VIDEO: USHER CONFIRMS ANOTHER SEASON OF THE VOICE & TALKS ABOUT JUSTIN BIEBER PROBLEMS

Usher is coming back for another season.  The 34-year-old confirmed that he will be returning as a coach on NBC's hit singing competition The Voice during an intimate chat on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, on Tuesday.

The successful music producer not only expressed his excitement over coming back as a vocal mentor but also offered some reflections on his troubled protégé Justin Bieber.

Clearly in a relaxed and candid mood the 55-year-old talk show host asked the hit-maker: ‘So you’re returning or you’re not returning to The Voice?’

With his signature dramatic flair, Usher smiled coyly: ‘I plan on coming back.’ The Yeah! singer admitted he is ‘going to go away for a minute.’

  Usher went on to explain that he is filming a new movie in which he plays boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard in the upcoming film Hands of Stone. The role demands that he train in the pugilistic art, which will detract from both his successful music and television career. 

Ellen then broached a more sensitive topic: ‘Can we talk about young Justin Bieber for a second? Justin who is you know, I love him. He’s been here many times.  We had him on the show… first.’

Usher quickly replied, ‘I brought him here first,’ referring to how he was the initial champion of the young pop singer’s talent.

The blonde comedienne agreed, saying of the 19-year-old: ‘Yes, you brought him here first. Obviously we’ve been with him the whole way.  He seems to be um…. He’s young.’

The R&B singer nodded, saying: ‘Key word, you started with young.  And I think all of us in some way have humble beginnings that pan out to be incredible and we hope that in his transition as friends and family who has helped him be who he is.

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