Usher On Tameka Foster: “It Just Was NEVER Going To Work Out 100 Percent”

Posted on August 30th, 2010 - By Bossip Staff

Categories: Babies, Baby Mama Drama, ChitChatter, Congratulations, Divorces, matrimony-dom, News, Tameka Foster, Usher

Usher and kids People Magazine

Usher is being a good Daddy for People Magazine, talking in detail about his sons Usher V (aka Cinco) and Nayvid as well as his divorce from their mother, Tameka Foster.

In the interview Usher refrains from bashing his notorious ex-wife:

“I appreciate the relationship for what it was,” he says. “Even though it didn’t work out, I’m glad we got together. I love her as the mother of my children; we just couldn’t be married.”

So what went wrong? Usher says that shortly after the birth of their second child, he and Foster started to disagree over everything from parenting style to his busy schedule.

“We’re two different people,” he says, “and we have two different goals. It just was never going to work out 100 percent.”

Usher also spilled the beans on his kids personalities, explaining:

“Usher [V] is always in everything,” he says. “He’s an instigator. He’s the one who leads his brother astray. I was like that when I was his age.”

Naviyd is more of a follower, doing whatever his big brother does. “So if one gets in trouble, the other one does, too,” says Usher. “They both have a lot of energy. They can wear me out.”

Fortunately, Usher has a babysitter nearby – his mom, Jonetta Patton, lives around the corner. “She spoils them,” Usher says with a sigh. “She lets them do everything that she wouldn’t let me do. Sometimes, when I’m scolding the kids, I sound just like my mom. I’m like, ‘how did Jonetta get in here?’“

Usher also got in some good promo for his new EP Versus:

“My music is about where I am at the time,” he says. “In Raymond vs. Raymond, I was going through a lot of things, and it came out in my music. My marriage fell apart and I was suddenly a single father. But now, with Versus, I’m singing about being a dating father.”

And will he sing about falling in love again? “I still believe in love,” says Usher. “I believe in marriage. When I fall in love again, everyone will know. I’ll sing about it.”

Those boys are so cute — Cinco has his Daddy’s head!!!

That marriage/divorce aged Usher about a decade almost overnight, but hopefully he can keep it pushin’and get his career back on track.

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  • It’s Me

    playa next time listen to ya momma. A mom knows when shyt smells fishy, and Tameka was fishy from the start.

  • The Real Betty Boop

    The one in the black don’t look like him at all! The younger son is a spittin image. Ol’Tameka might’ve paid some hush money to the dna extracter to say the eldest one is his too. It might be the husband she left for Usher son! She got pregnant 2 quick after she started publicly dating him. Looks suspect if u ask me! Smh!

  • Tracy

    She was strict anyway…But his boys are soooo cute! :)

  • Curveball

    The one in the green t shirt is his. Not so sure about the other one.

  • HaterAllDay

    Good for Usher wanting to be apart of his son’s lives…we need more of that

  • Key from the City

    Funny because when they were getting divorced, Usher questioned whether Nayvid was his (black shirt). DNA proved both were his. I find Cinco to look just like his father.

  • ~ChynaPeach~

    I’ll marry u Usher!

  • leah

    he sure can make some pretty babies. I never liked tamieka, she was just not right

  • Curious1 aka DreamCatcher

    THIS is what makes me like this DUDE as a MAN…forget the music..because when the lights go out…HE ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT AND LOVES HIS BOYS..HIS KIDS…

    I wonder if Foster mingles these Rich Golden GORGEOUS Lil Boys with her other 3-4 Boys she had by her other husband whom she cheated on being with “Ursher”

  • nwilson

    He really seem to make a good dad. His eyes just lights up when talking about his boys. He should have listen to his mom about Tameka but, you live and you learn. I think he’s learned.

  • Real black kings have black queens

    how do ya’ll know how she was….

    jealous black women=pathetic

    and wonder why ya’ll lonely

    atleat usher had a black queen

    not the average becky or mutt!!!

    marriage can not work when evryone else opinion matters more- usher fans killed his marriage!! 2 MANY of our BLACK WOMEN R BITTER!!!

