Usher Reveals WHY Justin Bieber Skipped Super Bowl Halftime Show _ E! News
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00:00 We did have a brief conversation.
00:02 Here's why Justin Bieber didn't perform with Usher
00:05 at the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show.
00:08 While Usher brought the house down
00:09 during his headlining gig,
00:10 many were wondering why his protege, Justin Bieber,
00:13 didn't make a cameo appearance alongside fellow guests,
00:16 Alicia Keys, Her, Will.i.am, Lil Jon, and Ludacris.
00:21 Now, Usher explains why JB ultimately decided
00:23 against hitting the biggest stage in the world
00:25 in an interview with The Breakfast Club.
00:28 - You know, I think that it might've been the fact
00:31 that he was just, you know,
00:33 wanting to tell a different story right now.
00:36 And I understand that,
00:38 but we did have a brief conversation
00:41 and, you know, we gonna do something else in the future.
00:45 But no love lost or anything like that.
00:48 I think that it's a lot of pressure for the Super Bowl,
00:50 obviously, for me to put together a show.
00:52 So I reached out to everybody.
00:54 Justin wasn't the only person that I actually spoke to
00:56 about doing the Super Bowl,
00:58 but the moment was maybe for later.
01:02 - But Usher says we shouldn't count Justin out
01:05 as a future halftime headliner.
01:07 - He's gonna play the Super Bowl.
01:08 I'll go ahead and give you that in the future.
01:11 I'll profess that over his life and over his time,
01:14 because he has a career that deserves it.
01:17 But it just didn't happen,
01:20 but that doesn't mean it's not going to.
01:22 - Speculation that the Biebs may be on the guest list
01:24 kicked off Saturday, February 10th,
01:26 when the singer was photographed entering a hotel
01:29 in Las Vegas, Nevada,
01:30 with members of the Kardashian-Jenner family.
01:33 Bieber arrived alongside Kim Kardashian,
01:35 Khloe Kardashian, and Kendall Jenner
01:37 after exiting the KarJenner's private jet
01:39 earlier in the day.
01:41 He was later seen at Allegiant Stadium
01:43 with wife Hailey Bieber in the Kards-Jenner box.
01:46 And when Usher hit the stage,
01:47 Justin was seen rocking out in the stands.
01:50 (upbeat music)
01:53 (upbeat music)
01:56 Post-game, Justin gave Usher a shout out on Instagram
02:01 saying, "Love you, my brother.
02:02 No one can sing and dance the way you do.
02:05 Love you from the depths of my heart.
02:07 Brought the A to the world.
02:08 Only you, baby."
02:10 And it would have made sense
02:11 if Bieber and Usher shared the stage.
02:13 After all, Usher mentored young Bieber
02:15 after Scooter Braun discovered the singer in 2008.
02:18 In 2010, Usher and Bieber collaborated for Bieber's track,
02:22 "Somebody to Love."
02:23 (upbeat music)
02:26 (upbeat music)
02:29 (upbeat music)
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