Usher claps back at claims he and Justin Bieber got into ‘heated exchange’ at Oscars party

Usher is shutting down nan declare that he sewage into an aggravated statement pinch Justin Bieber astatine Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s Oscars afterparty.

Last week, TMZ reported nan “Baby” singer, 32, and his erstwhile mentor, 47, sewage into a “heated exchange” aft Usher went up to Bieber astatine nan star-studded bash angrily.

But Usher’s friend Da Brat said nan “Yeah!” vocalist told her nan study was “exaggerated,” during an section of “The Rickey Smiley Show.”

“I said to Usher, and he said, ‘This is an exaggeration of nan conversation,’” Da Brat said. “He’s been thing but supportive of plentifulness of issues that Justin Bieber has had passim nan years and y’all tin really cheque nan records for each that, he has been.”

“Justin is connected his ain journey, dealing pinch his ain reality that he’s created,” she continued. “Usher wishes him thing but nan best, and they person nary hostility towards each other.”

The rapper noted that nan 2 singers “definitely emotion each other.”

“People conscionable return worldly retired of discourse erstwhile they spot thing and they tally pinch it, and I’m conscionable present to opportunity that is not nan issue,” she said. “They are decidedly cool pinch each other, and they person emotion and they support each other.”

According to TMZ’s sources, while Bieber and Usher’s alleged altercation did not move physical, it was “intense.”

A root claimed to nan outlet that Bieber has “always been rude” to Usher and he’s trying to “erase everyone successful his past.”

Page Six reached retired to reps for Bieber and Usher, but didn’t person a response.

Usher and Bieber’s former manager, Scooter Braun, were cardinal figures successful nan early stages of Bieber’s career, pinch Usher serving arsenic a longtime mentor.

Sources told Page Six successful February 2024 that Usher asked his erstwhile protégé to return portion successful his Super Bowl halftime show, but Bieber “wasn’t emotion it.”

A euphony manufacture root told america a nan time.“There’s nary bad humor betwixt Usher and Justin. Justin conscionable wasn’t up for it — he conscionable wasn’t emotion it.”

Back successful 2016, Usher noted that Bieber was “like a child” to him while discussing Bieber’s past troubles pinch nan law.

“As a mentor, he’s accepted my opinion, I tin springiness him my perspective,” he said during his appearance connected “The Howard Stern Show.” “He’s for illustration a kid to me, truthful I don’t needfully consciousness for illustration it’s business, you cognize what I’m saying? I consciousness for illustration I’m talking to personification who has had hardships.”

“If your kid ever has difficulties, each personification who’s listening to this s—t correct now understands that nobody’s perfect,” he continued. “You’re gonna person moments. And if he does, I tin only show him nan reality of what has happened … Of course, we’ve had stern talks.”

Bieber reflected connected “letting spell of resentment” successful an Instagram station successful December while speaking astir his difficult past.

“I grew successful a strategy that rewarded my gift but didn’t ever protect my soul,” he wrote. “There were moments I felt used, rushed, shaped into thing I didn’t afloat choose. This benignant of unit leaves wounds you don’t spot connected stage.”

He acknowledged that he “carried anger,” but said he had been “healed” by his faith.

“I’ve asked God why. But Jesus keeps gathering maine successful nan mediate of nan symptom – not excusing what wounded me, but school maine really not to go bitter,” he wrote.

“I’ve been done symptom that shaped maine earlier I had nan words to sanction it… I don’t want to pain nan euphony manufacture down,” he continued. “I want to spot it made caller – safer, much honest, much human.”