  • WELL LOOKIE HERE!!!

    both of the babies are absolutely adorable!!

  • whatintheworld10

    I love Usher depsite whoever he marries/married. He is a great artist and has blessed all of us for many years.. Leave him be… Im happy for him and his kids.. No one is perfect, and Im tired of people making negative comments like they dont have no drama in their lives.

  • ENUFF IS ENUFF

    That’s what he gets he should have listen to his moma when she told him not to marry that woman!

  • TRUTH IS….

    You are right, the baby doesn’t look like “Ursher” he looks exactly like Usher’s mom.

  • tiwana

    @Real black kings have black queens

    you are so correct, but i am a black queen but recently my man cheated. now what? am i gonna be an jealous black woman=pathetic?

  • Jenene

    Celebrities are so accustomed to having things their way, they forget that nothing is perfect. We have to STRIVE for excellence. Happiness isn’t handed to us.
    Who the hell told you marriage was going to work out 100%?! Nobody whose been married will tell you that life has been gone according to plan. People work together to build a marriage and committed people don’t stop just because there are bumps in the road.

  • Binkchicity Mom

    Cute kids Usher! I’m glad he got away from her early on in the marriage. Old azz women need to marry old azz men, not kids!

  • TAMEKA IS THAT YOU GIRL??

    Hey Um, u comin off kinda skrong….”Usher fans killed his marriage” WOW.

    Again Tameka Girl is that you?????? SMDH LMAO!!!

  • jenna love

    I thought Usher and tameka made a cute couple and tthe haters got the best of him in his marriage to Tameka. Tameka is a pretty woman and im glad that they still have a good relationship for the sake of the family.

  • TRUTH IS

    The oldest looks exactly like Usher’s mother….we all know why, cuz she couldn’t stand Tameka and Tameka probably couldn’t stand her either. Hence a “marked” child!

  • Greeneyedbandit

    His ex-wife just loved him the wrong way,she seem like a nice person though.Him and chilli only looked like a nice couple,but she was controllin too while being controlled by her son father when her and usher were together.

  • MsRachael

    Exactly!

  • RMEs

    His kids are really cute.

  • http://urnotpdiddyloser 5’10″ AKILLAH RICHARDS(D.K.N.Y. boys like me a lot)

    USHER IS SEKSI!!!!! GOOD LAWD OF MERCY!! that is all

  • http://urnotpdiddyloser 5’10″ AKILLAH RICHARDS(D.K.N.Y. boys like me a lot)

    I wonder what……

  • S.a.s.s.y24

    Real black How could ushers fans have killed his marriage? You sound stupid.

  • danimoni

    I luv Usher and it is so great to see him being a real father to his sons u need more men like him.

  • Hope4more

    Alot of marriaqes do not work out for whatever reason, but if you remain friends and work out together what is best for the children everything will go alot smoother. You can still care for the other person and not want to be married to them.
    Now back to the music!!!!!!!

  • http://urnotpdiddyloser 5’10″ AKILLAH RICHARDS(D.K.N.Y. boys like me a lot)

    Tameka and Chili we know you’re in here. Tell us about the SEX. lol j/k

  • Keepnit100

    Aww..cute kids

  • You Like It

    Mmmmm Hmmm!

  • THE REAL DEAL

    Didnt that album just come out why is he already on another one, my thing with artist today you mad cuz we dont buy your ish but its because you dont take time to make good albums anymore, you push out trash each year. SMHID!

  • Go run tell dat!!!

    You say the youngest one is his spitting image. Ummm the youngest one IS the one in black whom you also say looks nothing like him! Get it together or dont bother to comment. Yu sound really stupid. Period.

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  • jenna love

    You said it right there know excuse for his behavior towards his wife.

  • jenna love

    The kids are very cute.

