Usher has been making headlines for his shock marriage ceremony to girlfriend longtime girlfriend Jennifer Goicoechea after his stellar Super Bowl efficiency.
But now the singer, 45, has revealed a secret proposal to one among his previous flames.
Speaking to People for his cowl story, the Yeah! singer dropped the bombshell that he as soon as proposed to girlfriend Rozonda ‘Chilli’ Thomas from TLC, however was turned down.
“I wanted to marry her. I proposed and she told me no,” he shared.
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“I went through a great deal of pain after that, not trusting women or wanting to open up,” the singer candidly admitted, confessing that Thomas “broke my heart.”
According to the star, Thomas, 52, who was seven years his senior, “didn’t believe that I was actually in love with her as much as I was.”
“I really did love that girl,” Usher instructed the journal.
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Discussing their on-off relationship after breaking apart, the singer mentioned he “did everything” he thought the TLC star needed, “but I guess my good wasn’t great enough.'”
Usher dated the R&B singer - his first excessive profile girlfriend – for 3 years within the early noughties earlier than calling it quits.
The pair first met in 1993 after they had been signed to the identical recording label, however did not begin formally courting till 2001.
The musical couple went their separate methods in 2004, not lengthy after which Usher launched his extremely profitable album Confessions, believed to be in regards to the breakup.
Thomas later refuted claims that the album was impressed by their break up, telling US Weekly in 2013 that the pair had been nonetheless “together when he recorded that album.”
The TLC star instructed the outlet she would “always love him, forever, because he was my first adult love, a real love.”
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Thomas mirrored that “sometimes you’re just supposed to be with people for a reason and it’s not always a lifetime, adding “even if you would like it to be, it simply would not work out that approach.”
Since his romance with Thomas, Usher has been in a number of other notable relationships through the years.
The Hey Daddy singer was married to designer Tameka Foster for 2 years from 2007 to 2009, and share two sons Usher ‘Cinco’ V and Naviyd Ely collectively.
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The R&B legend married once more in 2015 to Grace Miguel earlier than sadly calling it quits in 2018.
Usher has been courting his present girlfriend – just lately now spouse – Jennifer Goicoechea since 2019. The pair share a son and a daughter collectively.
People confirmed Usher and Goicoechea had secretly gotten hitched in Vegas simply hours after his Super Bowl Half Time present.
The singer’s reps instructed the journal that the pair had tied the knot on Sunday evening on the outside marriage ceremony chapel Terrace Gazebo surrounded by shut household and pals.
Meanwhile, Thomas has been courting American actor Matthew Lawrence since 2022.
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