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On January 3, 2023, it was confirmed ’90s R&B singer Chilli began dating Boy Meets World alum Matthew Lawrence sometime in November 2022. Let’s meet her boyfriend, her baby daddy and her exes.

Just after we rang in the new year, news reports confirmed that love is in the air for famed R&B singer, Rozanda “Chilli” Thomas. The entertainer rose to fame as one-third of the Grammy-award-winning ’90s girl’s group, TLC.

Although the group retired following the death of Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, Chilli has stayed in the spotlight — this is especially true since she announced that she’s dating another longtime entertainer. So who’s Chilli’s new boyfriend? Read on to find more about her son’s father and her past relationships as well.

Who is Chilli from TLC dating? She’s got a new man!

Chilli and her new boyfriend, Boy Meets World star Matthew Lawrence, were first spotted together in Waikiki Beach in August of 2022.

In late December, they fueled dating rumors when he made an appearance on the TLC group member’s Instagram. However, it wasn’t until a few days later that the lovebirds officially revealed their relationship status.

In a statement published by TMZ on Tuesday, Jan. 3, Chilli’s rep said that the couple has been dating since the fall of 2022 and spent both Thanksgiving and Christmas together.

“I’ve been with Chilli since 2005 and I’ve never seen her this in love. She is glowing. They are really cute together,” the singer’s rep told PEOPLE.

Who is Chilli’s baby daddy?

Before Matthew, Chilli started a relationship with producer Dallas Austin from the early 1990s to the later part of the decade. Dallas produced TLC’s Ain’t 2 Proud 2 Beg, Creep, Unpretty, and several other songs for the group. Aside from producing, Dallas is also a singer known for his songs “Leave With You,” and “No Cap.”

At age 20, Thomas became pregnant by producer Dallas Austin; due to career aspirations and outside pressures, she aborted the pregnancy. She later revealed that she regretted the decision. Thomas and Austin continued their relationship, and would later have a son, Tron Austin (born June 2, 1997).

Shortly after Tron’s birth, the former pair went their separate ways.

Tron’s dad, Dallas Austin, 52, took to Instagram on Jun. 2, 2022, to wish his son a happy birthday.

Austin has three children, including a son, Tron Austin, and a niece, whom he helped raise after the death of his brother, Claude Austin, in 1994.

Who is Tron Austin?

Tron Austin is a musician and the son of singer Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas and music producer Dallas Austin.

He was born on June 2, 1997 and now 26 years old. He attended Full Sail University.

Tron is a proud husband to his wife, Jeong Ah Wang, who he married in Dec. 2022.

The 26-year-old has weighed in on his mom’s relationship with Matthew, telling People, “Oh man, I just like seeing her happy, you know?”

Tron added in the April 28 interview, “As someone who is now five years into my relationship, I love seeing humans connect and witnessing that genuineness. I feel that from him.”

Reflecting on his mom’s choice to “be public” about her romance with the actor, Tron said that it shows him “this is a very special person in her life.”

Tron also noted that the couple are taking this budding relationship slow. “We’ve only met a couple of times,” he said about himself and Matthew, “because they’re really building their relationship since she’s very careful about that kind of stuff.”

Despite only meeting a few times, Tron and Matthew have found common ground.

“I think he’s a great guy,” Tron told the outlet. “I do MMA and he said that he recently started doing jujitsu, so we have some commonalities and stuff that we talk about. I’m really happy for her.”

Back in early March, Matthew spoke about getting to know Tron while also gushing about his relationship with Chilli, noting that her son, who the music artist shares with ex Dallas Austin, is “so cool.”

“He’s getting in shape,” Matthew told Entertainment Tonight. “He’s making me feel like I gotta start doing pushups and stuff.”

Who else has Chilli dated?

Chilli has been involved in a high-profile relationship. Early in her career, she was romantically linked to Usher, whom she says was her “first real love” (per ESSENCE). In 2001, Chilli and Usher entered a relationship; both GRAMMY Award winners were a part of LaFace Records.

In December 2003, Chilli and Usher split after two years together.

According to Chilli, she and the Confessions singer called it quits because they were growing apart. She explained to Us Weekly: “We broke up because I guess it was that time or whatever…he was that real love for me. “In any relationship, even when it came to my relationship with Usher, when it was time to make a move, I had to do that.

After Usher, she was rumored to date Nick Cannon. In July 2016, an insider revealed Chilli and Nick were “hanging out romantically.”

At the time, a source shared with E! News: “Nick and Chilli [have] been hanging out on the low. [They’ve] been friends for some time and just recently this summer they have been hanging out romantically.

“Chilli is a very mature woman that’s been around the music industry for some time and gets it.

“Nick has always had a crush on her growing up. He thinks she is beautiful. They are not an exclusive couple at this time just casually hanging out and seeing where things go.”

However, neither Chilli nor Nick confirmed the dating reports.

Before Chilli, Matthew was married to Cheryl Burke, But why they get a divorce?

News of Matthew and Chilli’s romance came only months after his divorce from his ex-wife (professional dancer Cheryl Burke of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars) was finalized. But why did Matthew and Cheryl decide to go their separate ways? Here’s what we know!

According to court documents, Cheryl and Matthew have been separated since January 2022.

One month later, she filed for divorce citing “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for their breakup. In a May interview with Tamron Hall, Cheryl said that her ex “definitely did try” to rekindle their romance before their breakup.

“People evolve and people grow. And sometimes they grow together and sometimes, you know, you, unfortunately, grow apart,” Cheryl said.

Later, she seemed to have a change of heart. In the months to come, Cheryl indicated that their split was anything but amicable in a series of posts on TikTok.

“He said he would never talk to her again, yet I found text messages, viagra, and a necklace hidden in a pair of his shoes,” she wrote in one video.

“The last time is absolutely right! Goodbye forever,” she captioned the post. She concluded with hashtags like, “#exessucks #thelasttime #goodbyeforever #hopeitwasworthit,” which seemingly confirmed that infidelity played a major part in their split.

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