Tameka Raymond did an interview with Vibe.com and said she doesn't believe in divorce, and that both times she was married, divorce was filed on her. The first time Tameka was divorced was because she was cheating with Usher [click here if you missed that]. So what was the reason her second marriage didn't work out? Tameka explains it all.
Vibe asks Tameka,
Were you ever skeptical about even dating such a big star?
We didn't even get a chance to settle into marriage. First of all when he proposed, I became pregnant a few months later and then I had the baby [shortly] after our wedding. We did in one year what couples do in five. We bought a house, we were combining families with stepchildren and we were promoting Here I Stand after he hadn't had an album for four years. So there were nerves with that and it was so much pressure. Then not having the public support… that didn't help. And you kind of have peer pressure to go to the clubs to prove that you're cool. It was just nuts.
That sounds like a list of reasons for why…
It didn't work?
Yeah.
Clearly. There was no lack of love on either sides. We loved each other very much. I dare to say we love each other very much. [The divorce] had nothing to do with us as people, [but] all the circumstances.
Do you personally believe in divorce?
I do not believe in divorce. Both times I got divorced, it was because I was filed on. [Laughs] I didn't fight for my first marriage the way I should have. I think once you’re married it’s a commitment [even] through all your tough times.
Read the rest of the interview here
