TLC Movie Cast: You're Gonna Be Shocked When You See How Much T-Boz & Chilli Made Off Of Film [VIDEO]
While Crazy, Sexy, Cool: The TLC Story was one of the biggest biopics for VH1, it has been revealed just how much TLC singers Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins and Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas made off of the popular film that portrayed their rise to success.
Both of the ladies only made $60,000 apiece for the hit TV movie, The Jasmine Brand reported Friday. The details were revealed in a $40 million lawsuit against the ladies by their former manager, Perri “Pebbles” Reid. Pebbles filed documents against T-Boz and Chilli after she claims she was misrepresented in the movie as a money-hungry manager who took advantage of T-Boz, Chilli and their late third group member Lisa “Lefteye” Lopes.
The depositions for Chilli and T-Boz were filed just this past Wednesday. They shared details of their earnings and other specifics in their deal with the network.
As for T-Boz, she said that VH1 did pay her $10,000 for rights to her life story. They added $50,000 for T-Boz to play a consulting role in the film. When asked if VH1 should have given her more, T-Boz kept it simple and said that is what she and the network decided together.
When it comes to Chilli, she said that while they did receive $60,000, she hoped to bring in more after the film was a success for things like the masters of the new recordings that was made specifically for the movie. Still, she didn’t know how much they made from the masters alone.
