The breakup between Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas and Dallas Austin practically overshadowed their musical partnership.
Austin, who shares a 28-year-old son, Tron, with Chilli, seemed again on their breakup throughout his current go to on T.I.’s expediTIously podcast. Around the 45-minute mark of the episode, Austin referred to as it “suffocating” to be within the Atlanta music scene on the time, which he and the TLC member had been part of.
“That’s why I went to Miami. You know, I was like, ‘It’s too much,'” Austin stated.
Austin added that it took “a couple years” for him to heal after breaking apart with Chilli, including that it was “weird” to navigate the confined music business area together with her. The music producer additionally recalled considering that Chilli and Usher would ultimately date, which they did from 2001 to 2004.
By the time Austin and Chilli’s relationship was over, the singer notified Austin that she’d been doing a music video with Usher, though he did not specify if it was “U Remind Me” or “U Got It Bad.”
“I was like, ‘You should go do it.’ And she’s like, ‘See, you just don’t care. You just throw me out to the woods and everything,'” Austin recalled.
Austin added that he and Usher had been “tight” earlier than his relationship with Chilli and have turn into pleasant within the years since.
“Life goes on and me and Usher. We did Gumball [3000] together where we ride around the car for eight days for seven, eight hours a piece in a two-seater,” Austin stated.
While Usher is now married to his third spouse, Jennifer Raymond, née Goicoechea, Chilli is inching towards marriage together with her accomplice of three years, actor Matthew Lawrence. Last week, the Second Chance Love co-hosts revealed on Sherri that they’ve vowed to not argue.