Mariah Carey is still wearing her diamond engagement ring from her ex-fiancé James Packer, despite the fact that they split up a year ago.
The famous singer recently stepped out wearing the $10 million 35 carat rock at a Chanel party, where she was joined by her backing dancer boyfriend Bryan Tanaka.
Mariah and James, who is an Australian businessman, dated for 18 months and were engaged to be married before they split up in October 2016.
Last night, Mariah donned a plunging black shimmering gown for the party – and the sizeable engagement ring was in plain sight.
The news comes after James, 50, recently admitted that his romance with Mariah was a “mistake”.
Speaking to The Australian, the billionaire said, “I was at a low point in my personal life. Documenting the negotiations with my sister was taking longer than expected.”
“She was kind, exciting and fun. Mariah is a woman of substance. But it was a mistake for her and a mistake for me.”
The businessman also admitted that he was in over $5billion worth of debt at the time he met Mariah.
“Two years ago I was terrified. I had $2.3 billion of debt at CPH [Consolidated Press Holdings, his private company], over $3 billion of debt at Crown, I’d just appointed Rob [Rankin as chairman of Crown], Macau was falling over and [sister] Gretel was on my doorstep.”
“Then, a year later, I’ve got China falling apart, the Australian casino businesses missing budgets by big amounts, I’ve got Mariah breaking up with me and I’m thinking, ‘F..k!’.”
Last October, Mariah was left heartbroken when James called off their engagement, and she reportedly blamed Scientology for the split, as James was Scientologist between 2002 and 2006.
Sources claimed that Mariah believed James was influenced by his business manager and former Church of Scientology spokesperson Tommy Davis.
However, reps for James denied the claims, and sources claimed that James blamed the split on Mariah’s excessive spending.
