Essence magazine caught up with Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas who talked about her ex Usher, her brief relationship with CNN reporter T.J Holmes and Left Eye.

On whether she communicates with Usher & Tameka: 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. I later found out there was some infidelity, but he never said who that woman or who those women were, because I'm sure it was more than one. Again, I heard things, but Tameka never crossed my mind. The first time I strolled across that [infamous] beach photo I thought somebody photoshopped that. I didn't believe it. I did wonder if she was one of the girls, but again, I never asked. My memory of her was that she was the stylist, because she dressed Usher and I for an event one time. Honestly, those are questions I never asked him, and I've distanced myself so much from him. We aren't communicating at all. We broke up, had conversation a few times maybe two years after we broke up, and it was a wrap. I think what keeps it alive at all is these [blogs] speculating whether we'd get back together. [ESSENCE]

Chilli went on to deny a claim that she caused T.J's recent divorce by saying and I quote: "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. We dated, but it was brief."

Chilli also commented on Destiny's Child not being the biggest selling female group and she talked about her new gig as a spokesmodel for Chamomix. Check out the full interview over at ESSENCE.COM.

Labels: Chilli, Music Hoopla, Newsstand Snapshots, things that make me go hmm, Usher