Macau airport. Therefore Packer and his staff had to tolerate Mariah's diva whims. It doesn't mean that he didn't love her. He did. In the book, he said that ‘It was fun, to begin with … She was kind and she took an interest in my life". Also, he admires her by saying " I probably went to ten of her concerts and they were all fantastic". Mariah and Packer spent 2015 Christmas in Aspen and after they travelled to Australia for New year eve. So they were spending time together in harmony. 

The Famous Engagement Ring

In the new year, on January 21 Packer planned to pop up the question at New York three-Michelin-star restaurant Eleven Madison Park. The Price of fortune book reveals that personal assistant and the manager of Mariah Carey; Bulochnikov took Packer ring shopping in New York, where he bought a massive 35-carat Wilfredo Rosado-designed engagement ring from her uncle in the city’s jewellery quarter on 45th Street. And the plans made for the couple to married on Bora Bora in French Polynesia on 1 March 2016. Wilfredo is Mariah Carey's best friend for more than 25 years and he knew the choices and interests Mariah.  This special Maria's platinum engagement ring features a massive emerald cut diamond flanked by tapered baguettes. As Rosado said, "it was about mixing simplicity with volume, which is very difficult to do."The eye-catching centre diamond is delicately balanced by an elegant design. This is not the very first ring Wilfredo design for his friend Mariah Carey. But this was much special than any other designs he had done for Mariah and he describes it as " It’s an epic ring for an epic time in her life.” The story is quite interesting. Then read on; the climax is a bit way.

_{Packer was planned to pop up the question in a New York restaurant}

The 35-carat diamond engagement ring was not able to keep Mariah and James Packer together. Things were not gone smoothly as troubles aroused about the negotiation of the prenup. It said that Carey was in favour of a prenup. It was widely reported that Mariah and Carey breakup in Greece. But in the book, Packer reveals that it really happens later. As former Israel President Shimon Peres passed away Packer made a flying trip to Tel Aviv for the funeral. Before leaving for Israel Packer meets Carey in Arctic P which was docked in Naples. That was the day Packer and Carey breakup. He did not explain it in details. Instead, he just mentions in the book " I then head back to the boat. Mariah and I break up and  Mariah gets off the boat." That's how the love of multibillionaire and diva ends up. On 1 October 2016 Mariah leaves the Arctic P with her children and crew. For the 8 months of romance period of Mariah and Packer, he has spent a multi-million dollar some for Mariah including the US $4 million worth diamond engagement ring.

In the end, 4 million worth of platinum emerald cut diamond ring just became a story and relationships no longer exist. As it's the customary woman keep the engagement ring and as Mariah and Packer have agreed on it Mariah keeps this multi-million dollars massive ring with her. But when the time passed Mariah just wanted to get rid of this emotional bond and move forward. After one and a half year of their engagement, Mariah sold her emerald-cut US $4 million worth engagement ring received from ex-partner James Packer. The surprising factor is she sold this massive platinum masterpiece as low as $2.1 million. It seems that Mariah just wanted to get rid of her past attached with James Packer and move forward instead of making money out of the ring. Mariah Carey is not the one and only celebrity who received an emerald cut engagement ring when popping up the question but she got the massive one than any other. Jennifer Lopez, Beyonce and Elizabeth Taylor who received a 38-carat emerald cut engagement ring from her lifelong partner Richard Burton are few in the emerald cut diamond ring receivers on their engagement. But the story of Mariah and James Packer's $4 million worth platinum diamond engagement ring became an epic.

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