UPDATE: It’s official according to the Associated Press, papers have been filed today, Friday June 12th.
ATLANTA – Court records show singer Usher has filed for divorce from Tameka Foster Raymond after less than two years of marriage. The 30-year-old Grammy-winning artist, whose real name is Usher Raymond IV, filed the petition Friday in Superior Court in Atlanta. The court record did not give any details about the split between the R&B star and his wife, who were married in August 2007.
UPDATE: In Touch Weekly has confirmed divorce/separation rumors, click here to read. Papers have not yet been filed.
Y’all remember I posted this story, about Tameka hiring a publicist for her pernding divorce, that I received from “SouthernMrs”. Don’t ask why, but today I was searching on twitter for my name and I typed in “Ms Grapevine”, instead of “MrsGrapevine”.
To my surprise Tameka Foster was having a conversation with SouthernMrs, and my name was in the conversation. Weird, considering SouthernMrs was the person to give me the tip about Tameka. The conversation took place two weeks ago, which is even more suspicious because I received the tip two weeks ago. Don’t believe me checkout the screencaps below:
This is probably a direct message gone wrong, because some information is missing, but I just find it odd, and why do they say, “Ahhh, you and Ms Grapevine should get together.”
All I’m saying, this is quite suspcious, and not cool. Tameka Foster has some explaining to do.
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That just means you have arrived! Keeping it Coming.
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Ugh! Why is Usher with her anyway? I still can’t get over the plastic surgery thing, and all those kids.
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Not defending her or anything… but maybe YOU have some explaining to do. You said you’d gotten this info from three credible sources, one of which was one in the “inner circle”. If in fact the SM girl was lying, then she should not have counted anyway since your “inner circle” person confirmed as such. If you think she may have planted the story, maybe you should work on how you write your blog and quit embellishing stuff. Besides, I don’t see where Tameka planted any divorce stories on these captions.
And if it were true, based on what she’s portrayed…. she seems like the type who would try to fake that things were perfect anyway and live in blissful ignorance.
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@bryant:
1) I stand by the divorce, that’s not the problem, the problem is why was Tameka discussing my blog with the person that leaked the story. And why did she say, “Aaaah you and Ms Grapevine should get together”, and why was the person only contacting other bloggers.
2) What exactly did I embellish, and why do I need to change my writing style.
3) Then you conclude with she’s probably the type. *scratching my head* – have you even read my blog before???
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@ bryant:
Show me where I embellished or sensationalized the story, I believe I had questions about the tip from the jump, and stated that, I also said I check other sources and confirmed the divorce (true). If I didn’t feel like there was truth to the matter I wouldn’t have posted it…
I even admitted to having reservations…
This is not the type of site to make up things, never has, never will…
So, I do take offense…
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Mrs Grapevne you are lying because when i did a TWITTER SEARCH you ALTERED the dates even. and it looks like she was busting SOUTHERN MRS out for even talking to her after you (after getting the scoop from her) posted a story about a divorce at all. and why do you gossip bloggers care, like she said in a tweet today? I hafta agree???? Why wouls you as a grown BLACK woman want to see her marriage in shambles or ending? what do you have to gain? I would said something slick tp SOUTHERN MRS ass too, you are just being messy, you know why she twitted that, but are tryna make it look like a “plant of a story”. Mrs Grapevine you ought to be ashamed, she seems so positive why would you make this story about her and her family and children to see. tsk tsk, hav you no shame
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@ Alexandria:
1) What search did you do because all my followers can do the same? How are the dates altered, because everyone can go twitter, and do the same search. I have twittered every combination, and can’t find where she put SouthernMrs in check, so try again.
Fact: According to twitter, SouthernMrs contacted Tameka on the 4th,
the next day she sent me “dm” with the tag line
2) I asked a few others and they said the divorce was true, and decided to post the story
3) Two days later they are having a friendly conversation about my blog (FACT) and LOL about making up stuff, not angry or denouncing it
4) I don’t know how it got from one step to the other but it looks awful suspicious. It may not be Tameka, but it’s just weird that she was having a conversation with the “tipster”. Maybe SouthernMrs is a Tameka stalker…LOL!
5) Why do you care, too? The same reason you care enough to come to my blog to defend her.
6) I don’t know SouthernMrs, and I’m not only person she tried to contact. We had a brief conversation on twitter about her boyfriend, when I asked what’s the most interesting thing people have done.
7) This is not about her family or children, and she needs to take that up with her buddy SouthernMrs.
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Girl I wouldn’t even explain yourself. If you know the facts that’s all that matters. People plant stories, they make up fake celebrity sites (MySpace, Twitter, FaceBook, etc.) and sources can be wrong. If you believe it’s true then nuff said.
