You Thought So!

Madonna has finally met the mother of her toyboy lover Jesus Luz, according to reports.

Hairdresser Cristiane Regina Da Silva, who is 15 years younger than the pop star, was spotted arriving at the singer’s hotel in Rio de Janeiro looking dressed to impress.

It is further proof that the relationship, initially dismissed as a fling, is going strong as it approaches the one-year mark.

Madonna arrived in Brazil on Monday, ostensibly to meet various officials about setting up a children’s charity in the country.

But the trip has been surrounded by rumours she was finally due to meet her 23-year-old lover’s parents.

Cristiane was seen arriving at Hotel Fasano with Jesus’ agent Peterson Ibrahim one evening earlier this week.

At the time Jesus and Madonna were out to dinner, and it is thought the 36-year-old arrived early to meet the pop star in an informal way following the meal.

Although initially critcising the pair’s age difference and Madonna’s apparent controlling behaviour, Cristiane would seem to have warmed to the relationship.

Jesus’ dad, hospital worker Luiz Heitor Pinto da Luz, has not been seen near the pair or at the hotel.

Mariah Carey has pulled out of an appearance on UK show Strictly Come Dancing after X Factor’s Simon Cowell told her reps she could not appear on both shows.

The 40-year-old singer will sing on The X Factor on November 22 and was ‘provisionally booked’ to appear on its rival show Strictly Come Dancing a day earlier.

However, she pulled out after X Factor boss Cowell, 50, told her reps she could not appear on both the channels that weekend leaving Strictly bosses furious.

A BBC spokesperson said: “We had hoped to have Mariah Carey on the show, but her schedule changed and made it impossible.”

Brandy no longer has to go through a civil trial over her December 2006 car crash as the singer has recently settled with the last remaining plaintiff. The last plaintiff standing was the husband of the woman who died in the accident. Brandy has already settled with the couple’s two kids for $300,000 each. She had also settled with the other injured driver, Mallory Ham, back in July. Terms of the latest settlement are being kept under wraps but I think that someone will be leaking that out sooner or later. Or maybe not. Does anyone even still care about this piece of news? I hardly even remember Brandy.