Usher invites Ed Sheeran and X Factor judge Rita Ora to late night pizza making session in Atlanta

Date night: Usher with Ed Sheeran and Rita Ora
Usher/ Instagram
Emma Powell15 September 2015
The Weekender

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Usher invited Ed Sheeran and Rita Ora to a late night pizza making session in Atlanta.

The Love In This Club singer was joined by his fellow musicians on Monday night at Little Italy – a restaurant owned by his friend.

Usher kept fans up-to-date with the night via a series of Instagram photos and videos.

One image shows the singer smiling in the middle of Ora and Sheeran, who is raising a glass of red wine to the camera.

<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="4">&#13; <div>&#13; <div>&#13; <div> </div>&#13; </div>&#13; &#13; <a rel="nofollow" href="https://instagram.com/p/7obBEsSifx/" target="_blank" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-2948196-https://instagram.com/p/7obBEsSifx/" data-vars-event-id="c23">A video posted by Usher (@howuseeit)</a> on <time datetime="2015-09-15T00:44:58+00:00">Sep 14, 2015 at 5:44pm PDT</time>&#13; </div>&#13;

X Factor judge Ora looked to be struggling with the dough spinning element of the pizza making process and was captured accidentally punching her fist through the dough as the chef looked on.

Alongside another image, Usher wrote: “@edsheeeran @ritaora@enmemetemps Late night (1AM) favor from my good friend @gioantico#highlyfavored #greattime #headsup#LittleItaly #BestPizzaAtl.”

<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="4">&#13; <div>&#13; <div>&#13; <div> </div>&#13; </div>&#13; &#13; <a rel="nofollow" href="https://instagram.com/p/7oanDxyifI/" target="_blank" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-2948196-https://instagram.com/p/7oanDxyifI/" data-vars-event-id="c23">@edsheeeran @ritaora @enmemetemps Late night (1AM) favor from my good friend @gioantico #highlyfavored #greattime #headsup #LittleItaly #BestPizzaAtl</a>&#13; &#13; A photo posted by Usher (@howuseeit) on <time datetime="2015-09-15T00:41:25+00:00">Sep 14, 2015 at 5:41pm PDT</time>&#13; </div>&#13;

Ora is currently on tour in America ahead of her return to the UK for the X Factor live shows.

The Poison singer was mocked by her fellow judges on last weekend’s show for her flirty behaviour towards the male hopefuls.

Simon Cowell described her as a "wild animal" and Cheryl Fernandez-Versini warned one contestant: "She's going to eat you alive later."

She later told singing hopeful Joe Waller: "Thanks for making my eyes light up and making me smile... No really thank you."

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