When we heard that Aaron Carter was getting engaged we were half inclined to think it was a total joke. But it's not. It's true. The boy bander, and kid brother to the much more famous Nick Cater, popped the question, on stage, in Las Vegas, to his girlfriend Kari Ann Peniche last Sunday. In the midst of Anna Nicole Smith's possibly drugged out son dying and all these plastic bags and such floating around space, however, we didn't really think much of it. Besides, you know, "divorce."

Then, today we saw that Marc Malkin was able to get Aaron's mom to spill on her feelings about Carter's engagement. She is absolutely thrilled.

"I think that if that is what makes him happy, then okay," she told Malkin. "I never listened to my parents at that age, so why would I put myself in the position of giving an opinion that would alienate my son and the progress we have made in healing from the divorce.

"I simply wish him the best in anything he does. My love for all my children is unconditional. I want him to be happy. If this girl makes him happy, then it's all good."

Of course, the thing that will make him (and his co-star mommy) most happy, will probably the press this news will give his new reality show on E!, House of Carters. And as we learned from Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, there really no other reason besides publicity to even get married in Hollywood.

Aaron Carter, Altar Boy [E!]