Usher says that working with his wife could “damage” the relationship

• Usher says he avoids working with his wife, a music manager, in order to protect their relationship.
• “Your belongings are your things. My things are mine,” Usher said during an appearance at the podcast.
• The therapists previously declared to BI that partners should establish limits with each other for a healthy relationship.

Usher prefers to separate business and pleasure, especially with regard to her relationship.

During an appearance in the Podcast Tuesday episode “Baby, it’s Keke Palmer”, Usher explained how he preferred not to work with his wife, Jennifer Goicoechea, a music manager, even if they are in The same industry.

“I definitely count his opinion on things. It is an incredible resonance box and sometimes brings calm to a part of my madness,” Usher at the host of the Podcast Keke Palmer. “But if we had to work together, oh my God, it would not work. It would damage our relationship. I would never do that.”

“Yeah!” The singer started to go out with Goacoechea in 2019 and married her during the Super Bowl 2024 weekend-after her half-time performance.

Although GOICOECHEA is created in the music industry – it is main vice -president of A&R at Epic Records – Usher says that they should not expect to get involved in the work of the ‘other unless they wish.

“As, in fact, we have a policy, you know. If it is a company in which you are, I will help to establish and work there. But it’s your business, you know, and then we have The things we do together, but it’s not a mandate.

At the end of the day, he believes that setting limits is healthy.

“Your things are your business. My things are mine to make it a more sustainable relationship,” said Usher.

“This is my third,” he said, referring to the wedding “, and I try to make sure not to remove this ring.”

Usher shares two children, Sovereign Bo and Sire Castrello, with Goacoechea. He has two other children, Usher “Cinco” Raymond V and Naviyd Ely, with his ex-wife Tameka Foster, with whom he was married from 2007 to 2009. He was also married before in Grace Miguel from 2015 to 2018.

Having limits is crucial for a healthy relationship, said Janet Park, therapist of Healing Phoenix Therapy, told Business Insider.

“The limits establish what we feel good and do not feel well in a relationship. In this vein, the limits are important because they play an essential role in the establishment of security and confidence in a relationship”, she said.

In addition, if a person fails to honor their own needs and limits, he can prepare to feel uncomfortable or dissatisfied in the relationship, she said.

One of the most important things about the border establishment is that it should look more like a request, and not a request, said Adrienne Clements, therapist in private practice.

“It might seem to say,” Would you be ready to give me time solo in the house today? “In contrast to” I need a solo time in the house today, “she said.

A representative of Usher did not immediately respond to a request for comments sent by Business Insider outside regular hours.