Usher, 29, and wife Tameka Foster, 37, gave their first interview to U.S. magazine Essence about their emotional year – and how it has brought them closer. They insist they are amazed at the public interest in their wedding, surrounded by rumors of feuds with the star’s mother and with the wedding initially mysteriously scrapped with just hours to go. But they insist they are closer than ever – especially now Tameka is expecting their first child together.
“Tameka’s given me one of the greatest gifts I’ll ever have,” Usher says. “With a child, now I have purpose. I understand love. “I’ve grown in every aspect of my life. And Tameka is the woman who helped get me to that place.”
He added: “I was determined to find the right woman… I just didn’t know she was standing in front of me the whole time.” He adds: “God says the role of the husband is to protect his wife,” he said. “I hope people realize that my son is my son, and my wife is my wife. “And when someone has an issue with them, they have an issue with me.” He admits that their relationship has run a strange course. “Ours is not a typical love story,” Usher conceded. “But it is a true one.”
To read the interview in it’s entirely, make sure you check out Usherforever.com
Let’s hear it for them..(round of applause)…YAWN!
Pure BS
Her hands are huge!
“God says the role of the husband is to protect his wife,” he said. “I hope people realize that my son is my son, and my wife is my wife. “And when someone has an issue with them, they have an issue with me.”
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CHURCH!!! That’s a good man right there, you can’t do anything but big him up for that statement.
I wish them the best.
LOL @ #3. For a minute I thought that it was both of their hands combined! That shit isn’t sexy at all!
please shut the hell up, chill was more deserving but u cheated on her with mankea booooooooo, yawnnnnnnn
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They look pretty happy together she just put that BOMB on him ..lol…can’t be mad at that ,,,,i never hate on relationships so big up’s to them ,,,,honestly I think she has some type of black male on him and the only reason I say that is he was happier in public with his other chicks but now he seems upset or mad all the time ,,but many blessings to him and the new family,,,Hope she signed a pre-nup
I’m interested to see people’s reaction to this article…
I’m going to check back in four hours to see what everyone opinion will be………
All the smooch shots r unnecessary. im still not convinced but then who am i?
LMAOOOOOOOOO#1 & 6
USHER PLEASE!
I now have purpose in life…hmmm Usher seems insecure to me. However, I know one thing that is one lucky kid he will be a great dad! I know it really hurt him that his dad wasn’t in his life, although he would have probably just kicked him to the curb for Tomeka like he did his mama (LMAO)!!
WTF EVER WHO CARES. I DO HOPE HE IS REALLY HAPPY, BUT I DON’T KNOW SUMTHINS FUNNY ABOUT OLE GIRL THAT DON’T SIT WELL WITH ME.
How many damn essence covers are they going to do?? Arent there more important news worthy articles concerning our people that can be covered, because Tomusher is neither of those!!!!
Also, damn Tamka got enough makeup on for an army! Wow…
Who cares? This will last two or three years, tops. I am taking side bets.
I haven’t read the entire article but those pictures are very nice.
BOOOOOOOOOO! If your mom can’t stand her then somthing ain’t right. I can’t wait for the day when he figures that out!
All I wanna know is: WHERE’S THE ALBUM HOMEZ???
Could you have waited to plant the seed after the album? Just couldn’t wait…
HAVE TO ADMIT THE PICTURES ARE QUITE NICE OF THEM. LOL SHE DO HAVE BIG AZZ HANDS.
Why does he feel the need to keep having to justify his relationship with her? If they are happy who cares about what other people think. He is the one that has to wake up with her every morning, not the rest of the world. So please, be married, have your baby, and just shut up all ready!
Well I think he’s a damm fool … It’s just all worded like he’s trying too hard to convince people that he and her are actually a real couple. I still think she got somethin on him and thats why he married thet rick.
I just hope that he hasn’t made the biggest mistake of his life. If she is being real I wish them all the happiness, but if she is playing him I feel sorry for him.
Im happy for them but these pics looks fake. Of course they are posed, duh, but it still dosnt bring out that what its suppose too. I see other couples posing in magazines and it looks more geniune then this.
Netherless, Im happy for them.
#4..more people need to have that mind frame…
Good for them, but to hell with the media…u don’t have to explain shyt! I wouldn’t…
#18. Not always true. Mothers tend to be very overprotective of their sons.
My exes mother hated my guts…and the reason why we’re exes is because of HIS wrongdoing, not mine.
