USHER - USHER AMAZED BY NEGATIVE WEDDING COVERAGE

USHER AMAZED BY NEGATIVE WEDDING COVERAGE

USHER was stunned by the negative press his recent marriage to pregnant girlfriend TAMEKA FOSTER attracted, because he feels people should celebrate a wedding. The R+B singer - born Usher Raymond IV - and Foster wed at his lawyer's office Atlanta, Georgia in August (07). The nuptials followed a last minute cancellation of a star-studded wedding ceremony at music mogul Antonio 'L.A.' Reid's Sagaponack, New York home in late July (07) - leading to tabloid speculation it was called off because Usher's mother Jonetta Patton and Foster didn't get along. He tells American magazine Essence, "It was like, `Wow!' (Getting married) and having a child is something that everyone should celebrate. What's happened to us as a culture and a people?"