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@Shae:
You are so right, but I work so hard to build this site, and to not have this drama. If it’s a misunderstanding, Tameka has my contact info, and she was following me on twitter, she could have sent me a message, instead of doing the things she’s doing.
It’s all good, though, I will just move on. Thanks for the words of wisdom! I will focus on those that support this site, and help keep it positive, and try to return the favor.
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@ Mrs. Grapevine
Rather than plant a story that she were divorcing him, as you implied via the title of this post, it seems as if she would rather live in ignorance and fake as if they are one happy family — despite the fact that htey are no longer seen in public together or he never wears his ring. That is the point I was making with the concluding statement.
The title of this post reads: ” is Tameka Raymond planting stories “. You referenced it to the post where you speak on the divorce. What I was saying is that, based on these captions, there is no such evidence that she was planting stories. So the title of this post is misleading and pretty silly considering it has nothing to do with the divorce. Also, I’m not sure why you considered the SM girl a “source” anyway. At least from the captions you showed, all it said was something along the lines of… my husband listened to the radio today, Tom Joyner said they were getting a divorce… …How is she a source of said divorce? All she was doing was parroting what she heard. Unless of course you didn’t bother to show all the caps of the DM’s and there was more info. In which case, if there was, why not show that as well?
So…in your sources or what have you, that is what I am saying.. It seems as if you are embellishing. Also, this has nothing to do with “hate”. I’m not out to hurt feelings or whatever. It’s just called constructive criticism. Esp. when you seem to be side-eying other folks, but your stuff isn’t exactly clear either.
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@bryant:
What does the caption have to do with the divorce:
how do they go from talking about shoes to talking abut me? Why did she contact Tameka first, then contact me and several other bloggers. I googled SouthernMrs and found I was not the first person she tried to contact, and she only went after blogs, mostly top ATL blogs. Then an omission from Tameka about my blog, how did my name come up, and all of that is missing. “Why should we get together”. There is a big gap. Has she gotten with me before, and I didn’t notice (i.e. southernMrs).
Since then Tameka has been following me, asking questions about me, she wants to know what I know, instead of denying anything, or contacting me directly. If she has something different to say, believe me I will post that, too. I’m skeptical because of her past reputation with bloggers.
You are right the title is sensational, but the actual post is not, and I used question marks, so that you can draw your own conclusion. To me it seems like something shady is going on, and it may not be Tameka, but it’s definitely SouthernMrs. It’s ok, 2 years I have avoided this mess, and I know it’s part of the game. Hopefully I can go another 2 years after this…
SouthernMrs gave me the tip, I couldn’t find where Tom Joyner said it, so I contacted two other people for a verification. I should have followed my intuition, but I knew the “divorce” part was true. When I searched my name on twitter and came across this, I felt like I was the middle man in something larger, this post was written then.
And your tone this time is a lot better. I welcome your comments. I am side-eyeing because I want to know the relationship, and how I fit in…The sources are not fake people made up, they wanted to be off the record until the story breaks, and then you will know.
This is the last thing I will say until more info comes in, but for now this is how I feel. I wish I had more info, but only Tameka and SouthernMrs can clarify the rest…
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@Mrs Grapevine
AHHH.. I gotcha. See… when you break it down and include all the details, then there is more connectivity. But before it was like, hey she mentioned my name and then sent this in… And it was disjointed, so to me it’s like … Okay…and?
The thing with SouthernMrs is still.. well IMO, dismissible–weird, but still dismissible. Only b/c all she was doing is parroting something that she supposedly heard. So like, to me… she’s not even really a “source”. Tameka responds to every reply anyone puts out, so it may have just happened on a random tangent. Altho, her mentioning your blog is the only odd thing, but possibly still overlooked.
BUT… the fact that Tameka has been asking you questions is really weird. Like I said, I’ve casually browsed her Twitter every now and then… and since she’s gotten it, she always seems to make it seem as if everything is wonderful between her and her “husband”. Like she used to always be all, God bless my husband & children; or mention him all the time. And then she made up a big excuse as to why she hasn’t been seen at the games with him which she later deleted, lol, and why they do not talk on Twitter. (Which IDK… there’s a bunch of couples on Twitter that are questionable — LOL Alicia Keys & Swizz Beatz — who still talk to one another so the excuse she gave was dumb to me.. “The blogs would have a field day if we spoke.” Lame.. no one cares enough for that IMO.)
Anyway, I was not doubting that they are indeed divorced or anything of that nature — just the planting stories thing. I do apologize if my tone sounded offensive to you, tho! It was not intended that way.
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I don’t think that Tameka was right for Usher,because I think she only wanted Usher for his money.She is just a
waste of time.