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Usher
and
Beyoncé
go
way
back,
so
far
back
that
the
R&B
crooner
is
clarifying
reports
that
he
was
once
Bey’s
“nanny.”
Source:
Daniele
Venturelli/
Kevin
Mazur/
WireImage
for
Parkwood
/
Getty
The
“nanny”
claims
surfaced
after
Usher
was
interviewed
on
the
U.K.’s
Capital
Breakfast
With
Roman
Kemp
and
said
he
knew
Beyonce
when
she
was
11
or
12
years
old
and
chaperoned
her
when
she
was
part
of
a
pre-Destiny’s
Child
girl
group.
“I
kind
of
found
my
way
into
being
their
like,
I
don’t
know,
chaperone,
nanny,
or
something
like
that,
the
oldest
person
in
the
room,”said
Usher.
During
his
Jan.
31
appearance
on
Shannon
Sharpe’s
Club
Shay
Shay
podcast,
the
45-year-old
singer
reiterated
that
he
was
assigned
to
supervise
Bey
and
the
original
members
of
Destiny’s
Child
before
they
became
famous.
When
Sharpe
asked
the
star
if
he
was
the
Grammy
Award-winning
singer’s
“nanny,”
Usher
jokingly
responded:
“First
of
all,
how
can
I
be
a
nanny?
I’d
be
a
manny.”
Source:
Kevin
Mazur/
WireImage
for
Parkwood
/
Getty
The
“Confessions”
crooner
— who
is
set
to
perform
at
the
Super
Bowl
Halftime
Show
on
Feb.
11
—
clarified
that
he
was
assigned
to
look
after
a
young
Bey,
Kelly
Rowland,
LeToya
Luckett
and
LaTavia
Roberson
when
they
came
to
Atlanta
for
the
first
time.
Back
then,
the
quartet
was
known
as
The
Dolls.
“I
think
I
looked
over
them
while
they
were
doing
something
in
the
house,”
the
“Yeah!”
hitmaker
shared. “I
had
to
watch
‘em
‘cause
I
was
like
the,
you
know,
the
authority
‘cause
I
guess
I
was
the
teenager
at
the
time.“
Usher
made
sure
the
girls
didn’t
get
into
“trouble
in
the
house.”
Usher
Said
There
Was
Something
“Special”
About
Beyoncé
&
Destiny’s
Child
Related
Stories
Surprised
by
the
anecdote,
Sharpe
asked
the
Atlanta-bred
hitmaker
if
he
knew
Beyoncé
was
going
to
grow
up
to
be
an
“international
superstar”
at
the
time.
Usher
gave
props
to
all
of
the
members
of
Destiny’s
Child,
calling
them
“special”
and
an
“incredible
unit.”
However,
the
father
of
four
admitted
that
there
was
something
“different”
about
Beyoncé.
“Beyoncé
had
a
talent,
and
also
too,
a
brilliance
and
a
brightness
that
was
much
different.
It
was
actually
Frank
Gaston
that
helped
me
see
it,”
the
veteran
performer
told
Sharpe,
referencing
celebrity
choreographer,
Frank
Gaston
Jr.
“He
always
told
me,
‘Man,
she
is
really
special.
You
gotta
keep
your
eye
on
her’…and
really
great
for
my
sister
to
see
that
she
has
done
amazing.”
Usher
Was
Unbothered
By
The
Criticism
That
Came
After
He
Serenaded
Keke
Palmer
&
Other
Famous
Stars
At
His
Residency
Later
in
the
interview,
Usher
opened
up
about
the
cultural
impact
of
his
popular
“My
Way”
residency
in
Las
Vegas,
which
ended
in
December.
Sharpe
noted
how
the
singer’s
sultry
serenade
sessions
with
stars
like
Keke
Palmer,
Kimora
Lee
Simmons,
and
Taraji
P.
Henson
became
a
topic
of
conversation
and
controversy
for
some.
In
July
2023,
netizens
raised
an
eyebrow
at
the
R&B
hitmaker
when
Keke
Palmer’s
former
boyfriend,
Darius
Jackson,
hopped
on
X
to
call
out
the
actress
after
she
was
captured
on
video
being
serenaded
by
the
singer
in
a
sexy
sheer
dress.
Usher
said
he
wasn’t
bothered
by
the
criticism.
In
fact,
he
was
having
“fun”
throughout
it
all.
The
“Bad
Girl”
singer
revealed
that
he
was
happy
to
see
Keke
“having
fun
with
her
girls”
after
welcoming
her
son
in
February.
“I
mean
she
wanted
to
get
out
and
have
a
good
time.
Should
you
not
feel
like
you
should
get
out
with
your
girls
and
enjoy
yourself?”
the
Grammy-winner
said.
“And
then
you
have
me,
your
usher.
I’m
ushering
you
to
a
good
time.”
When
Sharpe
asked
the
“Love
in
this
Club”
artist
if
he
received
the
“evil
eye”
from
some
of
the
men
who
brought
their
ladies
to
his
residency,
Usher
revealed
that
all
of
the
guys
were
“cool”
in
the
audience.
“The
girls,
they
get
a
little
rowdy,
but
you
know
what
I’m
saying.
Don’t
leave
your
girl
around
me,”
Usher
jokingly
added.
Watch
Usher’s
full
interview
with
Shannon
Sharpe
on
Club
Shay
Shay
below.