Fan Letter: Chilli Goes Down Usher Memory Lane on Instagram

About once every three months we get the same tip sent to our inbox... "OMG! Usher and Chilli are back together!" We hardly ever pay much attention to it, because it's usually some story about how they were spotted leaving a hotel low key or something that no one can be sure of. Usher and Chilli haven't been together for something like ten years now, but it seems they made such an impact on fans that people are still waiting and hoping they'll return as a couple. Their chemistry was undeniable. I loved them too.

With that said, I wasn't surprised to receive an email last week with the same subject line. This time, various emails- all in the same day. These were slightly different. There was no sighting of the two together, no made up story about a family friend who knows them and knows they're secretly dating. No, this time the fans developed their theories from social media interaction with Chilli.

The first email read:

I wanted to share some information with you, Rozonda Chilli thomas and usher are secretly dating. They are taking it a step at a time, she's been liking his pictures on instagram, If you go to some of her fan pages, you will see she's been liking their pictures together. That's not all, Usher new single will be dropping soon, chilli was in the studio with him.

& another

Hi I don't know if you report about couples possibly getting back together or not so I really hope you respond. Anyways my friends and I have fanpages on Instagram and twitter. One is called @best_celebritycouples . They are TLC and usher based. We have info to give you about chilli wanting usher back if you want it. Just reply to me and we will send the info. All fans want those two to get back together and your publicity of the info we give you will help out a lot. I would really appreciate it if you guys replied back. Thank you.

Fans want so badly for something to happen that any little occurrence is a sign. I remember getting A LOT of emails when Ushers' hit single There Goes My Baby was released. The second verse alludes to Chilli perfectly. Later the songwriter Rico Love admitted to using her as inspiration for that verse.

I recall when they followed one another on twitter, how fans lost it. We even mentioned it in a blog post, but nothing came of those follows..they were just follows.While we'd like to hope that something is up between these two, the reality is Chilli nor Usher have ever shied away from how special their relationship was. They both have said beautiful things about it and one another over the years. Maybe Chilli liked/commented because she likes the photos.

I've had a couple of brief interactions on twitter with the flawless Chilli regarding Usher. What we know for a fact is that she loves the man, thinks he's sexy, and feels like their timing wasn't right the first go around. While I'm not sure this IG lovin she gave their photos the other day means anything.. I too must admit that I wouldn't mind seeing something jump off again between these two. We'll see. In the meantime.. the screenshots are below. What do you guys think? Is Chilli making a statement with this?!