Chilli was not able to let her romance with Usher burn.

The TLC singer just lately shared that she and the “Confessions” crooner stayed in touch up till 2019 — regardless of ending their extremely publicized romance 15 years earlier than.

“I like laborious,” the 52-year-old — whose actual identify is Rozonda Thomas — informed Individuals Thursday. “I used to be like, ‘God, why can’t I recover from this?’ He couldn’t both.” 

Chilli mentioned that she lastly lower her ex off “to concentrate on myself.”

“I even stopped relationship,” she added. “As a result of earlier than that I assumed if I met the best man throughout that point that I wasn’t over [Usher] it wouldn’t work. I’d by no means need to straddle the fence.”

The “Scrubs” singer informed the outlet that she and Usher, 44, have been on and off for years and would reconnect once they weren’t in different relationships.

Nevertheless, the “Confessions” singer was married to Tameka Foster from 2007 to 2009 and to Grace Harry from 2015 to 2018, which was one yr earlier than Chilli and Usher ended communication with one another.

Chili and Usher started relationship in 2001 and referred to as it quits three years later.

That very same yr, Usher launched his critically acclaimed album “Confessions,” which many followers believed to be about his infidelity throughout his romance with Chilli.

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The “Pink Gentle Particular” singer clarified in a 2013 interview with Us Weekly that Usher didn’t cheat on her.

“We have been collectively when he recorded that album. All of these songs on ‘Confessions,’ that was about Jermaine Dupri’s state of affairs. Usher was simply singing it. However individuals type of purchased into it, it was simply the timing of our breakup when the album got here out,” she defined.

Chilli famous that they broke up “as a result of it was that point,” including that Usher “was that actual love for me.”

Chilli has now discovered love once more, as she is at present relationship “Boy Meets World” alum Matthew Lawrence.

The four-time Grammy winner gushed over her new romance with Lawrence, 43, telling Web page Six in April that he “has modified every part, the best way I take a look at relationships. It’s so completely different.”

In the meantime, Usher is at present relationship Jennifer Goicoechea and so they share two youngsters collectively: daughter Sovereign, 2, and son Sire, 1. He’s additionally a dad to sons Usher “Cinco” V, 15, and Naviyd Ely, 14, with Foster.