Usher hits back at woman he kicked off stage over her reaction to his seductive dancing
Usher has hit back at the woman who he kicked off stage after looking unimpressed with his seductive dancing.
The ‘Yeah!’ singer took a swipe at fan Gabrielle Cheyenne who went viral for her on-stage reaction during Usher and Chris Brown’s ‘The R&B Tour’ in Nashville on Saturday (25 July).
As many will be aware, the pair often pick out willing fans to join them on stage for a NSFW dance.
On Saturday, the 47-year-old danced topless with the Tennessee concertgoer, who didn’t seem to be enjoying his performance.
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After Gabrielle gave her side of the story, Usher decided to add a verbal disclaimer at the first Birmingham stop.
"Before we get started, don't bring your a** up here if you don't wanna be here," he told the packed-out crowd, according to a clip posted online.
"God don't like ugly. But most certainly doesn't feel too good about pretty privilege either!”
Cheyenne, meanwhile, referenced ‘pretty privilege’ in her defence and said she had enjoyed the experience despite how the video looked.
In a Facebook livestream posted on Monday, she said: “It was literally a once in a lifetime opportunity.
“That’s not something that you can just wake up and do every day. That just doesn’t happen, you can go to a million concerts and never get pulled on stage.”
Calling her previous now-deleted social media response a moment of ‘frustration’, she added: “I woke up to my phone and everyone in the city bashing me and calling me out of my name and disrespecting me.
“It started with one person and went from there. The image portrayed of me isn’t correct.”
Cheyenne revealed that she hadn’t paid to be in the VIP section but had been ‘upgraded’ once she arrived.
“It was never supposed to be this big,” she continued during the 45-minute long livestream.
“I got on stage with Usher. I got on stage with Usher, in front of thousands of people. Whether it was me wanting to just have the experience or me [wanting] to be seen.
"Or how do y’all know that once I got up there, I didn’t feel uncomfortable or whatever?”
The exchange caused a divide amongst fans, as some social media users defended Cheyenne, saying she was only being honest about her experience. Others argued that being invited onstage by Usher is a ‘privilege’
One commenter wrote: “She knew who was on stage before she walked up there, as another added: “Let’s go head & wrap this up.”
Usher has been joined by Brown on tour, as the 37-year-old recently pled guilty to affray in London last week after a 2023 altercation.
Topics: Usher, Music, Celebrity, Chris Brown
Anish Vij