Uh-oh, TLC’s Chilli is in hot water with her fans.
A fan complimented the R&B legend by comparing her to chocolate in the comments section of a video of Chilli dancing with beau Matthew Lawrence.
“OK Matthew! He got some chocolate now he got some moves!! I approve!!”
According to Vibe, the songstress responded with “Caramel,” followed by wink and starry eyes emojis.
Many Fans Didn’t Like Chilli’s Comment
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A lot of fans took issue with the singer’s comment as they saw it as Chilli rejecting dark-skinned beauty.
“Your skin is brown Chili. You do in fact [qualify] as ‘chocolate.’ Left-Eye qualified as ‘caramel’. Love yourself!”
“You wanna be lightskin so bad… sis you’re brown skin like chocolate, its okay.”
“I don’t even think the person literally meant chocolate as in the color of chocolate. She meant he got himself a BLACK woman. I don’t even understand what was the point of tryna correct it caramel lol. Girl, you black and that’s beautiful.”
“Colorism got everybody in a chokehold. It’s tiring at this point.”
The TLC Legend Responded Promptly
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After noticing the spate of comments, the artist responded.
“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.”
The singer also made headlines recently when her ex-boyfriend Usher revealed he had proposed to her in 2004, but her rejection almost broke him.
“I wanted to marry her. I proposed and she told me no. I went through a great deal of pain after that, not trusting women or wanting to open up.”
Chilli has been a weirdo, and I wouldn't put those comments past her, but let's not revise history and say that some of his fans weren't colorist. She was attacked for being dark, older, previously married, and having three kids. https://t.co/vRQZQeGAIv pic.twitter.com/6FJlMETDjd
— dominique (@dominiquewms) February 22, 2024
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Chilli has always had this mindset. She thinks this way because she has loose curls and baby hair. The caramel complexion is not in the room with us. ???? https://t.co/tsjYhmlX2a
— ???????????????????? ⚡️ (@MJFINESSELOVER) February 22, 2024
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Chilli is literally one of those "All Lives Matter" people. Couldn't even keep her mouth shut before TLC's last album dropped. So, now she can't distinguish between skin hues? She is not no damn 'caramel' lmao.
Imagine being a bird brain assed, colorist heaux at FIFTY-TWO. ????????
— Spencer of the Shihōin Clan (@_Elle_Spencer_) February 22, 2024
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Chilli must have some weird color complex, because, girl, ma’am, nobody was calling you dark, you were referred to as “chocolate” because you’re in a relationship with a vanilla baby, and you’re Black. Correcting the commenter, replying “caramel” is some borderline colorist bs????
— The Ebony Alert ???? (@atme_at) February 22, 2024
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Wellllll. This is interesting. I’d have to sit with it because I wouldn’t call chilli chocolate either. But I guess because she’s Black she should be considered such?
But a lot of regular folks referred to Tameka as too dark for him and said a lot of nasty colorist things. https://t.co/DBDaVP0ynw
— nat???? (@natbkidd_) February 22, 2024
