Maurie Sherman proposed to his partner, Matthew Almeida, onstage with Mariah Carey at her Vegas show -- and he says the Mariah theme will extend far beyond their engagement.
Maurie Sherman stole thousands of hearts when he proposed to his boyfriend of three years before the almighty Mariah Carey at a show in Vegas on Saturday night. Sherman and his now-fiancé, Matthew Almeida, live in Toronto, where they’re planning for a legal, Mariah Carey -- laced wedding.
Advocate.com: So, I take it you’re big Mariah fans?
Maurie Sherman: He’s a huge Mariah Carey fan. I love him to death and would do anything for him and I thought, if given the opportunity, I would love for him to meet Mariah. So when they announced these intimate Vegas shows -- I mean 5,000 people -- I thought maybe there is this chance. It took me six months to do and I didn’t know we’d be doing it until five minutes before the show started. He had no idea until they started talking onstage. Her people brought us to the side of the stage, so I said, “[Your] birthday is next month, so happy birthday! I’m going to get you to meet Mariah and you’ll get a quick picture.”
So, I was brought side stage, by the mixing board, and they handed me her black Swarovski microphone and Mathew’s like, “I don’t want to sing. I don’t want to sing.” He had no clue. And it was just awesome and the crowd went nuts and they were talking to us after.
So do you have any wedding plans yet?
Um, it’s going to be two or three years in the making. It will be Mariah-themed. We are definitely going to send an invite to her. Of course, she probably won’t be able to make it, but at least I want her to know that everything went well. It will obviously be in Toronto.
It was so cool to see him meet his idol. It was just awesome. And it was great in my opinion, especially in the U.S., especially in Vegas, to do something gay onstage -- that’s just unheard of, and if given the chance I will wave the flag for equality, no problem.
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