Chilli Says She & Ex Usher Were In Contact While He Was Married, ‘Couldn’t Get Over’ Split

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Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas and Usher were successful interaction for 15 years aft their 2004 breakup, the TLC member, 52, revealed successful a June 2 interview. “I emotion hard. I was like, ‘God, wherefore can’t I get implicit this?’” she confessed to PEOPLE. “He couldn’t either.” During that time, the eight-time Grammy victor was joined twice: to Tameka Foster from 2007 to 2009 and to Grace Harry from 2015 to 2018.

Despite the comfy chemistry betwixt the two, Chilli ended their off-and-on narration successful 2019 to absorption connected herself. “I adjacent stopped dating,” she added. “Because earlier that I thought if I met the close feline during that clip that I wasn’t implicit [Usher] it wouldn’t work. I would ne'er privation to straddle the fence.”

Rozanda “Chilli” Thomas and Usher airs successful 2002 (Photo: Shutterstock)

Chilli and Usher, present 44, were unneurotic betwixt 2001 and 2004. “We decidedly had immoderate chemistry,” she recalled of their romance. “But moving chemistry does not mean it works successful your idiosyncratic life. If we were working, it was great. But extracurricular of that, we’re truthful different.”

The “No Scrubs” hitmaker has since moved connected with her boyfriend, histrion Matthew Lawrence, 43, who she has been dating since 2022. “I ne'er thought the sanction ‘Matthew’ would marque maine blush truthful much,” she admitted to PEOPLE in May. “I ever thought helium was cute.” The iconic vocalist added that their narration is truthful beardown that they person ne'er had a azygous fight. “I’m similar ‘Matthew, it’s gonna hap 1 day, origin we’re going to beryllium unneurotic forever,'” she sweetly added.

Meanwhile, Usher has been successful a years-long narration with Jenn Goicoechea. They welcomed their 2nd child unneurotic successful 2021. The “Yeah!” vocalist also shares 2 children with his ex-wife Tameka Foster.

Rozanda “Chilli” Thomas and Matthew Lawrence person been unneurotic sine 2022 (Photo: Shutterstock)

Chilli has an big lad named Tron with her ex, Dallas Austin. Tron antecedently confirmed that helium approves of his mother’s relationship with the actor, who was antecedently joined to  Dancing with the Stars pro Cheryl Burke.

Usher and Chilli person seemingly moved connected from their connection, and Chilli told PEOPLE she has “no hard feelings” toward the R&B singer. Meanwhile, she is all-in connected her narration with Matthew. “He wants to beryllium the champion feline helium tin beryllium and who God wants him to be,” she noted. “God-willing 1 time we’ll get married.”

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