Usher's Wedding Woes Continue

Why did Usher and Tameka Foster call off their wedding yesterday? It seems that absolutely nothing was working for the would-be bride and groom.

Usher's mother and former manager was part of the problem, as were differences in opinion between the couple. Usher's mother, Jonetta Patton, is against the wedding, and was only invited to the ceremony at the last minute. Her disapproval, a source told People, "is one of the main obstacles."

Usher wanted to take the reception upscale with a catered dinner from chef Jean Georges, while Foster wanted a backyard barbecue. "They only decided two weeks ago to have a wedding," said a source. "They wanted to have it take place before the baby bump started showing."


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46. I'm glad Usher is not marrying this heshe and she's allready got like a million "other" kids he might as well stayed with Chilli

Posted at 8:53PM on Jul 29th 2007 by MRSKINGYOUNG

47. To Kiss it...do you mean me??
I was being sarcastic to Michelle

hope that clears that up for you.

Posted at 2:07PM on Jul 29th 2007 by are you new?

48. My comment is directed towards Sebastian and his comment............DON'T THESE THE PEOPLE HAVE FATHER...................WHAT IN THE HELL DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING?!?!?!?

Posted at 5:47PM on Jul 29th 2007 by tammi

49. Silly, silly......I remember reading a few blogs several months ago about this. This was a planned split only to sell more records as his upcoming CD will discuss the relationship and break up. The world will be suckered in to feeling sorry for him and he will go on to sell millions of records. Just google it and you will see reports of this separation months ago.......LOL, actually before the announcement they were getting married. Way to go, Usher! I guess it worked!

Posted at 2:24PM on Jul 29th 2007 by R.E

50. @ #47

This boy is talented enough (I think) than to waste his time doing crap like this. But I guess if you're insecure and feel as though you're slipping among the newer younger breed that's coming out, I guess you'd have to do this kind of garbage (if its true).

This is one way to completely chase your fan base away. But in his case, he's probably doing it to GAIN back his fan base. Even he knew his choice in women clearly cost him brownie points with his fans...

Posted at 2:42PM on Jul 29th 2007 by gee

51. There you go, Usher! Listen to mama... she sounded like she was after your money from the getgo. You can have any woman in the world... why would you want someone who is so much OLDER than you and has a bunch of babies to take care of?! I'm sorry if you're devastated, but she just wasn't right for you.

A BBQ wedding?? you have more class than to celebrate marriage like that. Who does she think she is? Good luck.

-Vallejo, CA

Posted at 2:43PM on Jul 29th 2007 by Usher'sfutureBride

52. I LOVE USHER TO DEATH, but his choices in females really puzzles me. I am not hating on the fact she is older because we never know who we will fall in love with. I am not against people on dating people with kids but there are and should be limitation especially like a man of usher caliber. Usher, this woman has 3 kids, therefore she is done. I do not know if she had any of her kids out of wedlock nor do I care to know the glory details, but if this is the case then that should tell you what type of female that you are dealing with. I am not excluding the fact that she is very capable of taking care of her kids by herself and maybe that is case, kudos for that one, but come on and look at the bigger picture. If you have to carry your mother for a female of your choice I feel that it is not worth it. Your mother has her hangups for a reason about her. I have watch many of stories about your life, and I know it is hard to have your mother as a manger better yet as a mother but it seems to me she has not steer you wrong yet, look at what you have accomplish. Yes, you may have did the hard physical work but behind ever strong man there is a strong women but in your case it has been your mother. Women intuition is a bitch something that males will never understand so take your mother concerns into consideration. I personally think you can do better, come to d.c. and find out, don't be scare to step out your element , step out of your inner circle and date someone that is an ordinary girl that is not in the gleam light. and maybe you will find a real dime piece for a wife. Everyone is not after your money, but just in case be careful of that anyway. YOU CAN SPEND IT HERE ON EARTH BUT YOU CAN NOT TAKE IT WITH YOU TO YOUR GRAVE. Patch things you with your mother you only have one. At this point your options are very limited because you have gotten her pregnant which was a no, no. On the real you should go ahead and marry her because it is cheaper to keep her, or do the wise thing and suck it up ; don't. You already know the out come of that, child support which you will end up taking care of the kids she already has plus your child and her for life. Did you even take notes from DIDDY, just be grateful it is only one, LOVE YOU ANY WAY, WISH YOU WELL, WISH YOU FOUND ME BEFORE DO WHAT YOU DID, ONE LOVE:)

Posted at 2:50PM on Jul 29th 2007 by Telling Like It Is

53. 50,His girlriend being OLDER than him shouldn't be
the issue. Its
working for Demi and Ash. Plus Demi has like what....5 kids or
something?? And Ash has got to be at least 12 years old compred to
Demi whose damn near 60.

