{"id":826212,"date":"2026-07-27T04:21:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T04:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/826212\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T04:21:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T04:21:27","slug":"usher-boots-fan-offstage-after-steamy-moment-turns-awkward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/826212\/","title":{"rendered":"Usher boots fan offstage after steamy moment turns awkward"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fan has hit back at criticism after what was meant to be a steamy onstage moment<\/a> with Usher<\/a> turned very awkward.<\/p>\n

In a viral moment from the 47-year-old singer<\/a>\u2019s performance in Nashville, nurse Gabrielle Cheyenne appeared uncomfortable as he performed a sensual dance routine to his 2004 song, Can U Handle It?, while she was sat on a prop bed.<\/p>\n

\"Usher\u2019s<\/p>\n

Usher quickly clocked the fan was uncomfortable.\u00a0Instagram\/@malaysiarosee<\/p>\n

Usher noticed she wasn\u2019t enthused, telling the crowd: \u201cI don\u2019t think she wanna be on the stage.\u201d<\/p>\n

In fan footage, Usher walked away from her and waved his hand, signalling for her to leave as some in the crowd began to boo.<\/p>\n

After it was published online by a fellow concertgoer, thousands of comments began to roast Cheyenne, questioning why she had gone up on stage in the first place if she was not into it.<\/p>\n

Cheyenne, 24, defended herself on Facebook<\/a>, explaining that she and her mother had floor seats for the show.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir team approached us and moved us to VIP before the show even started,\u201d she said, attributing it to \u201cpretty privileges\u201d.<\/p>\n

She continued on Instagram, insisting her attitude was not \u201cnasty\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cYa\u2019ll don\u2019t know me in real life! I\u2019m quiet and keep to myself but don\u2019t think that ya\u2019ll are gonna bully me about an experience that ya\u2019ll didn\u2019t get,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

She also posted a series of selfies, captioning them with the simple message, \u201cUnbothered\u201d.<\/p>\n

Her aunt, Tia Byrd, also came to her defence, saying that after leaving the stage Cheyenne had a nice conversation with Usher\u2019s wife, music executive Jennifer Goicoechea.<\/p>\n

\"Fan<\/p>\n

Cheyenne hit back at criticism online.\u00a0Instagram\/@gabrielle.cheyenne<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t care what anyone else would do, but at least she had enough respect for her mum and dad, boyfriend, brother and child,\u201d Byrd wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day she went home to her man and he went home to his wife.\u201d<\/p>\n

Usher is known for his provocative on-stage fan interactions.<\/p>\n

The bed segment Cheyenne found herself part of has been a regular inclusion during his The R&B Tour, co-headlined with Chris Brown, with Usher serenading a different fan each night during the X-rated performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fan has hit back at criticism after what was meant to be a steamy onstage moment with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":826213,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134],"class_list":["post-826212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=826212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/826213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=826212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=826212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=826212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}