  • PrettyTony_IsWhat_TheyCallMe

    It happens all the time….many women attitudes change after having babies, especially multiple times. They come across like the man’s goals are suppose to change and life is all about them & the babies. It’s immature on their part, considering he still has to get to the $$$$$, but sometimes they never grow out of it. Lose the woman, save the kids from all the stress/drama, and gain yourself.

  • realdwn2erth

    Awwwww! He’d betta take care of them two; little, handsome young men, cause they’re just; adooooooooorable!!

  • realdwn2erth

    Typo: I meant to say: THOSE TWO!

  • BE TRUE !!!!!!!

    Hey I been marryed for 30 years…….Just keep it real

    The kids Usher has are just to cute…………….Just
    keep it ral

  • jamesjones

    sory but one of those kids isn’t his

  • EB

    I wonder if Usher would get grief for trying out a ‘Becky’now … lol. Im sure the fellas wouldnt blame him …

  • Million $$ Girl

    MOB, Mommas over B*tches.

  • Million $$ Girl

    I love usher but he look like his breath stink..LOL…im just saying!

  • tameka ray

    who is usher trying to fool that marriage didnt work because he was caught cheating! the paps caught him with another woman and he made up this story to save face. even tameka didnt know about the divorce until she heard about it in the media.

  • ~ChynaPeach~

    Lmaoooo that was funny.

  • *Casonovette*

    That Was His KARMA For How He Did Chilli…who can’t see that??

  • star

    aw

  • star

    the son in black looks like him.

  • Hugh

    How typical…

    Blame it ALL on the FEMALE. Men “NEVER” do ANYTHING WRONG in ANY and EVERY relationship.

  • 2dimplzs

    That’s all I’m saying. I know he wanted to prove he was grown and could make good decisions and all, but look how that turned out! Next time give your mom a listening ear and don’t be so quick to think that she’s trying to run your love life. She was just looking out for you – and with good reason.

  • ShawtyWhereYouAt

    @casonovette i agree. Karma is a b*tch name Tameka Foster!!! Anyways…the one in the green is the spitting image of him. But that other one is questionable…if he didnt get a test on that one…he sure should. CHILD SUPPORT AINT CHEAP!!!

  • tellthetruth

    They are too cute! He seems to be a genuinely good father and that’s all that should matter ’cause it’s about them not about him and Tameka.

  • !!!!!

    CUTE KIDS ESP THAT OLDEST ONE,IM GLAD USHER BACK TO HIS NORMAL SELF.

  • Shantay

    I’m so glad Usher seen the light. I’m ready for Usher to put out music that we can dance to. Maybe this time around Usher will take his time with love. Tameka was in the marriage for all the wrong reasons. Usher can now put all this madness behind him and keep making great music.

  • Mabel

    Usher doesn’t strike me as anybody’s fool. Sure he knew it was never going to work 100%, but he needed some kids and he had an available uterus and went to work. He always send off a crafty vibe to me, and I believe he’s the kinda man where everything he does is calculated.

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  • Nella

    WEIRD PICTURE:

    Either Usher either has unusally large hands or an extra small head.

    *side eye*

  • http://www.jaycalvertmd.com/ CAPlastic Surgeon

    Nothing every works 100%. Your choice though dude. Hope you will be there for your boys.

  • Liz

    Y’all can keep believing that mom’s interference is a good thing. I wouldn’t allow my mom to put her two cents in, especially after I am married. Marriage is between a man and woman. This does not include your parents or friends. Funny how he absolutely loved and defended her in the beginning, then all of a sudden, divorce. I just don’t buy that. But who really knows.

  • iilegit

    @Liz
    I agree,Usher left Tamekia cuz she wasnt willing to put up wit his cheating ways.So he divorced her,now he with an older woman,cuz older woman r so happy to get a young man they will accept any baggage that comes

  • tiny

    If every man listened to their mothers about the women they wanted to love, no one would get married, have love or discover what they really wanted in life. Beautiful boys, no, that marriage wasn’t a mistake. I didn’t live with them I can’t claim she wasn’t for him, because How would I know that by listening to his music? I had only wished them happiness, it didn’t work out. Chilli wasn’t for him either or else they would have been together. Both of those boys look like Usher, if not he says they are his, so that is all that counts. Daddy Usher,

  • White Women Rule

    Darling you have children, yes we know. As adorable as that is can you please dress like a father and an adult MAN and not a pre-pubescent boy. Showing ones behind is not only juvenile, but simply screams raving homosexual. Why else would a man want to show his behind dear? That’s not high on a woman’s list for a man…at least not an educated woman.

