Word on the curb is that Ceelo Green is being booted from “The Voice,” NBC’s popular talent competition, and will be replaced by another colorful character who just so happens to reside in his hometown…. Usher Raymond!
This news comes on the heels of Usher’s ‘Oprah: Next Chapter‘ interview, where, oddly enough, he said he was planning on scaling back on work so that he could spend more time with his 2 sons.
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And if Usher replace Ceelo isn’t enough of a shake up, Christina Aguilera will reportedly be replaced as well.
Details below:
According to Us Weekly:
Shakira and Usher are set to replace Aguilera and Green, who have each coached teams on the show — alongside fellow mentors Adam Levine and Blake Shelton– for the past two seasons.
(The show’s third season has just gotten underway on NBC.)
Earlier this month, Aguilera opened up to Ryan Seacrest on his KIIS-FM radio show about her stint on the hit singing competition, admitting she once viewed her job as a coach on The Voice “kind of like a side project.”
“[I thought], ‘It’ll keep me close to my son [Max, 4] in L.A. I don’t have to travel,” the five-time Grammy Award winner said. “Then it kind of took off, and there goes my free time!”
So far the story is just hearsay, but if true… it looks like that “village” Usher was speaking up will be tending to the kids full time afterall… especially since he’ll have to move to L.A.
But wait! Maybe he was always planning to move the kids across country. I mean… the further away from his ex-wife, the better right? It kinda all makes sense now…
What do you think of Usher’s new gig?
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Usher is absolutely the most disgusting man in my book. The bridesmaid Maya Fox Davis is a slimy, low down, Single White Female bitch with low self and ZERO MORALS. The truth is that Usher was the one that tied the knot and made vows with his wife not Maya. So he is the cruddy nigga I can’t ever respect. He has a sex problem or is secretly GAY. Any man that has no couth or rules for himself needs serious help and intervention.
He needs to go on Iyanla’s Fix Me show not Next Chapter!!!!!! If he’s doing a show in Los Angeles, yes he palns to move those boys there, which makes me hate him even more. Usher is such a bitch, who knew???
yes, i have lost all respect for him as well, i mean i can’t see how you do a bridesmaid that stood up in your wedding, i mean who does that? i see now why chili said she has no resepect for him, he probably did one of her friends of associates! wow….out of all the women, a bridesmaid, and do you see how oprah didn’t say wow usher how could you or anything…she was gloating all the way through the interview, usher is a pig a slob…wow….just nasty! they should have never gotten married! i have always loved his music and thought higly of him, but now…i see he a dog just like 49% of men in the world! wow usher..that was a low blow!!!
Usher is a cunt. The way he has treat his sons mother is unheard of completely awful. I WAS a true fan and hated her until I saw him lying on Oprah’s show. He is really not an humble, likeable man. I hope she wins her kids back home where they belong, not on the road with he and his ratchet ole girlfriend <that fyi he didn’t mention> , she is a flabby looking trife woman to be down with him even trying to snatch kids away from his ex wife. I have looked and looked and there is nothing to prove her to be a bad person or unfit mother. Usher is a selfish prick the way I see it.
Well, there goes their ratings….
Which is why I don’t think its true, Usher has no personality, so, why in the world would they do it and most of this country has no idea who Shakira even is.
YOU ARE SOOO RIGHT B/C I WON’T BE WATCHING WHEN HE’S ON. NO MA’AM!!!…..JENNY JONES!!!
JENNY!! Where you been?! Leilani, you’re funny lol
I will not be watching that asshole do anything.
They are only gonna be guest judges for a few shows just like last year when Robin Thicke and some other artist was on there. Stop stretching the facts ma’am.
correct, The Voice gows on twice in a year they are only replacing due to schedule conflicts..This is a good look for Usher in keeping his promise of spending more time with his sons
They are giving different stories.Tonight they said Christina was going to be replaced by Shakira because she was going to tour.Come to think of it,if you pay close attention,neither her or Cee- Lo seem into this season.She did not push her button at all tonight when she should have? Especially when the other three did. Must feel guilty the ones that pick her to coach them, will not be getting her as a coach after all. Supposed to happen before the season ends like sooner than later.
*were*
wow. I’ll be watching.. they just gained one new viewer!!
I actually heard on a morning radio show that they will only be filling in on season 4, and cee-lo and christina are just taking a break and will come back
Good luck with that. With the amount of fans that Usher lost due to the way he treated Meka, that show will be cancelled.
