Saturday, July 28, 2007

USHER AND TAMEKA CALL OFF WEDDING?!?! DID THE BLACK R&B SUPERSTAR GET COLD FEET? WAS CHILLI BEHIND IT?

BOMBSHELL: USHER MARRIES AFTER ALL!!

Is it this another rumor? Was his mama there?
Does he still love Chilli?

Usher, 28, and Tameka "How The Stylist Got Her Groove Back" Foster were supposed to tie the knot today at record executive LA Reid’s Hamptons estate. All guests who were expected to attend the event have been told that the event will not take place as originally planned.

In a statement to the Associated Press, publicist Patti Webster said, "It was announced today that the wedding ceremony for Usher Raymond IV and Tameka Foster was canceled.

What "Confessions" will Usher make this time???



No additional information will be given regarding the circumstances of the cancellation, but we hope the privacy of this matter will be respected." Usher and Tameka are expecting a child together in January, but no word if they still remain engaged. Foster has three children with her first husband.

There is no confirmation if its a case of cold feet or perhaps Tameka decided to be a “runaway bride”, but there have been rumors that Usher’s mother wasn’t happy about the union. Usher even went to the extent to fire his mother as his manager. Then there was the rumor of a prenuptial agreement not being requested by Usher, making for even more drama.

You know Black blogs like Young, Black and Fabulous, Bossip, Concrete Loop, and Dirty Whore will be taking about this for weeks!

While no official reason was given for the sudden cancellation, E! News is reporting that Usher's mother, Jonnetta Patton, was less than keen on the match and was not invited. There were reports that Usher's godfather, actor Ben Vereen, was also taken off the guest list because of his protestation to the marriage.

In May, Usher cut professional ties with Patton, who had served as his manager for the length of the 28-year-old's mega-successful career. He denied whispers that the termination was prompted by 36-year-old Foster after she expressed interest in becoming his manager. The same month he also amicably split with his publicist of nine years, Simon Smalls.
Earlier this week, blogs sites and the National Enquirer reported that Tameka Foster has a history of arrests:

"Tameka is an ex-con whose first lover was gunned down in a drug-related execution-style shooting." Poor Usher has no idea who he's marrying," Tameka's half sister Valencia Foster told The Enquirer. " Tameka, fleeing from a troubled home life, moved in with Valencia when she was 11. "She arrived with $14 in food stamps in her purse," recalled Valencia. "She turned out to be a nightmare. "By 14, she had become involved with a married drug dealer five years older than her, Valencia says. "I banned him from the house – but four years later she was pregnant with his baby when his car was ambushed and he was riddled with bullets. Tameka missed being with him in the car by minutes." -- The National Enquirer

Two weeks ago, the mutliplatinum entertainer addressed the speculation swirling around his relationship with Foster. In an open letter to People, he denied that the older woman was controlling his life.

"I am happy, excited, completely clear and independent on my direction, feelings, decisions and I am NOT BEING LED," he wrote. "Some media and bloggers have been totally intrusive, they have misconstrued aspects of my personal life and, because of this, my 'true' fans are not sure about what is fact and what is fiction.

Now Mama Usher loved her some Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas. Check out the sexy singer's video response here.

THE WEDDING WAS CALLED OFF BECAUSE _____________ (Fill in the Blank)