Mariah Carey gave no indication of her personal troubles when she stepped out in Chanel on Friday during her annual Christmas trip to Aspen.
This week, it emerged she had split from her boyfriend of seven years Bryan Tanaka, 40, who started off as one of her backup dancers.
Although Bryan has been a mainstay of Mariah’s previous Aspen trips, he was nowhere to be seen during her holiday there this week.
His absence fed into the already mounting breakup rumors – which where then confirmed when a source informed Page Six that they had gone their separate ways because he wants to have children and she does not.
However Mariah, 54, betrayed not a hint of angst when she surfaced in Aspen on Friday, beaming with Christmas cheer as she made her way down the sidewalk.
Mariah Carey, 54, gave no indication of her personal troubles when she stepped out in Chanel on Friday during her annual Christmas trip to Aspen
This week, it emerged she had split from her boyfriend of seven years Bryan Tanaka, 40, who started off as one of her backup dancers; pictured 2018
Trailing not far behind her was hairstylist to the stars Johnny Stuntz, who has worked on multiple looks of hers this holiday season.
With a Chanel beanie on her head, she was the image of showbiz glitz in a fur wrap, a set of sparkly leggings and a black leather pair of towering stiletto Louboutins.
Mariah and Bryan had been laboring under a cloud of breakup rumors before an insider spilled the news to Page Six on Wednesday.
Noting the 14-year age gap between the longtime couple, the source explained: ‘He wants to have a family. That’s not where she is at.’
While Bryan has no children yet, Mariah is already a mother of two, co-parenting her 12-year-old twins Monroe and Moroccan with her ex Nick Cannon.
Bryan and Mariah have not been seen together since March, when he posted an Instagram snap of the two of them to wish her a happy anniversary.
Meanwhile Bryan has not been featured on Mariah’s Instagram page for almost an entire year – his most recent appearance there is dated to Boxing Day 2022.
Mariah is currently in Aspen indulging in a bit of relaxation after one of her pull-out-the-stops Christmas concert tours, which have become a Yuletide tradition.
Although Bryan has been a mainstay of Mariah’s previous Aspen trips, he was nowhere to be seen during her holiday there this week
However Mariah betrayed not a hint of angst when she surfaced in Aspen on Friday, beaming with Christmas cheer as she walked down the sidewalk
Trailing not far behind her was hairstylist to the stars Johnny Stuntz (right), who has worked on multiple looks of hers this holiday season
With a Chanel beanie on her head, she was the image of showbiz glitz in a fur wrap, a set of sparkly leggings and a black leather pair of towering stiletto Louboutins
During one concert earlier this month at Madison Square Garden, she went viral for bringing both Ariana Grande and Jennifer Hudson onstage with her.
Eagle-eyed fans were quick to notice that Bryan was also not seen with Mariah as she traveled around for her Christmas tour this year.
In years past, fans could catch Bryan dancing onstage during Mariah’s Yuletide shows, but this holiday season he was not a part of the program.
Bryan and Mariah have known each other since at least 2006, when he worked as one of the backup dancers on her Adventures Of Mimi tour.
In the ensuing decade, Mariah married and divorced the steamy comedian Nick Cannon, with whom she shares Monroe and Moroccan.
After her split from Nick, Mariah embarked on a whirlwind engagement with n billionaire James Packer, which fell apart in 2016.
Mariah and Bryan had been laboring under a cloud of breakup rumors before an insider spilled the news to Page Six on Wednesday
Bryan and Mariah have not been seen together since March, when he posted an Instagram snap of the two of them to wish her a happy anniversary
She took up with Bryan later in 2016, and with the exception of a brief split in 2017, they remained together ever since right up to this year’s split rumors.
Although they rarely discussed their relationship in public, Bryan did gush about their connection to E! News in 2016, shortly after they first got together.
‘Something connected with us back in the day and there was just a mutual admiration,’ the stage performer effused.
‘She saw something in me that I actually didn’t recognize at first, from that it was over. It was set in history that we were gonna be connected some way, some how.’