  • I’m mad

    Yeah Yeah, I’m just mad that monkey messed up my sons. They could been so much cuter..SMH… Just sad and uncalled for.

  • lmao

    those kids look like monkeys

  • reabuttknocks!

    ^^so do u and so will/do ur kids if u have any. If not do the world a favor, please don’t procreate because u are a buffoon and a dumb azz. Your kids will most likely be dumb buffoons as well. Go to sleep with your ignorant azz. Smdh. e m Tour

  • Southbay

    A kid don’t have to look like his father to be his kid. My daughter looks absolutely nothing, no even a lil resemblance of me, yet she’s my daughter.
    Before you make yourself look like an ignorant fool, learn a thing or two about genetics.

  • 4sho

    thank u southbay….couldnt stand the stupidity of all those saying that one is not his kid coz he doesnt look like him. Can anyone get any more stupid?!

  • latonya

    awh what adorable little baby boys. they look so sweet.

  • anonymous

    @Blessed Daughter, he didn’t put her in a bad light–he said it didn’t work out, damn! What do you expect him to say? You act like you know them. And please knock off the generalizations about older women because some of them are losers too!

  • Blessed Daughter

    @anonymous

    Who ever you are I beg to differ with you. But your response on the other hand would give one that you knew the personally yourself. Furthermore, I’ve read many reports of Usher claiming negative things about Tameka. Where have you been? My point was and still is Usher should not do interviews about his wife that leave one to negatively speculate about her character. Lastly, the rest of my comment you can accept my opinion or reject it. If you do or you don’t is really your prerogative.

  • ANOYMOUS

    USHER LOOKED GOOD HIS KIDS LOOKED LIKE HIM NAV LOOKED LIKE USHER MOM USHERV LOOKED LIKE HIM NOTHING FOR THAT BEAST THANK GOD. LOVE USHER ALWAYS WISH HE MARRYED CHILLI INSTEAD OF THAT BEAST.

  • SARAH

    Usher has some really cute sons, I hate that he et the media control his marriage. He let the fans dictate him being in love or not. “it wouldnt work out 100%” NO RELATIONSHIP WILL BE PERFECT!!! That is so stupid sounding to me. Usher got caught cheating with that Grace woman and he left to save face. B.S to this story. He is a cheater and I can tell by his last relationship and his interviews, the break up doesnt make sense at all. something is fishy and its Usher

  • Hami Thomas

    I know am clear that Usher is a puppet. he is a Mommas boy and a light seeker, he ruined a family so wonderful for the music game. I hope he wins, bad gamble Ursher.

  • Savrah

    His mama look like a hater to me. I dont know, she was kinda silly with her responses on the interview and when she said that she sent her son to New York alone at 14 to learn the business. I bet he did. Smh. the mama aint good advisor to me, shes money grubbing.

  • juli

    Ditto!!! Moms smelled a rat from day 1, she knew Tamika was a gold digger, I bet he wished that he would stayed with Chilli now, lmao

  • Chilli/Usher Fan

    you rude to say that, you look like a monkey.

  • Mrs_White

    You people are funny, so you mean to tell me that a child has to look like the father to be his child. That is the dumbest thing that I have ever heard. Neither one of my children look like their father and he pulled the same I want a DNA test because he was a hoe, not me. And the results came back that 99.99% both of them were his. YA’LL IGNORANT FOLKS NEED TO LEARN ABOUT HOW GENETICS WORK OR SHUT THE HELL UP!!!!!!!

  • Mrs_White

    PREACH!!!! Everyone has drama in their lives and those who say they don’t are lying!!

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