Usher hasn’t lost as many as you think, but enough for him to warrant a response..Keep in mind he’s a mainstream artist and THEY still love him
sweety he def has lost fans,and most of the rest just have mixed feelings about him noow….u still love him doesnt mean everybody loves him now,besides if ppl havnt unfriend him on facebook/twitter doesnt mean they aren’t over him.
Sweety?lol.nowhere did I say I loved him, I do know that I wasn’t put on this earth to judge him or anyone else..as long as he makes music that i like I couldn’t care less what he does in his personal life..He’s not harming me..trust this will blow over..remember folks were DONE with R.Kelly and he has done FAR worse(acquitted my ass)..yet people still work with him and support him..has he lost fans sure, but he still has many that never went anywhere and that came back..These artists are human, fallible and many tend to forget that
you’re right but the point is,ppl gotta take responsibilities for their actions…especially a superstar like him with millions of eyes on him. i dont hate him,but taking responsibilities for ur own negetive actions wont hurt..PS i do agree with u on this.
you’re right but ppl need to take resposibilities for their own actions,especially a public image like him with millions of eyes on him….taking responsibilities for his own negetive actions wont hurt. PS i do agree with u on this one.
@2bme I couldn’t of said it better
TB get it right.usher have more fans then both feeling green. and Christian.
Perhaps him being on the show may be a good thing in terms of his kids… It might make him stay in one place for a longer length of time… *Kanye shrug*
Cee-lo is supposed to be getting his own show after he leaves the voice.
thats why he’s leaving…its their choices,they werent booted or fired.
They only leaving temporarily. They’re coming back in the fall.
Its only temporary but either I will still be watching. I like this show better than American Idol. I think it is because they don’t know who is singing until they press the button and turn around… I like that concept
it is fun to watch…and especially the competition between the judges is fun as well,it makes u wana keep watching and thats why it keeps getting high ratings.love it
Wow… As I was reading I was thinking just what Michelle concluded…
If he moves to LA most of the time that would be so MEAN to Tameka…
ughhh if true
I read that, that actually was his main residence and he wanted to be bi coastal between LA and NYC? This will make it easier, I know his house in The A didn’t sell(the one he bought from LA Reid). so he took it off market? I’m not 100% though
yet another reason for usher to go sleep with the old lady producer of the show(lol dont he always get emotionally involved with his business associates???)..michelle i couldnt agree with u more/less….he’s just doing all he can to keep those kids away from their mom and maybe it might also be a good thing for tameka because that will be her reason to re-re-file her appeal(loool i said re-re-file because she already filed once,and lost). i might not watch if usher joins.
@2bme Thank You. Some of these fans of stars act like these entertainers are supposed to be perfect. I am fan of Usher music not his personal life. He is not hurting me in any way, some of you guys act you are Tameka or one of her family member. Newsflash people you don’t know either of them and you probably never will, so how in the hell can you take sides on something that is not affecting you? Good luck to Usher and Tameka because I am too grown to be on someone team.
THERE IT IS
I agree that I don’t have anything against him personally. It didn’t upset me that he has done things in his own personal relationship that has no effect on me. After watching Love and Hip Hop and BBW I no longer feel sorry for women who are mistreated because the reality is: It was happening before they aired their business in the street. They chose to become the victim because it went public. As long as the man was buying the house, cars, and the latest fashion they were working through their relationship woes. Who would have thought that Ocho was mistreating Ev-not the way she acts like Mike Tyson. Ev’s money was coming in, and she had the life style of a millionaire, now that he hit her she wants to run and tell. Why? it wasn’t the first time. Oh I forgot, he got fired and you lost your show.
Britt, becuz people have opinions. If they didn’t, Oprah interviews & PR staff would be unnecessary. But like Tameka aupporters, Usher fans act like he’s their man. Be fair! I dont watch any of these dumb ass shows, but he would draw ratings. He’s really too big for the show, & Shakira sings like count dracula. Pretty though… Grace better watch it lol
How DARE you offend Dracula that way??? I loe the VOICE..i’ll be damned if I watch A.I with that cartoon mess they just picked
LMAO! He was one of my favorite sesame street characters, but everytime I hear her sing, I hear his voice. I haven’t watched AI since before Simon left. I was going to check out Mariah, but since they’ve added Icky? You’d have to stable my eye lids to my eyebrows for me to watch THAT shit.
Despise his lying a$$! I hope Usher goes straight to hell riding on the back of his b!tch as overbearing mother. Tameka stay strong girl, God is real! And watching all these no good bastards!
Usher you are one fake ninga. You booty Ninga. You may have all these stupid women fooled but I know you use to get it in the booty hole by LA Reid. That’s how you really blew up after Reid broke that butt hole in.
