Usher Son: Tameka Raymond Interview with 'Good Morning America' on Custody Battle VIDEO
A week after Usher's son, Usher V was hospitalized for almost drowning in a pool, Tameka Raymond appeared in an exclusive interview with ABC's Good Morning America Wednesday to tell her side of the story on why she filed an emergency custody hearing.
The ex-wife of the Grammy-award winning singer who lost custody Usher V and Naviyd said her heart dropped when she got the call that her 5-year-old son almost drowned. She compared the experience to when her 11-year-old son Kile Glover died in a boating accident last year.
"It was like I relived it. My brain went into all these modes. I'd gotten this call before," Tameka said.
Tameka cleared up rumors about fighting to get full custody--she claimed that her lawyers filed the emergency hearing so that she can have more time with her children when Usher is on the road traveling.
"I want to have first right of refusal. (If Usher is out of town) I don't want them to go home to the nanny and watch whatever show their dad is on. They should be home with their mom," Tameka said.
The ex-wife said she does not hate Usher and hasn't pointed a finger at him for the incident.
"Absolutely not. He's the father of my children. and I love my children more than life itself," she said. "I don't blame him, but I'm angry it happened on his watch," she said.
On whether she's being painted as a unstable person in the media, Tameka said that her reputation has been ruined because of the divorce battle that ended last year.
"I had a career, and to be reduced to some baby momma and gold-digger is hurtful," she said. "I don't have an agent. I have regular, working-class friends and family. We don't know how to fight the machine."
