Sharon’s good mate Simon Cowell has given his take on the old Usher / Justin debate (old, in that people kinda stopped comparing Usher and Justin about a year ago). Cowell told reporters:
"If I had to have one of the two, I would take Usher any day. The interesting thing about Justin is, he is a white boy who has tried hard to make himself black over the years. So you get the impression sometimes that he wants to be something he's not."
However, before Usher gets all complacent, Cowell continued by dissing those who say Usher is the “new Michael Jackson”.
Cowell: "I don't think he's as good as Michael Jackson at his peak, because you're not going to be listening to the
Usher records in 10 years in the same way we listen to Thriller and Billie Jean, because they still sound amazing. But he's at the top of his game at the moment."