That is a sure fire way to stardom in Hollywoodland. I pray that those little ones are covered by the blood of Jesus, while they venture out to SICKWOODLAND. That place has the rep to prove its dangerous and evil ways.
Usher needs to lay low for a while. His fan base is mainly women and women arent to happy with him right now.
As a mother my heart goes out to tameka and I always pray for her.
Some of y’all going off on usher like you know the guy. What he did was soo wrong yet we tend to forgot that nobody’s perfect and so is he as celebirty. How many men cheat around just because of lust. Hell I’m not gonna judge them cause I know that HUMANS make mistakes and both of them aren’t saints.
Finest, you are right. I’ve been critical, but even my words seem tame compared to the brutal comments of others. Still a teardrop in the bucket compared to opposing view’s comments abt Tameka. Do they get a pass because he’s mighty Usher? For real!
Here’s the thing BOTH Usher and Tameka need Jesus..Tameka has always thought she had equal billing as a star if she would have laid low most of the issues that people had with her would have went away or never came up..SHE caused alot of her own turmoil..Usher is a typical child star that grew up in the industry he is USED to having things his way and if it doesn’t work out you are thrown away like next days trash..they both knew what theyw ere getting themselves into neither are victims
So true, thank you. I just don’t understand why his fans STILL tweet her calling her ugly, STILL demanding she change her name. It’s so unhealthy for young girls to dwell on something that has no direct impact on them whatsoever. I bet they stalk the hell out of their ex boyfriends and their new girlfriends. Our young girls today…God bless ‘em.
Please she’s keeping that last name out of spite..the more they pay attention to it the more she will hold on to it(spite for Usher too)..They need to grow up PERIOD
I guess the PR stunt was a success. Where’s a bridge when you want to sell one?
I agree that the child custody, immediate Oprah interview and the video for Dive coming out all in line with the judgment about his kids was a PR stunt. Usher is a fool to not see that this will back fire terribly and his sons will go up to resent him for the mistreatment of their mother AND especially during the time that they lost their big brother.
He has lost major points in my book, I can’t look at Usher the same and I will not be watching the Voice with him on it. Nil support Usher.
they are not replacing them…only for one season…Celo is going on tour and so is Christina…they are only replacing them while they are out on the road touring…thats it
REALLY CeeLo? DID YOU SEE THE LONG FUR COAT HE WAS WEARING IN NEW YORK FOR NEW YEARS EVE? DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY ANIMALS DIED SO HIS FAT ASS CAN HAVE A FUR COAT AND I BET Y’ALL DID NOT KNOW THAT THEY SKIN THE ANIMALS ALIVE FOR THE FUR. I DON’T CARE WHO YOU ARE HELL STOP KILLING AND SKINNING ANIMALS ALIVE FOR THEIR FUR.
I THINK IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO SEE MY MAN USHER RAYMOND ON THE VOICE… SO AM FINE WITH THAT .. YEAHHHHH MAN
My friends,coworkers and I are taking bets as to how long it’ll take for Usher to mess up with the kids.He has a new show and although it might have him in one place (LA), the show still needs promotion. He still has other projects out includine Bieber(I forgot all about that),so his boys will still lack him home a lot. I say a year, one of my coworkers says two months(LOL).Stlchick,Vay,what do you think? This is horrible bet,but we want to see what makes him so much better than Tameka.
I SO want in on this. And I’m about to say something really unpopular. I was relieved the judge denied Tameka’s appeal. Why? Because she ran the risk of getting another judge who could’ve stripped her of ALL parental rights, and She would’ve likely lost her mind behind that. Ush would become a dead man walking if she couldn’t see them anymore, and I think all parties agree that no one wants that.
I think Tameka needs to sit still. Let go and let God. This could be him working. Something may come up that a nanny will be neglectful and the boys are not properly cared for in his absence, OR maybe a nanny may see something about his behavior/parenting style that disturbs her and hotline him. Or God forbid one of the little ones decide to take one of daddy’s "candy" and end up getting his stomach pumped. Tameka needs to just sit still. Sometimes it is when we truly surrender that God gives us what we desire.
I say 8 months-1 year.
Y’all need to go check out Hollywood street king. He has the dirty low down on Usher, Maya, him screwing Mimi (yeah, you read right), and him and Grace druggin’. ATLien touched on a lot of it, but not the Mimi spin lol. I tried to provide the link, but it hasn’t been approved yet?
FYI ATLien, one of the posters on HSK revealed the other bridesmaid Usher was bumpin uglies with, FYI. Another one of Tameka’s assistants, like Maya was.
