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| | Usher's wife says they had sex a week before he filed for divorce | | Added 14 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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And the bitter lying begins! It?s been less than a month since Usher announced his divorce from wife Tameka, but we?re already getting a lot of different versions about the end of their epic love story. Usher claims that the pair have been separated since July of 2008 ? nearly an entire year before he filed for divorce. However in legal papers filed on Monday, Tameka says that?s not true, and they had sex as recently as June 6th. As a result, she thought their marriage was just fine.
The wife of R&B singer Usher was surprised when the entertainer filed for divorce earlier this month and claims the two were intimate less than a week before he moved to end the marriage, according to court documents.
Tameka Raymond, 38, disputes Usher’s claims the couple have been separated since July 2008. She said in court documents filed Monday in Fulton County Superior Court that she “had every reason to believe her marriage was intact” and that two were “intimately together as husband and wife as recently as June 6.”
Usher, whose real name is Usher Raymond IV, filed for divorce June 12, claiming there is “no reasonable hope of reconciliation” and the marriage is “irretrievably broken.” He is seeking joint custody of the couple’s two sons, 1 1/2-year-old Usher Raymond V and 6-month-old Naviyd Ely Raymond.
Tameka Raymond has three children from a previous marriage. She said through her divorce attorney, Randy Kessler, that she has been a faithful wife and loving mother during the marriage.
In Monday’s filing, Tameka Raymond asked a judge to ensure that Usher continues to support his family while the divorce works its way through the courts, including paying her legal fees.
[From the Huffington Post]
I wonder what kind of pre-nup Usher and Tameka have in place. Most rumors indicate Usher always had doubts about her (he called off the wedding at the last minute but later tied the knot), so you?d think he?d have gotten her to sign something iron-clad. There?s also the issue of whether or not he was cheating on her or she was cheating on him ? and if their youngest son Naviyd is actually his. That?s a lot of drama for one divorce, but certainly not more than you?d expect from this pair.
Gut instinct ? and nothing more than that ? tells me Tameka?s probably lying about having sex with Usher on June 6th. And even if they did, I doubt she was unaware that their marriage was in trouble, or thought having sex made it all okay. I?m sure the next few months will bring nothing more than a bunch of lurid accusations and confused denials.
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| | Usher wants a paternity test performed on his second son | | Added 14 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Usher and Tameka in March 2008.
Things are getting nasty in the divorce between Usher and soon-to-be ex-wife Tameka. In fact their friends are predicting the entire process is going to be heated. Someone told Usher that Tameka was stepping out on him around the time she got pregnant with six-month-old Naviyd. Usher believes it might be true since he and Tameka were only together once around the time she conceived. Of course, like they told you in seventh grade sex ed, it only takes one time. But Usher?s suspicious nonetheless, and insisting on a DNA test.
From the moment wife Tameka told him she was pregnant with 6-month-old Naviyd, the R&B singer was suspicious, reveals insiders. “The first thing Usher said was, ‘How did this happen?’ - because he was gone a lot, and their sex life was very, very limited,” revealed a friend of the star. Now pals are urging Usher to determine paternity with a DNA test, reveals a source. “People have been telling him that around the time the little boy was conceived, Tameka got together with another man.”
Usher loves both his sons and is going to fight for custody, divulged his friend. “But he’s determined to get truthful answers.” Meanwhile, Tameka is fighting back hard - charging that 30-year-old Usher has been playing around, revealed an insider.
“Tameka also insists that Usher is Naviyd’s father. She says that although they weren’t spending much time together, they did get together for one night of passion. And that’s when she got pregnant.”? By the time Naviyd was born this past December, the couple was reportedly already separated. “now the war is truly on,” said the insider.
[From the National Enquirer, print edition, July 6 2009]
From the way the friend phrases it, it almost sounds like Usher is going to fight for custody of both of his sons regardless of paternity results, which could be interesting. The Enquirer goes on to talk about how scared Tameka is that she?ll end up poor again, and as a result she?s going to fight tooth and nail for everything she has. There?s as much as $80 million at stake here, and everyone was calling Tameka a gold digger long before she and Usher tied the knot.
Neither of these two strike me as model spouses, and they?re being remarkably immature for grown adults. Their friends are passing information about the two like it?s eighth grade. Luckily their sons are too young to know what?s going on. But I?m sure the drama is just beginning.
Here?s Usher arrives for the Dior fashion show at Paris Fashion Week yesterday. Images thanks to WENN.com .
