Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas shared a cute video of herself dancing with her boyfriend while on vacation in Jamaica on Feb. 20. However, the video went left after Chili responded to a fan about her skin complexion.
The 52-year-old is currently dating 44-year-old “Mrs. Doubtfire” actor Matthew Lawrence, and the duo each shared a video of them dancing to “Jiggy Woogie (feat. DLegend)” by Babylawd on Instagram. After a fan complimented Lawrence’s dance moves, calling his woman “chocolate,” Chilli corrected the fan and replied, “Caramel.”
“Ok Matthew!! He got some chocolate now he got the moves!! I approve!!,” wrote the fan. Chili replied, “@upscale bosslady Caramel [wink emoji, star-struck emoji].”
After many noted how Chilli seemed to reject the “chocolate” title, the “Creep” singer defended herself in the comment section.
“It’s almost like she didn’t like being called chocolate but she is chocolate and chocolate is beautiful. Never be ashamed of that,” wrote the fan, prompting Chilli to reply, “@heysanh chocolate is beautiful also…never said it wasn’t. But without a tan, I’m caramel…..what’s the harm in being truthful? Good grief.”
Fans online did not agree with Chilli’s assessment and replied on Instagram and X, formally Twitter. Several accused the “Baby-Baby-Baby” singer of being a colorist in the comments.
“Finding out Chili think she light skin gave me a real good ki,” wrote one fan. “Literally the darkest member in tlc what be the problem.”
Source: TLC’s Chilli Faces Colorism Accusations After Preferring to Be Labeled ‘Caramel’ Over ‘Chocolate’
