Mariah Carey and Jane McDonald stanning each other is so, so wholesome: ‘This is beyond iconic’

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Mariah Carey and Jane McDonald casually stanning one another is the pure, wholesome antidote to the seething, bleak pit of chaos we call life.

Carey, who famously invented the annual tradition of Christmas, beamed on Saturday (11 December) about the cruise ship singer as she reacted to a clip from the British television show Gogglebox.

Yes, this is a real sentence. This actually happened.

During Friday night’s Gogglebox, the cast tuned in to watch Carey, 52, belt out “Christmas (Baby Please Come Here)” during her new festival special, Mariah Carey: The Magic Continues.

As the Channel 4 stars sang along, Jenny and Lee said they “loved” her radiant outfit while Marcus and Mica emobided us all by simply basking in Carey’s glory.

That’s when Pete and Sophia Sandiford made a, welll, unexpected comparison.

“You know what it reminds me of this?” said Pete, “an American-style Jane McDonald.”

“She is!” shouted Sophie. “She’s America’s Jane.”

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After the official Gogglebox Twitter account uploaded the scene, Carey let her 21 million followers know what being compared to the singer, who started out performing in local clubs and pubs in Wakefield, England, meant to her.

“I’m America’s Jane!!!?!??” Carey tweeted. “Thank you goregous!!!”

A stunned McDonald replied: “Wow!!!! Well, I must be the UK’s Mariah. Merry Christmas, Mariah.”

Wow!!!! Well I must be the UK's Mariah!