Usher addressed all the naysayers who discussed his marriage to his stylist Tameka Foster on yesterday's edition of "TRL"....



Although this bizarre reaction is not a first, Usher simply declared his thoughts on where he stood for on his wife and newborn son. Maybe after this declaration, Usher wouldn't feel the need to speak on his private relationship. (I think it's remarkable to see a man standing up for his wife and family although he didn't have to get heated on national TV while doing so.)

Rumor has it that Usher's first week sales of his fifth solo disc, "Here I Stand" is around 575K. Anyone else picked up "Here I Stand" yesterday?

UPDATE: Just in case the video gets taken down, here's the full hoopla on what Usher said on "TRL":

During a segment of Tuesday's show, Usher launched into an impromptu rant that found him dismissing reports that he and his wife were separating, defending his marriage from naysayers and calling gossip about his personal life "trash." Members of the studio audience gasped and shouted their approval.

"I love my wife very, very much," he said. "There was a little rumor earlier this week about us separating. It ain't true. We in love. Get outta there," he said, raising his left hand and showing off his wedding band. "Matter of fact, I'm tired of people continuing to talk so much trash about me, know what I'm saying? And my relationship.

"My wife is not 40 years old. I love her to death and I'm a black, strong man in America standing up for my people — as a man to my wife, to my son, to my family," he continued, removing his sunglasses and talking directly into the camera. "I'm making a stand that a lot of us should make. I coulda been like any other man who has a child and live with that woman and continue to just play the game. ... I'm trying to do it the right way. This is the way your supposed to do it! Pay attention, fellas."

Usher then turned his back to the camera, while the studio audience applauded wildly. "TRL" host Damien Fahey then attempted to continue with the segment, only to be interrupted as Ush began part two of his verbal assault.

"And my wife had nothing to do with me firing my mother — nothing like that, that's trash," he said, referring to his mother, Jonetta Patton, ceasing to be his manager last year. "I hear y'all talking crazy out there, she's a beautiful black woman. Stop. Stop talking. And I love her. Stop it."

With that, Fahey threw to Usher's "Love in this Club" video, all while the crooner insisted, "I'm not done ... can I say something else?" [MTV NEWS]

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