Although they’ve only been dating for a few short months, Matthew Lawrence is already thinking about his future with TLC’s Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas.
During a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight, the Boy Meets World actor opened up about his budding romance with the singer and his thoughts on potentially having children.
“That’s the game plan. That’s what we’re trying to do,” the actor revealed to ET. “My life is in complete bloom right now. I get to spend time with an amazing woman like Chilli. I’ve never gotten to be able to experience that kind of relationship before, so it’s quite special. She’s a really, really special human being. I wish more people on the planet were like her. We’d be much better off.”
Before Chilli, Lawrence was married to Dancing with the Stars professional dancer Cheryl Burke, whom he dated for several years. However, the two called it quits in January 2022 after nearly three years of marriage.
During the interview, Lawrence touched on his split from Burke, saying, “It tested me and I learned so much about myself, and I’m so thankful and blessed for the opportunity to grow and that’s what came out of it.”
Lawrence and Chilli announced they were dating on Instagram in January. Since then, the two have been spotted together several times in public, looking quite smitten.
While speaking with ET, Lawrence revealed how he and the singer became a couple.
“So we were at this thing. We were working. We just said hello in passing and probably nothing would’ve come of that, but there was this big snowstorm. I had to be back for work, so I was getting them [the airline] to change my flights all around. The only flight I could get was a connecting flight through Atlanta. She lives in Atlanta. So, she was flying on that flight,” Lawrence recalled about meeting his now-girlfriend. “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. I mean, literally, an hour before the flight took off they were like, ‘OK, we got you on this flight. You gotta go.’ So it was just like that kind of thing.”
He continued, “It was just real friendship, you know, for like five or six months, just talking on the phone long distance, like, getting to know each other, see each other here and there,” Lawrence shared. “But, really, just keeping it as friends and being, you know, let’s keep our priorities straight here. We wanna know what we’re all about. We don’t wanna take this too fast.”
