TLC icon Tionne ‘T-Boz’ Watkins suffers medical emergency forcing her to drop out of concerts last-minute
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Tionne ‘T-Boz’ Watkins of the musical group TLC will be sidelined from performing for the foreseeable future as she is dealing with health issues.
Watkins, 56, had been on the road with bandmate Rozonda ‘Chilli’ Thomas, 55, for the It’s Iconic tour, which also features En Vogue and Salt-N-Pepa.
Thomas acknowledged Watkins’ absence during the group’s August 28 concert at Uncasville, Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun Arena in a fan clip posted to TikTok.
Thomas said that Watkins was recovering after she had an ‘episode’ linked to Sickle cell disease.
‘I’m going to ask each and every one of you to help me hold her down tonight,’ Thomas said.
The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for Watkins for further comment on the story.
Tionne ‘T-Boz’ Watkins, 56, of the musical group TLC will be sidelined from performing for the foreseeable future as she is dealing with health issues. Pictured in Georgia in June of 2024
In an extended statement Wednesday, the band’s representative Christal Jordan told USA TODAY that Watkins was ‘currently recovering and regaining her strength’ after she ‘recently experienced a Sickle cell crisis that required hospitalization.’
Jordan continued, ‘Because the It’s Iconic Tour is such an interactive show, we made the decision to continue, with Chilli performing and receiving incredible support from Salt-N-Pepa, En Vogue, and most importantly, the fans.’
Jordan said that ‘the love shown for T-Boz has been overwhelming’ amid her ongoing health woes.
‘Hearing audiences sing her parts, lift her up in prayer, and surround TLC with so much love has meant more than we can express,’ Jordan said. ‘We are immensely grateful for the love and support.’
Jordan continued, ‘Sickle cell is a serious illness, so we ask everyone to please keep the prayers coming as Tionne continues to recover.’
The latest comes more than two years after the group, whose hits include Creep, Waterfalls and No Scrubs, had to cancel concerts in New York and Connecticut after Watkins dealt with health issues.
An August 24, 2024 statement on the group’s Instagram indicated that Watkins had been hospitalized after she had ‘sudden and severe nausea, vomiting and intense abdominal pain.’
Doctors subsequently said that Watkins had been dealing with a ‘severe abdominal blockage,’ ruling out food poisoning.
Watkins has been on the road with bandmate Rozonda ‘Chilli’ Thomas, 55, for the It’s Iconic tour, which also features En Vogue and Salt-N-Pepa. Pictured 2026 in LA
(L-R) Watkins, Thomas and the late Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes pictured in NYC in 1995
At the time, Watkins had been ‘under medical supervision’ and had been ordered to receive a CT scan amid her issues.
Watkins subsequently took to Instagram in an August 28, 2024 clip in which she said that she didn’t like the online speculation about her absences, and said her illness at the time ‘had nothing to do with Sickle cell’ or Ozempic use.
‘Everybody and every celeb ain’t on Ozempic,’ Watkins said, ‘and I just want to say the ignorance is disheartening to me.’
She added, ‘Because I would just pray for people, or if I have nothing to say, I would just shut the hell up and say nothing at all, but y’all don’t know how to f***ing do that … it just amazes me how negative the world is, and it’s so sad.’
Watkins attributed her illness at the time to ‘scar tissue’ she had on her outer intestine following a decades-old surgery.
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