Usher.

OK. So Ursher is making the rounds to promote his new album which is out today. And, while I guess part of promoting yourself is addressing rumors - new and old - I'm kinda feeling like Ursher is reading from a script -- like this is what he thinks he should be saying about his marriage, his mother, and being a father to Baby Cinco (yes, they call the baby Cinco -- Usher V -- get it?) or Rabbit (Usher made that up real quick because "Cinco's new favorite toy is a blue bunny rabbit and he's always moving going no where fast." In his interview with Entertainment Weekly, he talks about how he used to be this player and could have any woman he wanted and was product of his environment and Jelly Belly changed that for him and addresses why his didn't go the wedding: ''My mother made a decision not to come to my wedding because she didn't really agree with my decision,'' he explains, declining to specify whether she disagreed with his choice of wife or his decision to fire her. ''I don't know why,'' he offers simply. ''She's never told me and I've never asked her.'' Though he demurs when pressed further for details, he reveals: ''It hurt me very much not to see her there 'cause I would've liked for her to be there, not to mention that I paid so much money for her to be accommodated and her behind didn't show up. [Laughs] But just as she's made stands, so have I.'' (That may help explain the title of his new album, though he insists, ''It's not me lashing out at anyone; it was the hottest name for the project, and a testimony to how certain I was about certain issues.'') Today on GMA, he tells Robin Roberts all of the same stuff....that all of the Internet rumors about his marriage ending are false. His wife has made him a man, a better man, a family man. When he became a husband he became a great man. Funny enough, Robin Roberts says "Let's talk about your son Usher" and he says, "Which son? I didn't know if you were talking about my fragrance Usher or my baby Usher." Hmmmmmm....interesting....he also says "just this morning, me and my wife were talking about the tragedies in Johannesburg and that is what you want in a companion".....really, Ursher? Just this morning that is what you and Jelly Belly were talkin about? Then he talks about being on Dancing With The Stars....and how amazing it was because dancing is what he loves. Funny, it was said that his appearance on DWTS was a mess: Usher’s pre-taped, edited performance for tonight’s Dancing with the Stars finale may look seamless, but what happened behind the scenes at the singer’s May 13 taping left host Tom Bergeron and company scratching their heads–and scrambling to set up for the live show. First, the 29-year-old singer arrived late, throwing the entire production behind schedule. Then, while appearing to lip-synch two songs—”Yeah!” and “Love in This Club”—he fell out of step with his choreography, turning the wrong way once and losing his mic a second time. With each mistake he walked offstage. The performance then went further off-course when the singer took a long break to get a drink. “He was ridiculous,” a source tells PEOPLE. “Such a diva.” Following Usher’s act, the DWTS cast and crew had only 15 minutes to prepare for the live show (rather than the standard 45-minute post-taping buffer.) “The [dancers] were all at their trailers ten minutes before the show was supposed to go live, like, ‘Don’t we have a live show to do?” a source says. “There was a lot of holdup. We almost didn’t [make it].” The judges–who were dressed in their finale show formal wear for the pre-show taping–made a quick costume change, while a team of grips frantically wiped away scuff marks on the dance floor left behind by Usher and his dancers.(Source) I just think when it is true, you don't have to try so hard. If it is true, it doesn't have to be so forced and rehearsed. And really, when you're mother doesn't go to your wedding, I personally think there is a problem. Even when mother's don't approve of shit you do, they may cuss you out, stop speaking to you, and harass you until the very end, but they show up. Fake smile, maybe even without a smile, but they are there. Hell yeah, she took a stand. And Usher is insistent on us never finding out why. Good luck with that. May 27, 2008 by 08usfan