TLC’s Chilli Not the Reason for Matthew Lawrence, Cheryl Burke’s Divorce

Fans implicating TLC’s Chilli of coming in between Matthew Lawrence and his ex — ‘DWTS’ star Cheryl Burke — are barking up the incorrect tree … despite the fact that Cheryl appears to be tossing shade about the brand-new relationship.

A source acquainted with the scenario informs TMZ … Matthew’s divorce was submitted prior to he began speaking to Chilli in any romantic method — they understood each other, however just weren’t pursuing one another.

Chilli and Matthew did reconnect in March, a month after Cheryl filed for divorce, at a ’90s convention … however sources state they waited a while prior to delving into anything major due to Matthew being fresh out of his marital relationship.

Chilli was even dating other individuals up till they made things main over the vacations — and we’re informed Matthew and Cheryl weren’t cohabiting when the love started.

In truth, Cheryl herself states she and Matthew were formally single since September.

As we reported, Chilli and the “Boy Meets World” star invested the vacations — Thanksgiving, Christmas and the New Year — together in Atlanta with her household.

Cheryl required to Instagram right after our story, publishing a brief and relatively sour message — “That was fast …”