Fantasy: (Noun) Fanciful mental image, typically one on which a person dwells at length or repeatedly and which reflects their conscious or unconscious wishes.

Mariah Carey appears in the August issue of Elle, and proves in the accompanying interview that she's still the crazy, delusional Mariah Carey we've come to know and tolerate.

“When I was in an unhappy place in my life,” Carey says of her past, “I always wanted to be kidnapped. I just wanted a way out, but I didn't have one.” Ten years after her split with Mottola, handsome young prince Nick Cannon has come to the rescue.

“He sort of kidnapped me and took me on a helicopter ride. Then he re-proposed.” Cannon's first proposal had taken place on Carey's roof in Manhattan a couple of evenings prior and involved the hiding of a 17-carat diamond ring inside a candy ring pop. “They've been calling me Cinderella since I first started out, so, of course, being Cinderella…” she says, laughing. “Most people would think, Okay, please! This doesn't happen in real life.”

Does it strike anyone else as, you know, strange that Mariah Carey seems to have an unhealthy fixation on fairy tales and kidnapping? For Nick Cannon, being married to her must be not unlike playing house with the most spoiled, bratty five-year-old little girl ever, except his mom never comes to pick him up and he never gets to go home. Good thing she's got all that money, I guess. A new Ferrari every week probably eases the pain and humility of having the occasional Easybake Oven chucked at your head.