Nearly 20 years after he and TLC’s Rozonda Thomas (aka Chilli) broke up after three years of dating, Usher reveals how the breakup led him to not trust women.
During an interview with PEOPLE, Usher talked about dating Chilli, who is eight years older than him. “She was always charming the older ladies,” he explained. “To be honest, I was her number one fan and she was my superstar. At the age of 8, I put the poster of her on my wall and said, ‘Man, that girl is so beautiful.’ One day I will meet her.”
Although the relationship worked for three years, Usher admitted that Chilli had specific rules for him that just didn’t work. “We were missing each other. I really wanted to have a different kind of relationship where she was with me, and she couldn’t be. She didn’t think I was really in love with her as much as she was.”
He Confessions The hitmaker revealed that he ended up proposing to Chilli. However, she rejected him. “I went through a lot of pain after that, I didn’t trust women or want to open up,” he said.
Usher noted that while he hurt Chilli in the situation, it also left him heartbroken. Chilli previously said that her relationship with Usher was on and off for years. But she confirmed that things ended for him with her breakup. “We were fine with each other, but I was very careful with that,” she continued. “I really loved that girl and I thought: I don’t want to play with you. Like, ‘I can’t give you what I gave you.’ I did everything I thought you would have wanted me to do, but I guess my good wasn’t good enough.’”
Usher says he is no longer ‘hurt’ by his breakup with Chilli
While continuing to reflect on his relationship with Chilli, Usher stated that it no longer hurt him that he and his TLC bandmate couldn’t work things out.
“We’ve become good to each other since then,” Usher noted. “Let us celebrate each other and there is always light when we see each other.”
After his relationship with Chilli, Usher moved on to Tameka Foster. He had two children, Usher “Cinco” Raymond V and Naviyd Ely Raymond, with Foster before separating from her in 2009. He married Grace Miguel in 2015 and then divorced her in 2018.
In October 2019, Usher began a relationship with music executive Jennifer Goicoechea. They had a daughter in September 2020 and a son in September 2021. The couple married in Las Vegas on February 11 of this year. This was also the same day he performed at halftime of Super Bowl LVIII.
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