Various sources are reporting that Usher's wedding to Tameka Foster has been canceled, and as of this posting no reason has been given, but I'm sure we'll find out soon enough.
The wedding was scheduled for today and had reportedly been planned at record executive LA Reid's home in the Hamptons.
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."
Now I'm wondering if they've broken up or are still together. I admit I haven't been following these two closely, which is why I had no idea that Foster was pregnant and due sometime this Fall - nor did I realize she had three children from her marriage to Ryan Glover.
The National Enquirer is running a story about Foster in the latest issue, accusing Foster of being less than honest about her background:
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 mother0 and replacing her with Tameka.
The 36-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 (bleeping) 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.”
I don't know if there's any truth to what the National Enquirer is reporting, however it does seem a little strange that the couple would call off the wedding just days after this story surfaced.
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