I’m so pain. Sister Tracy, she loves when it snows and she died that morning when the it was actually pouring down snow in Virginia. So my sister’s now a snowflake, y’all. Okay, see you later. Cheers. Get your life. You make it so hard to love you. You make it so hard. When Tracy Braxton passed away, some notable absences at her funeral were her own sisters.
Before her passing from esophageal cancer, the relationship between them got so strained that even in death, Tracy wanted nothing to do with them. I can understand that no one really wants to talk to Lil Kevin’s father because there was a pretty public rift between our side of the family and him right after Tracy passed.
From being mocked and publicly humiliated by her sisters at the release of her first solo album, Crash and Burn to feeling betrayed when they exposed and gave details about her cheating husband on national TV without her consent. Stow knew how I felt about having a confrontation. I don’t get it. And then with newcomers coming around and think they can be uh uh counselors.
Because of them, people unfairly called Tracy the wannabe of the Braxton. There’s a lot to unpack. Tracy Braxton felt very hurt many years ago when her sister signed a record deal without her. At that time, Tracy was pregnant. Because of her pregnancy, the music company did not want her to be part of the group. Her sisters Tony, Tamar, Towanda, and Trina moved forward without her.
[Music] This left Tracy feeling pushed aside. It made her feel like she was no longer part of something special with her family. Even though many years passed, the pain stayed with her. It made her feel like she had lost something important, something she could never get back.
Later, when her family walked out from filming their TV show Braxton Family Values, the old pain came back again. Tracy said it felt like she was being left behind all over again. She shared these feelings during an interview with Fedra Parks. Tracy said that one moment her sisters were there and the next moment they were gone. It felt strange and unreal for her.
She had always thought her family would be together, but now she was standing alone, just like before. This made her heart hurt even more. When you didn’t go with the group in the walk out, you didn’t communicate. Actually, I Tracy explained that when her sisters became the Braxton without her, it felt like she did not matter anymore.
She felt pushed out and forgotten. Tracy said it was like losing a part of her body, like losing a limb. She loved writing music and being creative, but without her sisters, she felt empty. It made her wonder how she could move forward without them by her side. Even though she tried to stay strong, the feelings of sadness were still there after all those years.
Did something else happen that we don’t know about though? 30 years. How many licks does it take to to get to the center of the pop? The world may never know. Many fans had strong opinions about how Tracy felt. Some fans told her that she should let go of the past. They said it happened over 20 years ago and she needed to move on.
Some said she was being weak for still feeling hurt about it. A few fans even said that her family built success for all of them and she should be thankful instead of holding on to pain. Even though people told her to forget it, the truth was Tracy’s pain was very real to her. Losing that close connection with her sisters was something she could not easily forget.
A lot of emotions are coming to a head and all this from 25 years ago, the tour drama, the talk behind my back. During the season 6 finale of Braxton Family Values, the Braxton sisters went on a family trip to Napa Valley. They planned the trip to celebrate Tamar’s birthday and Trina’s engagement.
It was also the first time the sisters traveled together with all their boyfriends and husbands. Even though it was supposed to be a happy trip, there was tension from the very beginning. The sisters were not getting along well, and problems started quickly. One problem happened during a wine tasting event.
Tracy’s husband, Kevin, gave cigars to all the men. Tamar got upset because she did not want her boyfriend at the time, David Adafeso, to smoke a cigar on camera. Tamar thought smoking cigars looked ghetto, and she worried it could hurt David’s business since he worked in finance. She also said David was not used to being on reality TV, and she wanted to protect him from looking bad.
As the weekend went on, the tension between the sisters got worse. Towanda’s boyfriend Shawn and David came up with an idea. They wanted to hold a meeting with all the sisters to help fix their problems. Okay. This morning, uh, me and David had a a little coming together and, um, we just felt like there’s a lot of miscommunication amongst the sisters.
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They thought if everyone sat down and talked, they could work things out. But Tracy found out about the plan before it happened. She was very clear that she did not want to join the meeting. She felt it was not right for their boyfriends to get involved in family matters. I think Sean and Dave are totally naive to getting into this whole spin of things because they don’t know what they getting into.