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| | Usher files for divorce from Tameka has been seeing another woman | | Added 14 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Over the weekend rumors of an impending split were confirmed when the news came out that Usher had filed for divorce from his wife of two years, Tameka Foster. Outlets reported that the two have been separated for about a year, with the birth of their second son sixth months ago only delaying the inevitable. Now RadarOnline is reporting that Usher, 30, has been carrying on with an “older female industry executive.” Tameka is somewhere between 37-39 (reports vary) so he seems to have a preference for older women:
RadarOnline.com has uncovered the secret behind Usher’s pending divorce with stylist Tameka Foster.
Sources tell us that the R&B star has “fallen” for a female industry executive.
As Usher is preparing to dissolve his rocky marriage with 38-year-old Foster, his family and friends sit elated with the choice–one they say is long overdue.
“He can?t dump Tameka fast enough. No one likes her. Since the day it became known he was dating Tameka, friends and family have been telling him she?s not right for him,” a source tells us.
None more than Usher’s mother, Jonetta Patton–who boycotted Foster and her son’s planned August 2007 wedding after her future daughter-in-law attempted to have her fired from her post as Usher’s manager.
“And Tameka threatened to ban her own mother from the ceremony because her mom had lost her false teeth,” says the insider.
The ceremony in question never took place. A week after the scheduled date, Usher and Foster exchanged vows in an attorney’s office in Atlanta, GA.
It’s been downhill ever since. A shady criminal past on Foster’s part skewed their trust–she’s been busted for petty theft and even welfare fraud when in her teens and early twenties.
Last fall, rift rumors really heated, making Foster desperate.
“Tameka was fighting to save the marriage,” our source says. Even recently, when the singer “traveled to Cleveland for basketball play-offs last month, Tameka followed him. You had the farcical situation of Tameka running around town trying to find him and Usher ordering friends not to tell her where he was staying.”
Friends were all happy to oblige in concealing his whereabouts. It remains unseen how they feel about his new, and older, lady love.
[From RadarOnline]
These two called off their planned lavish wedding in June, 2007 at the last minute and eventually married in a civil ceremony. Usher was said to have been upset that Tameka never told him about her criminal past, which was exposed in The National Enquirer just a few days before they were originally set to wed. There was also a lot of family drama with these two, with some claiming Tameka made Usher fire his mother as manager so she could step in and control his career.
In February, Tameka had life-threatening complications from elective plastic surgery in Brazil just two months after giving birth to a second son with Usher. (She also has three other sons from previous relationships.) She suffered cardiac arrest and had to be revived. Usher rushed to be with her and sent a specialist down to care for her. He was said to have been upset that Tameka never told him that she was going to Brazil to get liposuction. Maybe he wasn’t around enough to realize she was gone.
Usher and Tameka do have a prenuptial agreement, according to People Magazine, so Tameka is not likely to come away with a large portion of Usher’s earnings. She’ll probably get some excellent child support though.
Usher and Tameka are shown on 12/31/08. Credit: PRPhotos
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| | In Touch: Usher files for divorce from Tameka Foster | | Added 14 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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I?m doing my best not to say anything snotty as I sadly report that Usher and wife Tameka Foster have officially parted ways. While Tameka is no one?s favorite person (even Usher?s), and the couple have long been reported as having marital issues, they have two very young sons and this is very sad for them.
In Touch can exclusively reveal that Usher and his wife, Tameka Foster, are divorcing. ?The Grammy winner has been living apart from his wife for nearly a year after almost two years of marriage,? the insider exclusively tells In Touch, adding, ?Usher?s primary concern is for his children. He is a great father and just wants to do what is right for them.? The soon-to-be exes have two kids together, Usher Raymond V, 18 months, and Naviyd, 6 months.
And the insider says that it?s more than just talk ? the divorce papers were filed in Atlanta this morning. The couple has faced problems in the past. In November 2008, In Touch reported that Usher was flirting with girls at a party in Miami, and even asked a model what she was doing afterward. And in February, In Touch revealed that although Usher flew to Tameka?s side after she suffered cardiac arrest from cosmetic surgery in Brazil, he ?had no idea that she was there to have surgery.?
[From In Touch Weekly]
It was loudly rumored that the pair was breaking up (or already had broken up) late last year ? and then Tameka announced that she was pregnant with Naviyd. If they?ve been living apart for a year and Naviyd is six months old, that means they separated when Tameka was three months pregnant. Considering how loud the rumors were at the time, I wouldn?t be surprised if Usher and Tameka were already living apart, and then had a brief reconciliation.