Ok let me get in on this…first of all you people should be fans of people’s MUSIC, not their PERSONAL LIVES in the first place. Usher is no different from any other regular man who does the same cheating sh**. Get over it. It is life. Why anyone can be so opinionated on people they DO NOT KNOW is beyond me. Y’all continue to let this immature ass ATLIEN feed your minds with sh**. You would swear the way she be talking she was in the bedroom with Usher. No one knows the details of He and Tameka’s marriage but THEM. I didn’t know being a cheater meant you were a bad parent.
Everyone keeps talking about Usher’s schedule and how he is going to fail at being a full-time dad cause he has to do this and that. Someone please enlighten me..WTF is the DIFFERENCE whether it’s a MOTHER, or a FATHER that’s the entertainer. Either way it goes their schedule is demanding. So I guess female entertainers shouldn’t have custody of their kids either huh? Most of them have nannies too. Hell half of them chicks be back on stage a week after they have their babies and their children turn out just fine.
Everyone keeps saying kids shouldn’t be taken from their mother. Well let’s be real people, sometimes it is BETTER that the FATHER be the one to make all the primary decisions. Women do use their children as pawns, especially when they still have feelings for the father. Women often think irrational and don’t always make the best choice for the CHILD. Women have problems putting their feelings aside for the best interest of the child. That doesn’t necessarily make them a BAD parent, but maybe they just aren’t the parent that should be the PRIMARY parent. I’m just saying, think about that before you start talking out the side of ya neck and quit letting ATLIEN brainwash yall with her watered down opinions.
Firs of all, I agree with your last paragraph. But just because there are those of us that agree with ATLien doesn’t mean we’re being lead by her, anymore than the people who are here defending Usher are being manipulated by his PR machine. Not that those things don’t happen, but it’s limited to presume that’s always the case. As far as this statement…
Why anyone can be so opinionated on people they DO NOT KNOW is beyond me.
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You CAN’T be serious. Surely you have enough life experience to know that people form opinions of others. If not, there wouldn’t be defamation lawsuits, bullying, racism, etc. etc. NOR would the tabloids have lasted as long as they have. Blogs are slowly taking the place of the tabloids. The difference is, people are willing to voice their opinions. Yes, dear, men cheat. Some women clearly have no issue w/ it. Others do. Some people can support a drugged out artist (which they do privately and not on stage), others prefer not to. For the life of me, I can’t understand why people are so worried about strangers expressing opinions about people who are in the public eye. Image is everything, otherwise billions of dollars wouldn’t be poured into advertisement. Performers are people, but they are presented as products, because frankly that’s what they’re labels think of them. If it bothers you so much, maybe you shouldn’t read these threads. You know how they go. As you say, get over it.
Child just because there are blogs and tabloids doesn’t make it right. Of course people have opinions…that doesn’t always make them RIGHT either. I guess I missed the memo that says just because people have opinions that makes the right and always called for. All that madness about people being represented as products and so on, child I am not here for that. That is the problem right there. You forget that these are still REGULAR PEOPLE regardless of the fact that they are in the public eye. People idolize celebrities like they aren’t human.
Second of all, I am not defending Usher, I am simply stating the truth. And when I mentioned Atlien brainwashing people, it was in reference to her posting her "opinions" as if they are facts like she was actually in these peoples marriage. The point I was making period is that these are those peoples lives and unless we are in them we don’t know what REALLY went down so all these people getting all uptight and what not over these strangers lives need to relax. It’s NOT THAT SERIOUS HONEY.
Now as far as the cheating goes, in no way shape or form did I condone it. I’m just saying it happens. People need to stop acting like their life is over because Usher is a cheater. No one is perfect last I checked.
Again I am not defending Usher I am simply using my OWN COMMON SENSE & not just seeing things one way because if you noticed I never mentioned any "facts" that either camp (Usher & Tameka’s PR team) put out. I have made general statements that may or may not apply to the Raymonds’ situation. But hey unfortunately everybody don’t see things like me. How’s the saying go, common sense ain’t to common.
Concerning your very last sentence, you’re CLEARLY right about that…Good thing your ENTIRE post isn’t a wash.
First of all, I was a child in the 80s. Secondly, when the fuck did I say the blogs were right or factual? I actually thought I said the opposite. I see reading isn’t common either.
it’s NOT THAT SERIOUS HONEY, but it was serious enough for you to retort, huh?
Hypocrite.
And I CLEARY said they were people, but being marketed as products. Guess you missed that too.