Rozanda “Chilli” Thomas sat down with Essence magazine recently to discuss TLC being the best selling female group, Usher and wife Tameka, being called a home-wrecker, in Lisa’s death, and what she currently working on. Here are some excerpts from the interview.
ESSENCE.COM: You’re part of the best-selling female girl group of all time, and now you’ve entered the worlds of accessories and skincare.
CHILLI THOMAS: Thank you for acknowledging that because everyone always credits Destiny’s Child as the biggest-selling female group, but it’s just not true. You can’t count album sales for each solo project collectively and come up with numbers. I love Destiny’s Child, but thank you…..
ESSENCE.COM: It’s been six years since we lost Left Eye. How are you and her family coping with her death?
CHILLI: I see her family every now and then. I still have my moments and probably always will. There’s not a day that goes by that she doesn’t cross my mind. When I do some interviews, I get so upset when people refer to me as “the former member of TLC.” I am always and still am a part of TLC. We are forever no matter what. As long as T-Boz and I are living, we are keeping Left Eye’s memory alive….
ESSENCE.COM: Throughout the blogosphere, folks speculated about whether you, Usher and Tameka communicate. Do you?
CHILLI: I don’t have any contact with her. I have not spoken to her in years. There’s no relationship at all between us. I haven’t spoken to Usher, either. When people ask whether or not I think she is the reason we broke up, I have no clue what Usher was doing outside of our relationship. When we broke up, it was because it wasn’t working out….
ESSENCE.COM: There were rumors that you were a home wrecker and dating CNN’s T.J. Holmes while he was married. Is that true?
CHILLI: No, let’s clear this up right now. T.J. Holmes was divorced and had been divorced. It wasn’t a situation where he was going through a divorce and still married. I would never date a man that is legally separated or tied to another woman….
