Usher became a trending topic on Twitter Monday after a woman's post went viral alleging the singer tipped with fake money at a strip club in Las Vegas.
Contrary to the claims circulating on social media, the "Love in this Club" singer did not tip dancers fake money at the Sapphire Las Vegas Gentlemen's Club. According to Sapphire director of marketing Greg Wilson, the confusion started when someone from Usher's team left fake money with the singer's face on it at the club to promote his upcoming Vegas residency.
"Usher was a true gentleman and a great guest at the club," Wilson said in a statement to USA TODAY. "He and his crew converted thousands of real dollars to tip the girls dancing on the stage."
Wilson said the 42-year-old artist "left a generous tip for the staff."
Yeah - that original story didn't make sense; especially for Usher whom comes across as someone smart enough to know how to protect his image - either it was a misunderstanding or a stripper looking for her 15-minutes-of-fame
It’s sort of an odd explanation - but it works. The counterfeit money wasn’t counterfeit money - it was promotional materials for Ushers Vegas residency. It just looked like counterfeit money.
It’s good this was a celebrity - as anyone else would be in a shallow desert grave.
Or is the club covering for Usher and doing a bit of revisionist history to protect his rep and hopefully get some make up business/not turn off other celebs?
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Isnt it illegal?
My other question is - who printed those fake bills? That person needs to answer some questions about running a counterfeiting operation.
I love the one dancer who calls what she was doing "flapping my ass all night"
Usher became a trending topic on Twitter Monday after a woman's post went viral alleging the singer tipped with fake money at a strip club in Las Vegas.
Contrary to the claims circulating on social media, the "Love in this Club" singer did not tip dancers fake money at the Sapphire Las Vegas Gentlemen's Club. According to Sapphire director of marketing Greg Wilson, the confusion started when someone from Usher's team left fake money with the singer's face on it at the club to promote his upcoming Vegas residency.
"Usher was a true gentleman and a great guest at the club," Wilson said in a statement to USA TODAY. "He and his crew converted thousands of real dollars to tip the girls dancing on the stage."
Wilson said the 42-year-old artist "left a generous tip for the staff."
USA TODAY reached out to Usher's rep for comment.
It’s good this was a celebrity - as anyone else would be in a shallow desert grave.
Sorry for needing a second post in a row.
There’s something odd about the explanation. But Usher isn’t interesting to me.
If it involved Miley Cyrus urinating on strippers and paying them in Monopoly money - then I’d like to see the video evidence.