Usher admits his post-Super Bowl surprise wedding was ‘abrupt’: ‘We decided at the last minute to do it’
nypost.comAfter making us all go “Yeah!” at the Super Bowl halftime show in February, Usher didn’t just kick back and watch the rest of the big game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers.The R&B superstar rushed right out of Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas to another pressing engagement: his wedding to longtime love Jenn Goicoechea.After getting their marriage license on Feb.
8, the couple tied the knot at Vegas Weddings’ drive-thru lane on Feb. 11 — with an Elvis impersonator doing the honors.“It was an abrupt thing,” Usher, 45, told The Post in an exclusive interview for our new “Music to My Years” video series. “We decided at the last minute to do it.”Getting hitched after arguably the biggest performance of his career was the ultimate victory celebration for Usher Raymond IV.“What was already an amazing moment was peaked by a moment that I will remember forever,” he said. “I was very happy to not only conclude my time in Las Vegas with the residency and then the Super Bowl, but to start on a new journey with my amazing wife.“And I was very happy to do it there,” he continued. “It’s probably one of the easiest ceremonies that I’ve ever experienced in my life … I [was able to] really enjoy this moment between me and my wife and my children and my intimate and immediate family who was there.”The eight-time Grammy winner — who has a new concert film, “Usher: Rendezvous in Paris,” in theaters through Sunday — has two children with Goicoechea: daughter Sovereign Bo, 3, and son Sire Castrello, 2.
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