Mother doesn’t ALWAYS know best.
Now I thought it was mean, hatred and wrong when yall was saying this chick looks like a man, but DAMN that first pictured proved me (not yall) wrong?
I think he knew he fukked up really bad with chilli, she was is bad, but she said never again, who knows if he was begging?
But out of all the women in the world..
You know, People would be more accepting of Usher & Tameka’s relationship if they didn’t put so much information about themselves out for public consumption..
EVERY other month, there is some new article or photoshoot on Usher & Tameka…
There is always some drama with them.
The Pregnancy
The Wedding.
The Feud
The Firing..
Enough already !!!!!
People are sick of hearing about them, and it THEIR fault because they keep discussing their relationship.
A relationship is suppose to be Personal & private.
You don’t hear Jay Z & Beyonce giving interviews on how they feel about each other..They just handle their business, and keep it moving….
It’s really no ones business what goes on in a stars personal life, if they attempt to keep it confidential
Usher & Tameka wants the world to know their intimate business, and it’s starting to get annoying…
If they would stop talking about their relationship, people would stop questioning their relationship….
Like Reecy says (Post # 12) Usher seems like a real insecure dude..
Tameka’s just plain annoying…
There is NO F***ing way that Usher is 29! That dude has to be 25 or 26..
I’m with #21 Kenya, it does seem like every time he is talking to the press that he is defending his relationship and trying to convince the public that he is “ssooo” happy. Can you really be happy in a relationship that you always have to defend?
No matter what anyon else thinks I like a man that sticks up for his wife! My hubby is the same way and there is no other way to be about someone you love.
Good luck to the both of them!
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bill
Thursday, October 18, 2007
You know, People would be more accepting of Usher & Tameka’s relationship if they didn’t put so much information about themselves out for public consumption..
LOL That’s funny! Put it out there? Please they dont’ have to put it out there b/c the paparazzi and the media are going to GO TO THEM! Come on let’s be real!
I cosign to #21 and #30.
But on the real, I think Tameka has some dirt on Usher. She’s black mailing him!!!
is everyone just so over usher by now? i know i am. next…
complexndope said:
#18. Not always true. Mothers tend to be very overprotective of their sons.
My exes mother hated my guts…and the reason why we’re exes is because of HIS wrongdoing, not mine.
Mother doesn’t ALWAYS know best.
Bill Said:
Woman don’t really understand the dynamics of a Black Man’s relationship with his mother.
Black Men love & adore their mothers.
I’m over 40, and I’ve been married for 20+ years, and I STILL ask my Mother for advice.
My Mother has always been on point with knowing who/what was right for me, and the person’s I should avoid.
A Mother (a woman actually) can see things that most men can’t…
Momma always knows what best.
* My Mother told me before I got married, that my wife would be perfect for me.
And you know what….She was absolutly right.
It should be a RED FLAG when your mother doesn’t like the person that you are dating…….
#28: Bill.
I DO agree. But sometimes it’s a lose/lose situation. Jay & Bey get shit for acting like they don’t give snots about each other.
KSH said:
Thursday, October 18, 2007
28.
bill
Thursday, October 18, 2007
You know, People would be more accepting of Usher & Tameka’s relationship if they didn’t put so much information about themselves out for public consumption..
LOL That’s funny! Put it out there? Please they dont’ have to put it out there b/c the paparazzi and the media are going to GO TO THEM! Come on let’s be real!
Bill Said:
Okay, here’s my proof
take a look at this link:
http://www.essence.com/essence/themix/entertainment/0,16109,1633839,00.html
Tameka & Usher are ALWAYS doing interviews with Essence…..
I have to keep it real and say that THESE pictures (minus the cover pic) actually look nice. I hope Usher is truly happy.
Some mothers overprotect their sons, some fathers overprotect their daughters. They’re not always right, sometimes they just go too far. Jonetta needs to let her son be.
As for this couple, they make it hard for me to give them the benefit of the doubt. When people try that hard to prove how deep in love they are something is wrong. Didn’t Puffy and Kim Porter do the same thing? Look at their relationship. When relationships are strong people don’t want ANYONE in their business, Janet and JD are bigger stars you don’t hear details, Alicia & her man keep it private, Jay-Z and Beyonce keep it private too.
They are attention whores and I hope they won’t pimp their child.
Nice pics, I with them both the best!!
