Usher has been doing everything he can to deliver the best Super Bowl halftime performance possible, including getting feedback from his kids.
In the episode of Thursday, February 8, The conversation, The “My Boo” singer was asked if his four children (Usher “Cinco” V, 16, Naviyd Ely, 15, Sovereign Bo, three, and Sire Castrello, two) will sing with him at the Las Vegas scene.
“They will be present,” Usher said. “Maybe for the tour, but no,” he added. “I've been getting tons of notes from Naviyd. Usher, he gave me a couple of notes. He gave me some songs that he felt he should definitely cut, songs that he should keep.”
“Sovereign? I was actually too busy shooting videos, you know what I mean?” the musician laughs, referencing his most recent music video, which features his daughter. “She's a superstar now.”
While Usher may be famous enough to earn the top spot at the Super Bowl halftime show, he might be too famous for his kids.
The singer recently spoke with Shannon Sharpe on an episode of the podcast Shay Shay Clubwhere he talked about some of the new challenges he's faced as a parent after some of them became teenagers.
“My children…sometimes they don't want me to go. “They don’t want me to be at their basketball game or their recital, or they want to be very, very low-key, because they don’t want that energy,” he told the talk show host.
“They don't want, 'Oh, Dad came into the room and took…'” he said, as Sharpe added, “All their attention is not on me.”
Usher continued, “And it's hard, because I try my best to have that empathy, but I want to be there.”
The “My Boo” singer revealed that there were “countless occasions” where he sat “in the back of the room, quietly” trying to “stay as small as possible and be as quiet as possible” to avoid giving himself away. any problem. attention that he should pay to his children.
Usher also talked about the differences between how he was raised and how his own children raised him.
“That access and that reality that they're seeing gives them a certain expectation and unfortunately I can't take it back,” he said. “I walked so we could ride. And now that you are riding, I want you to understand the importance of walking.”
The host questioned whether his kids could ever be “normal” when they have a “six-car garage” plus a “nanny, maid and chef.”
“That's a harsh reality, which is pretty much why you have to be tougher on them,” the singer responded. “But considering that their normality is different from ours… the expectation is actually higher. “That’s the only thing I have empathy for my kids.”
He added that he feels especially bad for his oldest son, who is named after him. “You know, I named my son Usher, so every time he goes out there, obviously, there's that pressure,” he said.
Of his overall approach to parenting, Usher shared, “It's equally important to talk to your kids. “If you’re going to push them like that, you must love them that much.”
