Usher reveals what he learned from ‘being in toxic relationships’

Chuck Arnold

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By Chuck Arnold

Having gone straight from the Super Bowl stage to the altar four days ago, Usher is just beginning the honeymoon phase of his new marriage to his longtime love, Jennifer Goicoechea.

But even before saying those “I do’s” in Las Vegas, right after showing off at the halftime show at Allegiant Stadium, midway through the Kansas City Chiefs’ overtime victory over the San Francisco 49ers, the 45-year-old superstar had already let go of anything. “Toxic” from her previous relationships.

“I’ve gotten out of toxic relationships that are no longer toxic,” Usher told The Post four days before getting married for the third time.

In fact, Usher Raymond IV is in a philosophical position that allows him to continue showing love to his exes, including TLC’s Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas, his first wife Tameka Foster, who is the mother of his two oldest children, Usher “Five ” V., 16, and Naviyd, 15, and his second wife, Grace Miguel.

“I can make it clear that we don’t have to be best friends, but we don’t have to be enemies either,” he said. “’We have something that is incredible: our past, but our present is based on how we choose to see it. We don’t have to be enemies. We can be positive with each other.” Life gave me that experience.”

Making peace with your past lovers is a complicated topic that Usher tackles with ease. “Well well,” the first single from his new album “Coming Home”, his first solo LP since 2016.

“I hate that we didn’t get to be forever,” he sings on the track. “We probably won’t get back together. But that doesn’t mean I can’t wish you better. We are not good, but we are still good.”

Before the “Yes!” At the singer’s surprise wedding with Goicoechea, mother of his daughter Soberana, 3 years old, and his son Sire, 2, he already made it known that he was very much off the market.

“I spent a lot of time outside. And there’s not much for me,” Usher said as he explained the title of “Coming Home.” “I have a good time, but inside I can have all the (things) I want.”

He added: “And that comfort of coming home with this relationship that I now have in my life, with a woman with whom I have beautiful children and who supports me in raising my two oldest children, I feel like I am coming home. in a place that is about nothing other than being happy.”