Usher & Tameka Foster's wedding cancelled

sharon_b · July 28th, 2007, 06:49 PM

The wedding of Usher and Tameka Foster, originally planned for Saturday afternoon at record executive LA Reid's home in New York's Hamptons, has been canceled, a representative for Usher confirms to PEOPLE .

A source also says that the 70 to 100 guests who were expected at the wedding are being advised that the event will not take place as originally planned. Flower decorations have also been seen being removed from the Reid home.

In a statement, publicist Patti Webster said, "It was announced today that the wedding ceremony for Usher Raymond IV and Tameka Foster was canceled. No additional information will be given regarding the circumstances of the cancellation, but we hope the privacy of this matter will be respected."

This was to have been the first marriage for the R&B singer and actor, 28 (real name: Usher Raymond), and the second for Foster, 37, a stylist who has worked with Lauryn Hill and Toni Braxton – as well as with Usher.

The couple, who became engaged earlier this year, first became a serious item a year and a half ago, Foster has said.

In January, the couple announced they were expecting their first child together, due the fall. Foster has three other children from a previous marriage, to Noontime Music cofounder Ryan Glover.

Webster would not comment on whether Usher and Foster are still engaged or even remain a couple.

Usher & Tameka Foster's Wedding Canceled - Usher : People.com

zillah. · July 28th, 2007, 07:08 PM

Oh well...

Isn't he rumored to be gay anyways???

DeadDwarf · July 28th, 2007, 07:28 PM

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't Tameka the woman who was married with children and was cheating on her husband with Usher? Didn't she leave her husband for him? Makes you wonder!

Oh, and I wouldn't be shocked if he was gay either......

LynnieD · July 28th, 2007, 07:35 PM

You know....if I didn't know any better I would say that Usher is the answer to a blind item from several months ago---Ant the comic and host of 'Celebrity Fit Club' was on Howard Stern and said that he was dating a man (and I think he said the man wasn't white) and that the other man was engaged, but would never actually walk down the aisle. And that the man was B list famous.

Hmmmmmm.......

darksithbunny · July 28th, 2007, 08:06 PM

Wasn't it rumored that the baby isn't his?

SunShine23 · July 28th, 2007, 08:53 PM

i think he probably found out the baby isnt his

As for Ant and Usher-um, Ant is disgusting. Im sure if Usher were gay, his bf would be hot. and im pretty sure Usher is A list. Ants bf is probably D if not F list and he was trying to show off.

Laurent · July 28th, 2007, 09:13 PM

It's an odd coupling anyway - the almost-bride-to-be is not exactly ugly, but pretty damn close.

LynnieD · July 28th, 2007, 09:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SunShine23

i think he probably found out the baby isnt his

As for Ant and Usher-um, Ant is disgusting. Im sure if Usher were gay, his bf would be hot. and im pretty sure Usher is A list. Ants bf is probably D if not F list and he was trying to show off.

I agree--I think Usher could do far better than Ant. But it's been bugging me since Ant was on Howards show, the celebrity that he has been dating on the sly, that's engaged but will never actually get married. I HATE NOT KNOWING!

I bet the kid isn't his too. Besides the fact that he is gay.

Laurent · July 28th, 2007, 09:19 PM

I've wondered if Ant didn't make up the whole B list boyfriend thing for a little scandalous publicity. Then again, he got kind of specific with race and celebrity list ranking, so who knows!

LynnieD · July 28th, 2007, 09:25 PM

Unfortunately, we'll probably never know right?

Hey Laurent, I tried to PM you---to tell you that you really really really really need to go and see Kathy Griffin. I'm telling you, she's the best.

Sorry to hijack.

Natee471 · July 28th, 2007, 09:32 PM

"Tameka Foster 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. " He's a wonderful guy - but Tameka is giving him a big-time snow job." The scene for deception was set at a "getting to know the in-laws" dinner in Tameka's hometown of Oakland, Calif., on July 7 as the couple finalized plans for a July 28 wedding. Valencia, 49, explained that Usher led a prayer before dinner, then turned to her and said: "'You know all the family secrets - tell me about them.' Before I could say a word, Tameka kicked me so hard under the table she almost put a hole in my leg," Valencia said." Then she pulled me aside and whispered: 'Don't tell him anything.' "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.

"Court records show that Tameka has been arrested twice. In 1991, she served 20 days in the Los Angeles County Jail for petty theft and was placed on probation for two years. Records indicate she had previously served jail time. An earlier arrest in Alameda County, Calif., involved "some kind of welfare fraud, and she was sentenced to perform community service," said Valencia. Tameka, Usher's former wardrobe stylist, has three children and is expecting the singer's baby in the fall. Usher, 28, recently shocked fans by reportedly firing his manager mother and replacing her with Tameka. The 38-year-old bride asked her father, John Foster, to give her away at the wedding in the Hampton's, the tony New York enclave. But Tameka threatened to ban her mom from the ceremony - because she had lost her false teeth!

"Tameka told her: 'You're not coming to my wedding without teeth,' " Valencia said. "I asked her why she didn't buy her mother a new set, and she told me: 'Let her get her own . teeth- she didn’t take care of me when I was young.' "Valencia says Tameka's mom bought the new teeth herself - and she believes one day Usher will discover the truth about his new bride. "Usher is so much in love he’s under her spell," she said. "But he’s going to find out she’s a wolf in sheep's clothing."

LynnieD · July 28th, 2007, 09:40 PM

^^^Uh, wow. Thanks for sharing that Natee...that's some funny stuff. And SAD. She sounds like a real winner.

elrock6 · July 28th, 2007, 09:40 PM

I am not surprised because these two train wrecks are headed for disaster anyway. Why jump head long into the madness? They both should just stop!

Voodoo Child · July 29th, 2007, 12:54 AM

Funniest thing I seen was him pissed off with his younger brother on Punk'd. Btw love the song *Yeah*.

CherryDarling · July 29th, 2007, 01:21 AM

I do think he's gay and/or bi anyway...I remember hearing an interview w/Chili on the radio after they broke up. The DJ asked her if she could give any advice to any "listeners out there who were suffering from a broken heart/breakup/etc." She answered, "Yeah, never date a bisexual."

Ouch!