Gabrielle Cheyenne Breaks Silence After Viral Usher Stage Moment.
A fan is kicked offstage by Usher. Following his and Chris Brown's R&B Tour stop in Nashville, Tennessee, on July 25, the singer of "There Goes My Baby" ejected a female fan from the stage after she failed to match his seductive intensity.
The fan reclined on a bed onstage while a shirtless Usher entertains her before advising her to recline on the mattress in a clip from the performance that @malaysiarosee posted to Instagram.
However, the fan tried to maintain her dignity while making an effort to remain upright. The "Yeah!" hitmaker heard her quiet "no" very clearly shortly after.
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As he stated in the weird exchange, “I don’t think she wants to be on the stage.”
The stadium erupted in jeers as the Grammy winner—who wed Jennifer Goicoechea in 2024—walked away from the fan and shooed her away from him.
Later, the fan responded to remarks over her guarded onstage demeanor.
“First off NOBODY is declining to go on stage,” she posted on the internet. “I looked good asf, you think I wasn’t going to let THOUSANDS of people see me?”
She clarified that she was transferred to the VIP area prior to the start of the performance, even though she and her mother had originally reserved floor seats for the concert.
“They don’t say who you’re going up there for!” she penned. “Y’all wanted me to go up there and f--k him atp?”
Meanwhile, several social media users applauded her for defending herself against the singer of "Confessions."
“She got class. Much respect!” somebody made a comment, and another pointed out, “She’s classy AF. Don’t matter who you are. She knows exactly who she is and stood on it.”
However, it wouldn't be Usher's first onstage controversy. After all, at his 2024 Super Bowl halftime concert, the 47-year-old received backlash for his inappropriate behavior with Alicia Keys, who married Swizz Beatz in 2010.
"Usher wasted so much time caressing Alicia, we could've got Daddy's Home," at the moment, one viewer made fun of X, while someone else said, "Usher did not need to hug up on Alicia like that lol."
Still, after the thrilling performance, Swizz Beatz made it plain that he will always support his man.
"Y'all talking about the wrong damn thing!!!" a 2024 Instagram photo of Alicia wearing a crimson dress was posted by the producer. "Y'all don't see that amazing dress covering the entire stadium. Tonight's performance was nothing but amazing with two amazing giants! Congrats @usher and my love @aliciakeys. That song is a classic. We don't do negative vibes on this side—we make history."
Despite the criticism surrounding her onstage interaction with Usher, Gabrielle Cheyenne appeared unfazed. On July 27, she shared an Instagram post captioned, "Class over clout 💋," seemingly addressing the viral moment. While she didn't directly mention the incident, many fans interpreted the post as her response to the backlash, with supporters praising her for maintaining her composure and staying true to herself regardless of the criticism.
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