Amazon boss Jeff Bezos and wife Lauren Sánchez’s elaborate June 27 Venice wedding drew hordes of paparazzi, lookie loos and an A++ guest list that included Oprah, Bill Gates, Leonardo DiCaprio, Usher, a clutch of Kardashians, Orlando Bloom, Sydney Sweeney, Jerry Seinfeld and many more.
But you know who wasn’t there? Mariah Carey.
So, when MC was asked about the lavish, reportedly $50 million dollar affair recently by a photographer, she gave the most Mariah answer possible. “What did you think about Jeff Bezos’ wedding?,” the pap asked Carey as she strutted down the street in an all-black ensemble topped by designer black sunglasses.
“I wasn’t there,” she responded casually.
“Were you not invited, or what?” he shot back.
“Oh, don’t turn this into that,” Carey said with a sly smile.
It wasn’t the first time Carey, 56, said a major event, or person, was not on her radar. In one of her most iconic not knowing moments back in 2003, the singer was asked about Jennifer Lopez, she quipped, “I don’t know her.” While it seemed like a diss at the time, in 2016, she explained to Andy Cohen that the offhand comment was “so long ago” she couldn’t believe people were still talking about it, explaining that she, simply, is “forgetful” and did not remember them casually being introduced at some point in time.
One reason Carey may not have jetted over to the Bezos wedding is that she recently confirmed that she’s finished her upcoming 16th studio album. Speaking to Zane Lowe and Ebro Darden at the new Apple Music Studios in Culver City, CA earlier this month, Carey — who earned her 50th Billboard Hot 100 hit in June with new single “Type Dangerous” — said there will be 11, or 12, songs on the LP and that it definitely has some classic “Mariah ballads,” and that a second, “summery,” single is coming soon.