Rozonda ‘Chilli’ Thomas
Usher and the TLC groupmate were one of Hollywood’s most loved couples from 2001 to 2004. This was the “Let It Burn” singer’s only high profile relationship.
Usher released his Diamond album the same year he and Chilli split, and fans were convinced that the tracklist was about their romance – especially “Confessions,” which is about being unfaithful in a relationship.
However, Chilli denied the decades-long cheating speculation in 2023 and shared what went wrong in their relationship.
“We definitely had some chemistry,” she told People at the time. “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.”
The pair had bonded over their musical talent and success and Chilli was featured in Usher’s music videos for “U Got It Bad”, “U Remind Me” and “U Don’t Have to Call.”
Though they called it quits in 2004, Chilli and Usher were on-again and off-again, multiple times when they were both single until 2019.
In February 2024, Usher revealed that he proposed to Chilli, but it was anything but a fairytale.
“I wanted to marry her. I proposed and she told me no,” he told People at the time. “I went through a great deal of pain after that, not trusting women or wanting to open up.”