TLC’s Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas claims she accidentally reposted a meme about former first lady Michelle Obama’s gender.
The singer/actress, 55, also denied being a Trump supporter even though she made a sizable donation to President Trump’s campaign.
“I WANT TO BE CLEAR: I am not MAGA and do not support any of the many policies that are causing great harm to the American people,” she wrote in an Instagram post on Saturday.
Chilli claimed she thought she was donating to stop human trafficking and to a veterans organization.
Chilli said she loves children and cares about her dad, who is a military veteran.
“I made a mistake too many make: I did not read the fine print. I thought I was supporting causes against human trafficking and for veterans.”
But Chilli’s followers point out that she reposted a meme about Michelle Obama being a man.
Chilli said she has the “utmost respect” for Mrs. Obama after reposting a conspiracy theory about the former first lady’s gender.
She claimed she doesn’t know how that meme was reposted on her Instagram page.
“I have no clue that the repost had happened until I started getting phone calls and messages from everybody and I immediately went to my page to see what was going on,” Thomas said.
The meme remained live on her Instagram page for 2 days before it was deleted.
Chilli claimed she is not very tech “savvy”, and the “like” and repost buttons on Instagram are close together.
“Clearly, I was scrolling, and my thumb hit the repost button,” she explained. The “Waterfalls” singer said she also supported former President Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns.
Chilli insisted she “supported the organization that Michelle had in the schools for exercise for the kids.”
Chilli is engaged to Trump supporter Matthew Lawrence, whose brother is former child actor Joey Lawrence (“Gimme a Break!”).
Matthew, 46, is affiliated with the Republican Party. He once ran for office as a Republican candidate in Michigan in 2024.
Matthew and Chilli began dating in late 2022 after his divorce from “Dancing with the Stars” dancer Cheryl Burke that same year.
? TLC’s Chilli claims she accidentally shared a negative post about former first lady Michelle Obama on social media and that any political donations she made were meant to help veterans. pic.twitter.com/DMSYjhxV5e
— TMZ (@TMZ) March 29, 2026
