Tameka Foster is finally speaking out about her relationship with Usher and Essence Magazine got the exclusive for you. The two have been very popular in the black gossip blog circuit since late 2005. Rumors have been flying around and I’m sure you’ve heard them all.
The 35 year-old cleared some air on a lot of things, but I’m just going to post the good shit.
ON THE GOSSIP.
Essence.com: Bloggers worldwide have criticized your relationship with Usher. You haven’t responded until now. Why?
Tameka Foster: Friends tell me about some of it and we’ll laugh, but honestly, I don’t pay attention to the gossip on the day-to-day. However, things have been said about my ex-husband and about me and my relationship with Usher’s mom among other things, that I would like to clear up. I am not speaking because I feel the need to validate our relationship. We’re good.
USHER ISN’T A HOMEWRECKER
Essence.com: So Usher is not a home wrecker, as the tabloids suggested?
T.F.: Absolutely not. He was on tour when my marriage was officially over. He had nothing to do with what happened between my husband and me. Between my hectic travel schedule and our personality differences, my ex and I grew apart. There are no hard feelings between us. He is a wonderful father. I don’t have any regrets or anger toward him. We have great, smart, well-rounded children. It’s the media that wants to make it appear as if we have this big nasty beef with each other, and we don’t.
IS SHE PREGNANT?
Essence.com: Okay. Well, are you pregnant with Usher’s child?
T.F.: Yes, I do plan to have children with Usher. This is the man I love and plan to spend the rest of my life with so why wouldn’t I want to share that bond of bringing another life into this world with him.
ON HER RELATIONSHIP W/ USHER’S MAMA
Essence.com: Shifting gears a bit, is it true that Usher’s mom fired you as his stylist and you in turn convinced Usher to fire her as his manager?
T.F.: I never worked for Usher’s mom; I worked for Usher. Now, I don’t know if she persuaded him to feel certain ways about me, but she never fired me.
Essence.com: So does that mean you and future mother-in-law have beef?
T.F.: No, we do not. Any mother with a son as successful as Usher is going to have raised eyebrows about any woman who comes around. I’d be the same way about any one of my sons. His mother and I have a great rapport. There are no hard feelings and I had nothing to do with his decision to no longer have his mother manage him.
If Usher like it I love it. Hope they are happy together.
Well she seems to have a good head on her shoulders…this article didn’t make me sleepy like R. Kelly’s wife. I wish Tameka and Usher the best of luck.
Diva kai in the house again
Love the new layout guys!!!!
Usher,Usher,Usher!!! What else can i say without being called a HATER!!!!!! lmao
she does have some handsome features meaning strong bone structure, can’t say she looks like a man though…anyways her interveiw was nothing special but i thought she conducted the interveiw very well but i agree with #58 if her and usher are truley happy she don’t have to prove it………oh yeah WTF@ “personality issues” with her ex-husband please…… She thought she was slick trying to avoid that pregnacy question though i peeped that ish,lol…….now what she should have had a section in her article called “P*ssy Whipping 101: a guide to getting what you want” lol kidding
oops i meant to say “Personality differences”
TAMEKA IS NOT PREGNANT!!!
And I also realized the fact that Ms. Tameka said that she didn’t cheat on her husband with Usher…but she didn’t say if Usher cheated on Chilli with her. I think he did, and that’s the reason why Chilli left his a**
yeah, she ran all over that pregnant question.
Well I’m 30, divorced with 3 kids and engaged to a man younger than I. Not as young as Usher…but still. It’s something awkward about their “relationship” but hey…more power to ‘em. I know he should be shame actin like he hot stuff though…her too, in her shoes? No…I like mines better
See that’s what gets me about black folks, if the woman is dark complexion, she’s automatically not attractive to some and the woman could be stunning. The same thing was said about Denzel’s wife, only reason, she’s dark. The craziest thing about this is that it is mostly darker complexion black folks who feel this way,smh. Nothing ugly about Usher’s girl and what’s the big age difference? how older is 35 from 28? yet none of u say shyt about Jay Z old azz dating Beyonce. Like my sister in law use to say all the time til I broke her azz off, oh she’s pretty to be dark. I would ask her why do u think it’s a privilege for her to be pretty? yet your hubby is blacker than tar, then it was a different story, lawdy. Do ur thang Usher and enjoy ur life with ur woman, fugg the haters……………
I don’t like her becuase I want to see her with her children more not hear about Usher and it is all about him and her and their relationship I’m not saying her current children are suppose to define their relationship but you would think there would be a story about how her children feel maybe that’s just me