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"TLC&amp;apos;s Rozonda &amp;quot;Chilli&amp;quot; Thomas has a confession to make: The girl group singer&amp;apos;s two-year relationship with Usher was not, in fact, the inspiration for his 2004 hit album Confessions.\r\n&amp;quot;We were together when he recorded that album,&amp;quot; Thomas clarified in an exclusive interview with Us Weekly. &amp;quot;All of those songs on Confessions, that was about Jermaine Dupri&amp;apos;s situation. Usher was just singing it. But people kind of bought into it, it was just the timing of our breakup when the album came out.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;So people assumed that album was about us, but it was not,&amp;quot; she continued. &amp;quot;And Usher and I weren&amp;apos;t oil and water. We broke up because I guess it was that time or whatever,&amp;quot; she added wistfully: &amp;quot;he was that real love for me.&amp;quot;\r\nThomas, who, together with Tionne &amp;quot;T-Boz&amp;quot; Watkins and the late Lisa &amp;quot;Left Eye&amp;quot; Lopes, formed 90s mega girl group TLC, even admitted that she will &amp;quot;always love&amp;quot; Usher, despite the fact that the pair called it quits on their relationship in 2003.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;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,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t care how much my heart was hurting, sometimes you&amp;apos;re just supposed to be with people for a reason and it&amp;apos;s not always a lifetime. Even if you want it to be, it just doesn&amp;apos;t work out that way.&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;\r\n&amp;quot;But I&amp;apos;ll always love him, forever, because he was my first adult love, a real love,&amp;quot; she added. &amp;quot;But we&amp;apos;re cool, we&amp;apos;re really cool. There&amp;apos;s no hard feelings, nothing like that. It&amp;apos;s all good.&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\nAfter the pair split, Usher went on to date and eventually marry stylist Tameka Foster in August 2007. The &amp;quot;OMG&amp;quot; crooner filed for divorce in 2009; the couple have two sons together -- Usher V, 5, and Naviyd, 4.\r\nIn recent years, the former couple has duked it out in an ugly court custody battle, but it&amp;apos;s not something that Thomas can sympathize with.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I didn&amp;apos;t have anything to do with it and I was very far away from it,&amp;quot; she told Us. &amp;quot;I wasn&amp;apos;t a part of any of that kind of stuff. Our relationship was never like that. That&amp;apos;s his story.&amp;quot;\r\nBoth Thomas and Watkins are producers on VH1&amp;apos;s upcoming biopic, Crazy, Sexy Cool: The TLC Story, which will air on Sunday, Oct. 20, and stars rapper Lil Mama, Akeela &amp;amp; the Bee star KeKe Palmer, and The Game actress Drew Sidora."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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