Fate intervened to allow Chilli and Matthew Lawrence to meet. In March 2023, Lawrence spoke to Entertainment Tonight and shared that he first briefly met Chilli at a work function. As he prepared to board a plane going home at the end of this trip, Lawrence said “a big snowstorm” forced him to alter his flights. He and Chilli then ended up on the same return flight, which kickstarted their romance. “The only flight I could get was a connecting flight through Atlanta. [Chilli] lives in Atlanta. So, she was flying on that flight,” Lawrence said. “So, really it was the flight, talking and then afterwards saying, ‘Hey, let’s keep in contact.’ That’s really what made it, and it almost did not happen.”
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Lawrence added that he and Chilli decided to take the relationship slow, saying, “It was just real friendship for five or six months, just talking on the phone long distance, getting to know each other, see each other here and there.” This approach to dating seems to have paid off; Chilli and her fellow TLC member T-Boz chatted with “Extra” in March at the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards, and Chilli opened up about her joy in being Lawrence’s partner. “I am so happy, I don’t even know what to do with myself,” Chilli said. “[Lawrence is] the best.” Recent comments from Chilli and Lawrence indicate that things are turning serious between the two.
