Usher opened up about his friendship with Aaliyah and revealed that he should’ve dated her.
The 43-year-old singer disclosed that he was āreally close friendsā with the late pop star and even regretted not taking things more seriously with her.
Usher made the revelation during an interview with E! News correspondent Francesca Amiker where he was asked which celebrity he would have dated if he had the chance.
āIāve never told anyone this before. Somebody that I was really good friends with that I wish I would have taken more seriously because she was a really, really good friend of mine for a small amount of time, and then we just disconnected was Aaliyah. I think I would have dated Aaliyah,ā he explained.
He told E! News Daily Pop: āWe just didnāt get around to [dating]. We just kind of talked but didnāt end up doing it. We were friends and hung out. We watched movies together, but it just didnāt go there.ā
Usher also revealed his first celebrity kiss. āMy first celebrity kiss [was with] Monica. Monica Arnold. She was a good kisser!ā he said.