Mariah Carey Told Friends Wedding Was A Video Shoot

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Mariah Carey tricked her friends into thinking she was jetting off to the Bahamas to film a video, when in actual fact she secretly got married to Nick Cannon.

The E=MC2 songstress convinced pals she had to shoot extra scenes for her promo Bye Bye, in which Cannon plays Carey’s love interest, but instead she jetted off to her Windermere home with select pals to get hitched.

But the couple had already decided to wed there.

Carey tells People: "We only told people who had to know... If we brought a million people with us, it would've been obvious we weren't shooting a video.

"Only about four people knew we were going down there to get married."

The couple flew boxes of Maine lobster and cases of Dom Perignon champagne over to the island, and Carey reportedly picked up the wedding cake herself and discreetly carried it with her.

Carey's best pal, rapper Da Brat, helped organise a last-minute bachelorette party before the singer became Mrs. Cannon.

Carey and Cannon exchanged vows on the patio of the singer's island retreat on 30 April.

See Mr & Mrs Cannon get down and dirty here.