Several fans expressed skepticism Sunday after Usher’s entire X/ Twitter account was temporarily deleted, shortly after the arrest of his mentor Sean “Diddy” Combs on Monday in connection with federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges.
The eight-time Grammy winner, 45, said in a post on Sunday: “They hacked my account and damn! They got away! See you tonight at the Intuit Dome.”
Several users responded to the Dallas native, whose full name is Usher Raymond IV, on the thread, saying the timing seemed too coincidental.
“You must think we’re stupid,” one user said, while another added: “What? Haha, the timing is JUST a coincidence, right?”
Another told the Yeah! singer: ‘Yeah, yeah,’ while another asked: ‘Did they really hack your account or are you not telling us anything?’
Several fans expressed skepticism on Sunday after Usher’s entire Twitter account was temporarily deleted. The 45-year-old singer was photographed on Sept. 19 in Los Angeles.
The eight-time Grammy winner, 45, said in a post on Sunday: “They hacked my account and damn! They got away! See you tonight at the Intuit Dome.”
One user said the excuse was “a perfect excuse,” while another said, “That account wasn’t hacked, honey.”
One user said the account deletion could be a harbinger of trouble ahead for the star following the arrest of her musical mentor.
“Good coverage,” the user said. “So far. The first domino has fallen. Now we’ll see them all fall.”
One user defended Usher, saying: ‘I’ve been tweeted this EVERYWHERE, that your account was hacked and these people are spreading fake news. GO AWAY KING!’
Usher had not been directly accused of any criminal conduct in the case against Combs.
In a lawsuit filed by Dawn Richard, Usher was accused of being present (along with Ne-Yo) while Combs physically abused his ex-girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura.
The relationship between Usher and Diddy spans decades, as Combs executive produced Usher’s first album, 1994’s Usher; and resided with Diddy as a teenager learning the business in the 1990s.
“You’d open a door and see someone doing it, or several people in a room having an orgy,” Usher said. Rolling Stone in 2004. ‘You never knew what was going to happen.’
Several users expressed skepticism at Usher’s reaction to the social media account.
Usher and Diddy’s relationship spans decades, as they were photographed together in Los Angeles in 2004.
Diddy and Usher were photographed hugging each other at a party in January 2020 in Los Angeles.
Usher is currently on his Past Present Future tour; photographed last month in Washington, DC.
He said in the chat that there were “always girls around” but that he had “not had any sexual relationships before” until he turned 19 in 1997: “I would do it until I could tell the girl felt good, and then I would stop.”
Usher told Howard Stern in 2016 that “some very curious things” had happened during his time living with Diddy.
“I had the opportunity to see some things,” Usher said. “I went there to see the lifestyle and I saw it. I don’t know if I could afford to understand what I was seeing. I had my own curiosity, but I didn’t understand it. It was pretty wild, crazy.”
Usher is currently on his Past Present Future tour. He is scheduled to play in North American cities including Chicago, Miami and Los Angeles, among others, through the end of the year. The Atlanta dates will conclude that leg of his tour.
She will kick off the European leg of her tour at London’s O2 Arena on March 29. She has eight nights scheduled at the venue and will then visit cities including Paris, Amsterdam and Berlin before returning to London to conclude the event next May.
The singer revealed that he would be heading out on tour late last year after wrapping up My Way: The Las Vegas Residency.
It’s been a busy year for the R&B stalwart, who headlined the Super Bowl LVIII halftime show, where he performed alongside the likes of Alicia Keys, will.i.am, Lil Jon, Jermaine Dupri, Ludacris and HER in Las Vegas.
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