Usher definitely made a mistake marrying Tameka. They won’t last. She seems to love all the attention we give her. She is recycled trash.
YAWN!!!!!!!!!
So
No.. #39.. I think ur wrong.. Jonetta didn’t have a problem with Chilli.. There is something not right about Tameka.. She may not have HIS best interests at heart.. only HERS.. BUT ANYWAY, I don’t believe them as a couple either.. I normally don’t even post a reply to Usher and MANeka stories, but I’m sick of seeing them.. all this “I love my wife and anybody that has a problem with her has a problem with me”.. NEGRO PLEASE.. well, clearly ur mother has a problem with u..
U know, All these ppl on here stay talkin bout Tiny when they see her with T.I. but u don’t see T.I. out there trying to become defensive.. If u don’t care what other ppl think there is no reason for ARTICLES on top of INTERVIEWS every 5 minutes..
UUUUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bill what the hell are you talkin about. So its ok to let rumors run rampant and when you open up about your personal relationship to the public thats a bad thing. Oh thats tacky. They should leave everything up to speculation. Back folks are sovindictive. I read teh commenst and I would swear some of yyall ae apposed to this marriage becuase you actually thought you had a chance of getting with this dude, the when he maried he ruined the illusion of availability and you pounced on him because of it.there si no reason for this amount of back lash oevr a celebrity becuase for a marriage, you would think it was aaliyah and R.kelly.
Im telling you, ya build em u to tear them down. Its just amazing to me how much people ahd invested in usher to envoke that kind of reaction about a non scandelous issue. It was just a marriage.
I’m sorry..but I do not buy this whole marriage/baby thing.
Give it a year… Usher will come out with the real story..
Do you smell blackmail….
She lied and told Usher she was on birthcontrol because she already has too many kids And he is a weak sucker and fell for it. he took the bait. But he felll in love only because she is carrying his child… when the pregnancy blow over and he try to get back on the road and regain what he might have lost as an artist, things are gonna get rocky.
I haven’t read any comments yet, but I know the HATERS are going to be all up in here.
I wish Usher and Tameka-( Mrs. Raymond) to the Haters- all the best.
Some of yall think yall are sooo perfect, and know who’s right for who.
Let them live their life loving, happy, and peaceful.
Out of all the fine girls in the world he choses to mess with that!
WHAT DO THEY MEAN THEY DONT UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE WERE ALL UP IN THEIR BUSINESS? THEY WERE THE ONE PUTTING IT OUT THERE…CONSTANTLY ISSUING STATEMENTS…I REALLY COULD CARE LESS WHO HE CHOOSES TO BE WITH…JUST 1 THING…DOES MANEKA EVER SEE HER OTHER KIDS?
THEY ARE CONSTANTLY PURPOSEFULLY GETTING PAPS SHOOT PICS OF THEM YET ….THERES NONE OF HER BEING SUPPORTIVE TO HER OTHER KIDS…I GUESS SHE FIGURES MEN DO THAT SHIT ALL THE TIME!
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you don’t know that. See thats exactley what Im talking about . Too much invested in celebs relationship. How would you know whether she told him she as on birth control
bleh….. NEXT
usher cheated on chilli with this chick
usher cheated on eisha with this chick
maneka cheated on her husband with usher
whateva….i give them three years and its a wrap!
it has nothing to do with her skin color or that’s she’s a normal chick. they both are scandalous and karma is a BITCH!!!
Eww
LOOK AT THE LAST PIC, LOOK AT MANEKAS HANDS………………..WOW, I HAVE NEVER IN MY DAY SEEN A SUPPOSE TO BE WOMANS HAND THAT BIG……..
Damn Usher is definitely in love. I guess I’m happy for them. I wonder what being that much in love feels like…….
and i wonder……
why did Usher u have to do that?
when you can get any woman in the world?
smh
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@ HDIZZLE – Nice!
I could careless who he married. Either way it won’t affect my life one bit! Most peeps seem like just because Chili was “pretty” and seemed like such a “nice” person that he should have been with her, when nobody knows nothing behind closed doors. Obviously he didn’t think so! I do believe that since he feels he’s obligated to clear up things because of his status then you handle that once, and don’t keep rehashing the same things.
“The bonding, says Tameka, has already begun: “He kicks when he hears Usher’s voice.”
Tameka sit down, please. lol
i Hope you made her sign a PRE NUB! …… i give this 2 yrs!