SAME OLE EXCUSE

First of all, let me apologize for my two week absence. There is no excuse! Seriously, I’ve been trying to finish up a project. Since that’s over (for now), it’s time to get back to business.

At the end of working on my project, I caught Behind The Music with singer Usher. The show explored his career but they mostly talked about his well-publicized relationships with TLC member Chilli and stylist Tameka Foster. It was similar to the approach they took with Jennifer Lopez. Anyway, they came to the part where the talked about how the public reacted to Usher marrying Tameka and, as usual, they gave the same ole excuse. “They weren’t ready to see him married.” The public wanted him to stay single- a heartthrob.

Well, I think that there’s something to the adage that when the public gets to know you one way, it’s hard to change but are they forgetting that the public was supportive of Usher dating Chill? If the public wanted him to be single so bad, why did they support him and Chilli as a couple? And why do they support people, like Will and Jada? I can tell you why. Because for one reason or another (rather warranted or not), the public-mostly Usher’s fans- had concerns about Tameka. Believe it or not, there is a strange kind of relationship between entertainer and their public and I think his fans thought they were looking out for his best interest.

Do you think people’s reaction to Usher’s marriage is as simple as “they didn’t wanna see him married?”