Usher will appear on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on Friday. The “Love In This Club” hitmaker is presently plugging his forthcoming LP, Here I Stand, in store Tuesday, May 27th.

Ellen:….Speaking of your wife, the press seems like they’ve been very hard on your marriage.

Usher: Some what. The opinion is that maybe this wife has come in and torn something down … she’s built it up even more now the foundation of who and what I am is even more. This stands for more what I want to see more of … I want to see more men standing with their women. I want to see more men be open and honest about where they are in life and that’s a lot of what I chose to talk about in my music not necessarily just about my relationship just about being vulnerable being honest … that’s the reality.