{"id":24006,"date":"2026-08-01T07:12:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T02:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=24006"},"modified":"2026-08-01T07:12:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T02:12:34","slug":"usher-issues-a-warning-to-future-concert-goers-about-lap-dances-dont-bring-your-a-up-here-if-you-dont-wanna-be-here-just-jared-celebrity-news-and-gossip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=24006","title":{"rendered":"Usher Issues a Warning to Future Concert Goers About Lap Dances: &#8216;Don&#8217;t Bring Your A&#8211; Up Here If You Don&#8217;t Wanna Be Here&#8217; | Just Jared &#8211; Celebrity News and Gossip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-2257741\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- Franchise logo or primary category --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- subheader --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tpd-post-thumbnail-container caption_belowImage credit_onImage\"><img width=\"788\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/usher-calls-out-lap-dances-788x444.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"Usher in a red coat onstage pointing at the camera.\" decoding=\"sync\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/usher-calls-out-lap-dances-428x241.jpg 428w, https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/usher-calls-out-lap-dances-788x444.jpg 788w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 100px, 788px\" loading=\"eager\" data-cf-ratio=\"788x444\"\/><figcaption><span class=\"credit-text\">Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/usher\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Usher<\/strong><\/a> is issuing a warning to his fans and any future concert-goers planning to attend his shows. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday (July 28), <strong>Usher<\/strong>, 47, paused to address the crowd during his show in Birmingham, Ala., one of his stops on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/06\/30\/chris-brown-usher-setlist-for-2026-the-rb-tour-revealed-after-first-show-of-stadium-run\/\">co-headlining tour<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/chris-brown\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Chris Brown<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBefore we get started, don\u2019t bring your ass up here if you don\u2019t wanna be here,\u201d <strong>Usher<\/strong> told the audience (via <em><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/usher-issues-warning-to-future-lap-dance-recipients-12030326\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">People<\/a><\/em>). \u201cGod don\u2019t like ugly. But most certainly doesn\u2019t feel too good about pretty privilege either!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His comments appeared to stem from a recent situation when he brought a fan on stage during a Nashville show and she appeared uncomfortable. Their interaction went viral online.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fan in question, <strong>Gabrielle Cheyenne<\/strong>, spoke with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/07\/28\/chris-brown-fan-dances-on-him-at-usher-concert\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">TMZ<\/a> about the incident and said she was actually there for <strong>Chris Brown<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI was approached first and upgraded to VIP. They don\u2019t give you any instructions on who, what, when, where, or how,\u201d she said. \u201cThey told me that it was a possibility of me going on stage, but they didn\u2019t confirm that until it was closer to time for me to go on stage. Of course, you\u2019re getting to go on stage, why would I decline that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She continued, \u201cMe, solely, I went to the concert for <strong>Chris Brown<\/strong>. It\u2019s nothing against <strong>Usher<\/strong>. I\u2019m more of a <strong>Chris Brown<\/strong> fan than I am of <strong>Usher<\/strong>. Of course, it would\u2019ve been a different reaction with <strong>Chris Brown<\/strong>; it wouldn\u2019t have been the stiffness or whatever the internet is portraying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">Posted To:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/music\/\" rel=\"tag\">Music<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/usher\/\" rel=\"tag\">Usher<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: Getty Usher is issuing a warning to his fans and any future concert-goers planning to attend his shows. On Tuesday (July 28), Usher, 47, paused to address the crowd during his show in Birmingham, Ala., one of his stops on his co-headlining tour with Chris Brown. \u201cBefore we get started, don\u2019t bring your ass&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24007,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/usher-calls-out-lap-dances.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-gossip"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}