Usher Addresses Rumors About Being Beyoncé’s Childhood Nanny [Video]

Usher addressed the long-standing rumor of him being Beyoncé‘s nanny when she was a toddler.

In a latest episode of Shannon Sharpe’s “Club Shay Shay” podcast, Usher mentioned that in their youth, he performed extra of a short-term guardian function for Beyoncé.

“First of all, how could I be a nanny? I’d be a manny,” he joked. “Daryl Simmons had a group by the name of The Dolls, and they came to Atlanta for the first time. This is before Destiny’s Child became Destiny’s Child. I think I looked over them while they [were] doing something in the house, I had to watch over ’cause I was like the, you know, the authority ’cause I guess I was the older teenager at the time. “[I was] making certain that they didn’t, you know, get in no trouble in the house at the time.”

Moreover, Sharpe inquired whether or not Usher may sense that Beyoncé had a particular “it-factor” even when she was youthful.

“I think when I saw them, I knew there was something very special about all of them,” he added. “Because as Destiny’s Child, they all thrive. Even still to this day when you see them all together, they all are an incredible unit. Beyoncé had a talent and also a brilliance and a brightness that was much different.”

Final yr, Usher initially disclosed that he acted as a chaperone for Beyoncé after they had been each youthful in an interview on the UK radio present “Capital Breakfast With Roman Kemp.”

“Fun fact, I knew Beyoncé when she was 12 years old, 11 years old,” he shared. “She used to be in a group by the name of The Dolls. I don’t know if I could consider myself their babysitter, but I had a time where I had to watch The Dolls.”