Posted at 2:49PM on Jul 29th 2007 by gee

54. Lenn thanks for making me laugh, I needed that. Umm the illegitimacy rate in the Black community peaked at 70.4 percent in 04 (a lot I will admit), but has since been replaced by Hispanics. Consider I’m a Black woman married to a Dominican man and neither of us have children; I think I deserve a prize. LMAO. J/K, but seriously, a woman as old as Tameka prolly didn’t think she could even get pregnant, so why take birth control? Or what if she told Usher he was on birth control? Having a baby does not mean you have to get married as long as the father supports HIS childand that can be prove by DNA. Usher is not denying paternity at this point, so WHY should people get married just because they are having a child. That’s one of the reasons why the divorce rate is staying over 50%, ppl who get married for the baby and not for themselves. I am 1 of the few married people in my Hispanic/Black neighborhood of the Bronx, but yet everyone else has kids. Easier to defraud public assistance, and my tax dollars, by saying you’re not married and have your baby’s daddy live with you. Sad, but happy to say that Blacks have since been replaced, thankyouverymuch. PS – Have you read about CBS settling with Imus, so it looks like you can say something racist and STILL get paid.

Posted at 2:52PM on Jul 29th 2007 by Toni

55. Toni, I don't know where you got your stats, but the rates in the black community is around 75 to 80 percent. This hispanics rate is around 50% and the white rate is around 40%. Neither one of these are worth bragging about. You point about getting married in todays time is correct, because no one fear there parents rage or society is to worried about gay marriage, abortion and free health for all, which by the way really won't be free. I don't care about Don Imus, but I do think he has the right to say things that people don't like, just like Jessie Jackson talking about Jews calling them hymies, he never got fired or condemned for that act. My biggest beef about the black community is how they let themselves get used by the poverty pimps and the so-call civil rights leaders who only concern is how to keep blacks down for their own benefit. I think, no, I know that blacks are some the most honest and hard working people on earth and really decent folks and the white left-wing liberals and other black leaders want to keep them down for their own selfs. When you can get 90% of any race to vote one way you got suckers and they know this!!!!

Posted at 3:22PM on Jul 29th 2007 by Lenn K

56. Sometimes older woman young men marriages work out. I am 10 years older than my husband, and we have two girls aged 7 and 4 years old. We have been together 12 years.

Posted at 3:36PM on Jul 29th 2007 by Katie

57. This guy I dated on/off for 3-4 years named Bill has a younger brother named Jamie who married a woman 3 years ago with 3 kids from a previous relationship. Jamie is only 34 and the woman is 28. The ex was abusive to her and the kids I don't exactly know the whole story but I know that at first according to Bill alot of people didn't approve of Jamie and Crystal together (because of her "baggage" as they call it) but he didn't care he loved Crystal for who she was (and her 3 children obviuosly) Jamie knew that her ex was a deadbeat dad who really wasn't there for his children at all. Jamie understood that, I know that there mother sort of acted like Usher's mom did But luckily Bill's mom got over it and met her family and her kids and connected with them easily. Sure she wasn't thrilled about her past but hey you know she KNEW Jamie was an "adult" and that she couldn't really tell him what to do anymore. She saw how happy he was and let him be nonetheless

Anyways I'm suprisd that Usher just didn't tell his mom "look i"m happy" I mean maybe he grew up from the guy that cheated on Chilli from TLC, but that's a shame that you know her unhappiness cancelled there wedding (or maybe that Usher got to his senses I dunno)

Sure Jamie could have freaked out and cancelled the wedding too but you know what they have been ( I assume) married now for 3 years or so and they are happy. So all things can work out if you put effort and compromise into it (Something I'm not so sure if Usher did or not)

One more thing
Usher
if you ever do get married
HIRE A WEDDING PLANNER
so that you don't have differences while planning or if you do the planner can hopefully help you work them out

- Amy

Posted at 12:24PM on Jul 30th 2007 by Amy

58. I don't think Usher is a mama's boy; I think his mother recognized a gold digger from a mile away. This woman has three kids prior to usher and then after she gets pregnant by usher she decides that now is the right time to bring a child into the world the right way. This woman just want to marry Usher and get half of his fortune. He did the right thing mother knows best. Maybe if Actors, Artist and Musicians had more positive influences and actually listened to them they wouldn't have all of these problems. Look at Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton. They have not a care in the world yet they create every single one of their problems.

Posted at 4:24PM on Jul 29th 2007 by Jamie Kennedy

59. That should be "older woman younger man marriages"

Posted at 3:40PM on Jul 29th 2007 by Katie

60. People you should never marry Just because a baby is involed thats the worst thing u can do...diddy does a good job of taking care of his children and if you keep up with the story LYNN then you would see that decision to break up was mutual between Kim and Diddy ...and why would usher want to marry someone with no class 4 children and someone who can get along with anybody especially his mom??? im glad he woke nice going Ush but beware shes going to be a handful as a baby momma!!!!

Tony Core

Posted at 11:30AM on Jul 30th 2007 by Tony Core

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