Three degrees from Mariah

So by my calculations this puts me at three degrees of separation from Mariah Carey.

Photographic evidence: Me → (with) Sam “Rudy” Retzer-Petitioner → (with) 27-year-old “little-screen actor” Nick Cannon → (with) 38-year-old Little Miss No. 1 herself.

And I’m two from Sonny Spoon, a.k.a. Mario Van Peebles, but I’m not at liberty to disclose the details of that connection.