June 11, 2009 Usher Files For Divorce!

According to In Touch Usher is divorcing his wife Tameka Foster — the divorce papers were filed in Atlanta this morning.
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,” an 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.”
I can’t say that I didn’t see this one coming. Actually, I’m surprised that it didn’t happen sooner. I’m sure there are personal reasons as to why the marriage didn’t work out, and it’s nobody’s place to judge what went wrong or to place blame on either party. I will say this though, with Usher’s new album scheduled for release later this year it’ll be interesting to see whether he plays up the “player” image as opposed to the “married” image that many saw as the main reason for the commercial failure of his last album. Now that Tameka is out of the picture, if this album underperforms, he has no one else to blame but himself.
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