You know things are rough when you’re fighting with your own No. 1 fan site.Sources say Usher is trying to shut down usherforever.com because the woman behind the site, Erika Jackson, doesn’t care for his fiancee, Tameka Foster.
“He’s had his lawyer send her papers,” said an insider.
Foster has proved unpopular with many fans, amid rumors she was responsible for the firing of Usher’s manager (and mom), Jonetta Patton.
In May, Usher parted ways with longtime publicist Simone Smalls, and recently his other longtime rep, Chris Chambers, left the team. Chambers is said to have disapproved of the “open letter” Usher released to fans last week.
The singer wrote: “It’s disturbing that the media and bloggers (under the guise as ‘fans’) continuously speculate on the personal aspects of my life.”
Usherforever.com repeated a scathing response to that letter, originally from Rolling Stone, which called the move “petty.”
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There’s a thin line between fan and stalker especially when “fans” get invovled in a celebs personal life at that level. Come on, Usher needs a fans approval before getting married?! And it’s funny how every fansite claims to be the “#1 Fansite” When WOB of Britney was shutting down, there were about ten other sites also claiming to be the #1 fansite. Now, those some of those same websites still use that motto. Sounds like a bunch of kabash to me. Bottom line, Usher is an adult. Let him marry who he wants to marry. Let personal lives be personal. Public lives be public. Oh wait, then you’d be out of a job.
Okay… threatening legal action is taking it a bit far, if you ask me. But at the same time, a fan site has absolutely no business running down his fiance, or taking issue with any aspect of his personal life. If you’re a fan of someone’s music or movies, be a fan of their music and movies and leave their personal life out of it. It’s got nothing to do with their talent, which is what we’re supposed to be paying attention to in the first place.
OK well I understand what both of yall are saying however this is the life he picked… and his fans are the ones who made him who he is… I wouldnt want my personal life public… then again I would have not said a word and just kept everything to myself.
His fans ARE who made him who he is, but that doesn’t give them the right to dictate how he lives his life.
If usher wants to marry this woman then let him marry I mean he is a grown man but let’s keep it on the real though Usher a real kool person but these type of relationships when the woman is WAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY older than the man usually don’t work out but if this one does then oh well