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- Rozanda ‘Chilli’ Thomas is 1/3 of 90s lady group sensation ‘TLC’.
- She’s additionally a actuality TV star.
- Chilli has had a number of high-profile relationships with well-known males, together with Usher.
- She’s presently relationship Matthew Lawrence.
Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas is a power to be reckoned with. As 1/3 of the 90s sensation TLC, alongside Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes and Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, she rose to fame with hits like “Waterfalls,” “No Scrubs,” and “Creep.” At the peak of their fame, the gifted trio garnered an American Music Award, a number of Grammys, and a slew of MTV Video Music Awards. Their extensively publicized chapter, and Lisa’s tragic loss of life in a automotive crash on April 25, 2002, offered challenges and grief for Chilli, however she went on to launch a few solo singles and even appeared within the music video for Tyrese‘s hit “Nothing On You.”
She additionally starred in two seasons of a VH1 actuality collection based mostly on her life known as What Chilli Wants. Behind the scenes — and typically even in full public view — she additionally had a collection of high-profile relationships with well-known males. In truth, she’s presently relationship actor Matthew Lawrence. Read on to search out out about all of Rozanda ‘Chilli’ Thomas’ most severe romantic relationships.
Dallas Austin
According to The US Sun, Chilli dated TLC producer Dallas Austin all through a lot of the Nineteen Nineties — and he produced among the group’s most memorable hits. During an episode of her actuality collection, she opened up about an abortion she had whereas with Dallas. She additionally admitted to deeply regretting the choice, and getting pregnant once more with Dallas. They ended up having a son collectively.
“I was 20 and my career hadn’t really started, [and I got pregnant],” she mentioned in the course of the present, per Buzzfeed. “How do I do all that? How do I be a mommy? [The abortion] messed me up — it broke my spirit. I felt like I became not my strong self anymore. I felt like I gave in and broke [down] to what someone else wanted. I cried almost every day for nine years. And then I was caught up — I had to have a baby. I had to fix it, and the only way I could fix it was with him [Dallas]. I could only have this baby with him because the baby I didn’t have was with him. As time went on, I was able to break away from the relationship because I knew that he was always being true to himself — I was not. I was compromising who I was as a person to please this person, and I think so many women do that.”
The duo welcomed their son Tron Austin on June 2, 1997. Not lengthy afterwards, they went their separate methods.
Usher
R&B star Usher was Chilli’s subsequent severe relationship. Both have been members of the LaFace Record Group, and the romance was pure. They started relationship in 2001, and within the subsequent two years, she appeared in a number of of his iconic music movies, together with U Don’t Have to Call, U Remind Me, and U Got It Bad.
They break up in 2003, however she’s spoken out a number of instances about how laborious it was to get him out of her system, even admitted they have been nonetheless involved when he received married to now ex-wife Tameka Foster. “I love hard,” she advised PEOPLE in June of 2023. “I was like, ‘God, why can’t I get over this? He couldn’t either.”
After it was over, she admitted, “I even stopped dating. Because before that I thought if I met the right guy during that time that I wasn’t over [Usher] it wouldn’t work. I would never want to straddle the fence.” She additionally revealed that they’d “working chemistry.” “We definitely had some chemistry,” she defined. “But working chemistry does not mean it works in your personal life. If we were working, it was great. But outside of that, we’re so different.”
In a 2013 interview, she recalled their breakup as effectively. “We broke up because I guess it was that time or whatever…he was that real love for me,” she confessed to Us Weekly on the time. “In any relationship, even when it came to my relationship with Usher, when it was time to make a move, I had to do that. I don’t care how much my heart was hurting, sometimes you’re just supposed to be with people for a reason and it’s not always a lifetime. Even if you want it to be, it just doesn’t work out that way.”
Nick Cannon
Unconfirmed studies emerged in July of 2016 that Chilli was “hanging out romantically” with serial dad Nick Cannon. “Nick and Chilli [have] been hanging out on the low, ” an insider reportedly advised E! News. “[They’ve] been friends for some time and just recently this summer they have been hanging out romantically.” The supply additionally mentioned that “Chilli is a very mature woman that’s been around the music industry for some time and gets it,” and added the tidbit that “Nick has always had a crush on her growing up. He thinks she is beautiful.”
“They are not an exclusive couple at this time just casually hanging out and seeing where things go,” the supply mentioned. Neither Chilli nor Nick have ever addressed the relationship rumors.
Matthew Lawrence
Sometime in November of 2022, the TLC singer started relationship Dancing with the Stars professional Cheryl Burke’s ex-husband, Matthew Lawrence. By January of 2023, Chilli’s rep had confirmed to TMZ that the couple are in an “exclusive relationship.” They made the connection Instagram official by dancing of their pajamas through social media simply earlier than the brand new yr. But months earlier than that, they have been additionally noticed vacationing collectively in Hawaii in August of 2022.
In May of 2023, she gushed about the truth that she hadn’t had a single combat with the Boy Meets World actor throughout their relationship. “I never thought the name ‘Matthew’ would make me blush so much,” the singer advised PEOPLE. “I always thought he was cute.” She then added, “To this day we have not had one argument. I’m like ‘Matthew, it’s gonna happen one day, cause we’re going to be together forever.’”
Matthew appears to really feel the identical approach. “My life is in complete bloom right now,” the TV star advised ET again in March. “I get to spend time with an amazing woman like Chilli. I’ve never gotten to be able to experience that kind of relationship before. She’s really, really special.”
Though Cheryl appeared stunned by Chilli and Matthew’s relationship, it didn’t emerge till almost a yr after they introduced their break up in February of 2022. Meanwhile, the TLC star has help from one other of an important males in her life — her son, Tron. “I just like seeing her happy, you know?” he advised People throughout an April 2023 interview. “I wish them all the best and I think he’s a great guy.”
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