Mariah Carey has broken her silence on her quickie wedding to rapper and actor Nick Cannon last week."We really do feel we are soulmates," Carey tells People Magazine, following their sunset ceremony at the pop star's Bahamian estate. "I never felt a love like this was in the cards for me." Cannon adds: "She is beautiful on the outside and 10 times as beautiful on the inside."Photos of the pair's wedding appear on the cover and inside this week's issue of People magazine.Talk Show host Oprah Winfrey also revealed on her show yesterday the wedding wasn't quite as last minute as reported.Mariah visited Oprah before the Bahamas wedding and "she already had, on her body, a tattoo on her back that said 'Mrs. Cannon,'" Winfrey said. "They were already planning on doing it."Watch a video of Oprah revealing the secret and more of the couple's wedding photos here.
The singer's friend Andre Leon Talley, an editor of American Vogue magazine, also revealed the 38-year-old singer is "so happy" following her nuptials to Cannon.He said: "She is very happy. I've spoken with her and she is superb. She is over the moon. I received an email from her and she is so happy. She really sounds like someone on her honeymoon."Andre also said he approved of Nick - who appears in the video for Mariah's new single Bye Bye - adding: "I love Nick Cannon for Mariah. For Mariah, this is poetry."Meanwhile, Mariah is still scheduled to perform at Time magazine's 'Time 100' party tonight.A source close to the singer said: "She hasn't dropped out yet. As of right now, Mariah is still scheduled to perform, as had been previously arranged before her wedding."- BANG! SHOWBIZ, NZHERALD STAFF