Usher, you?ll remember, famously had doubts about the marriage from the beginning. Tameka came between him and his mother, who had been his manager for over a dozen years. Usher fired his mom at Tameka?s urging, and his career took a nosedive (she?s since been rehired). He canceled their lavish Long Island wedding the day before it was supposed to take place ? though later ended up marrying Tameka ? albeit at a courthouse.
This relationship has been on its last legs since before the pair walked down the aisle. It?s so sad since they have two little kids, but it?ll probably ultimately be better for them than growing up watching an angry, bitter marriage. Though I?m sure we?ll all have an angry, bitter divorce battle to witness first.
Here?s Usher shopping at Cross Creek in L.A. on June 2nd. Header of Tameka and Usher hosting the New Year’s Eve celebration at The Bank Nightclub in Las Vegas. Images thanks to WENN.com .
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| | Celebrity Tweets and Pictures: a fun way to waste time or just a waste? | | Added 15 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Celebrity Twitter Overkill video by Current.tv
Our friends at PopEater have a feature called “Celebrity Tweets You May Have Missed,” and we thought we might do a similar feature occasionally. There were some interesting Tweets last night from the more connected celebrities. We have some below, with each individual tweet in reverse order so that they make more sense. I’m kind of divided on this issue and am sometimes amused and sometimes bored by Twitter. Are the celebrities tweeting too much or is it all in good fun?
Ashton Kutcher - Hanging with Usher and teaching him to use Twitter
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| | Usher takes back his Chris Brown comment | | Added 15 years ago | Source: The Blemish |
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After Usher saw photos of Chris Brown riding jet skis without a care in the world, he said he was “a little disappointed” and Chris should “have a little remorse, man.” In a statement released Tuesday he says he takes it back.
“The comments made during a recent recording session amongst friends were taken out of context and blown out of proportion. I apologize on behalf of myself and my friends if anyone was offended. The intentions were not to pass judgment and we meant no harm. I respect and wish the best for all parties involved.”
In Usher’s defense, people who are sorry don’t usually party at mansions and ride around on jet skis three weeks after they turn their girlfriend’s face into a Picasso. A better statement would be to cut the brakes on Chris Brown’s car.
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(photo from WireImage)
Usher cancelled a pre-Grammy performance for a family emergency. Today Access Hollywood revealed that the emergency is that his wife suffered complications from plastic surgery in Brazil. A neurosurgeon is being flown in from South America.
My prayers are that she get better.
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| | Usher and Tameka Foster welcome their second son | | Added 15 years ago | Source: CeleBitchy |
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Usher and wife Tameka in February 2007. The couple are the proud new parents of a baby boy. Photo credit: WENN.
This is one of those times where I have to say I was wrong. Back when the news first broke that Tameka Foster, wife of R&B star Usher, was expecting the couple’s second child, I didn’t believe it at first. I thought it was a ploy by Tameka to hang onto her husband, because of the rumors swirling at the time that they were about to break up. Well, I stand corrected, because the couple today announced the birth of their baby - a boy named Naviyd Ely Raymond.
Usher and wife Tameka have welcomed another boy, his rep confirms to Usmagazine.com exclusively.
Naviyd Ely Raymond was born at 2:33 a.m. Wednesday and weighed 5 lbs, 13 oz. Their first son, Usher Raymond V, turned 1 on Nov. 26.
“Tameka and the baby are doing fine,” a rep for the singer tells Us.
The R&B singer, 30, confirmed he and Foster, whom he wed in 2007, were expecting last month. (Sources first told Usmagazine.com the news in September.)
“Definitively. We’re actually expecting, if you didn?t hear, in December” he told Access Hollywood. “One of the best Christmas gifts there is to have!”
A month before the boy was born, he told Access that they said they still hadn’t settled on a name.
“There are a few names,” he added. “But if you guys have any unique one, please feel free to hit me up. Let me know.”
[From Us Weekly]
Sounds like they finally decided on something “unique.” I’m not even sure how to pronounce it. This is Tameka’s fifth son, and Usher’s second. I suppose the name could have been worse - when the report first came out, I was a little worried that Usher was going to take a page from the George Foreman school of naming kids and christen this baby Usher Raymond VI. Congrats to the couple.
Photos of Usher and Tameka over the last two years. Photo credit: WENN.
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Just over a year ago, he welcomed his first son Usher Raymond V, and now sources have confirmed that Usher and his wife Tameka are proud parents once again.
According to reports, the “Yeah” singer was blessed with another healthy baby boy yesterday (December 10), and Usher was right by his bride’s side during the delivery.
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