Usher Addresses Alicia Keys Super Bowl Embrace
One of the viral moments during the Super Bowl LVIII Halftime show came when Usher hugged Alicia Keys while they performed their 2004 hit song “My Boo.” As Keys got up from the piano and sang their song together, Usher embraced Keys from behind, where she was seen smiling and laughing. Usher spoke about the moment in a new interview.
“In no way anything done there should have been viewed as bad or in any way perverted or anything like that,” Usher said per Entertainment Tonight.
“No, it was literally about having fun because of a song that me and Alicia made many years ago,” Usher explained. He added that he meant “no disrespect to anybody.”
The moment garnered responses from fans and Swizz Beatz, Keys’ husband. Usher said that he spoke to Keys and the producer, and they are all on good terms despite the backlash from social media. “We’ve laughed about it… it’s all love.”
Swizz Beatz Responds To Usher and Alicia Keys Moment
Keys is married to producer Swizz Beatz, and while the internet seemed to make this viral moment negative, he just brushed it off.
“Y’all talking about the wrong d— thing !!! y’all don’t see that amazing dress covering the entire stadium,” Swizz Beatz wrote on Instagram with photos of his wife’s performance. “Tonight’s performance was nothing but amazing with 2 amazing Giants ! Congrats @usher and my love @aliciakeys that song is a classic. We don’t do negative vibes on this side we make history.”
Fans React To Usher and Alicia Keys’ Viral Moment
While Swizz Beatz didn’t think much of the moment, fans had a more aggressive response to Usher’s embrace.
“@USHER ENOUGH IS ENOUGH BRO!! U NEED TO APOLOGIZE TO SWISS,” he wrote on Instagram. “SHE MARRIED MY N—- I KNOW THAT WASNT PLANNED.”
“It’s wrong to hold someone’s wife life this. I don’t care if Swiss Beatz is okay with it,” another fan It's wrong to hold someone's wife life this. I don't care if Swiss Beatz is okay with it 😕 #AliciaKeys #Usher pic.twitter.com/2bu6egluiU
“Don’t take it personal…I think u talking about the wrong d— thing [laughing emoji], but carry on tho,” a fan wrote in Swizz Beatz’s comment section.
Others had a similar reaction to Swizz Beatz.
“Usher put his arm around Alicia keys & the insecure brothers of America had a fit,” one fan Usher put his arm around Alicia keys & the insecure brothers of America had a fit 😂😂😂😂
“I’m loving the jokes and memes, but some of y’all are REALLY mad about Usher and Alicia Keys?! Wow,” a fan I’m loving the jokes and memes, but some of y’all are REALLY mad about Usher and Alicia Keys?! Wow.
Regardless of what the internet thinks, Usher, Beatz, and Keys are all good.