Even though Tracy said no, the sitdown still happened. This made Tracy very angry. She felt like her sisters and their boyfriends were not respecting her feelings. She also felt like the production team for the show pushed her into something she did not want to do. Later, Tracy confronted Towanda. She accused Towanda of causing more problems in the family.
Tracy even called Towanda a snake, which showed how deep the mistrust had grown between them. Towanda knew how I felt about having a confrontation. I don’t get it. And then when newcomers coming around and think they can be um counselors, you know that you want to antagonize somebody, so don’t play with me. You know the down dirty, you snake ass son of a gun.
Tracy’s husband, Kevin, went back into the dining room where the sisters were still sitting. He tried to explain why Tracy was so upset. Kevin told them that the issues between them should have been fixed a long time ago, decades ago. He said Tracy was trying to deal with deeprooted pain, but instead of understanding, things got worse.
Tamar started talking about Kevin’s past troubles. She brought up that he had once been to jail. She also kept telling him to lower his voice. Instead of trying to calm the situation, Tamar’s comments made everything even more tense. Kevin then left to go find Tracy. He found her very upset in the bathroom. Tracy was crying and told him that she now saw her sisters as just co-workers, not real family anymore.
She said that the love she once felt for them was gone. Feels like all her rights are taken in these type of situations. You can laugh. That’s cool. I’m good with that. I’m good with that. I deal with that every day. So, I’m good with that. Even though she was hurt, she decided to go back to the table to face her sisters. She told Kevin, “Let’s do it.
” She wanted to try and fix things, but when they got back, Tony said there was no point because one of their sisters, Trina, had already left. Hearing this made Tracy even more upset. She felt like her sisters were avoiding the real problems again. She stood up to leave. As she walked away, Tamar made a snide comment. Cheers. Get your life.
That small comment pushed Tracy over the edge. She turned around, came back to the table, and told Tamar, “You make it so hard to love you. You make it so hard.” Her anger was real and deep. She even said she was going to beat Tamar up. Kevin tried to calm her down, but Tracy lost control and lunged at the cameraman standing nearby.
It was a very emotional and painful moment for everyone. Whose fight Tracy’s about to fight a man? Fans watching the show had strong opinions. Many people supported Tracy. They felt her pain. Some said that if Tamar had been the one pregnant years ago, the sisters would have waited for her.
They thought Tracy had been treated unfairly. Fans also pointed out that when Tamar made rude comments about Kevin’s jail time, nobody corrected her. But when Kevin spoke about Tracy’s hurt, they tried to shut him down. Viewers said it was no wonder Tracy exploded the way she did, they felt the sisters had treated her badly for years.
Another moment that hurt Tracy deeply was when her sisters talked about her husband’s cheating on national TV. Tracy said she felt betrayed. Her sisters shared private information about her marriage without asking her first. Tracy thought some things should stay private, even on a reality TV show. She told an interviewer that she was very hurt and could not believe they had done that to her.
She said her sisters were too nosy, especially Tamar, who often made comments about everyone’s lives. Tamar never held back and said whatever she wanted, even when it hurt others. After the big fight, Tracy decided she needed to take a step back from her sisters. She said she needed space to focus on herself and her own family. In an interview, Tracy explained that she felt like her sisters did not support or respect her.
She said that she was in a different place in her life compared to them. Tracy shared that she had different goals and dreams and that her sisters did not understand her anymore. At the same time, Tracy was dealing with a deep personal loss. She was grieving the death of her niece, Lauren, who she raised like a daughter.
Tracy explained that losing Lauren was like losing her own child. She said she even felt pain in her womb, as if she had given birth to Lauren. This deep sadness made it even harder for her to connect with her sisters. Tracy admitted that she often kept her feelings inside. She did not like to talk about her pain and it made her feel even more alone.
She said that sometimes she just needed to move slowly when trying to fix her relationships. She wanted to take her time because she was still hurting inside. Tracy said she was not on the same page as her sisters anymore and that she needed time to heal. Another painful event happened during Trina’s wedding. You look great, Von and Trina.
You stand before me today and all of these witnesses having requested that I marry you. Let’s exchange vows. This should have been a happy day for the family. But instead, old feelings came up again. During the wedding reception, their father, Michael Braxton, Senior, got up to sing. He asked Tracy to sing with him. Tracy, always wanting to help her father, got up and joined him.
She sang with love and pride. But after she sat down, another guest told her that her sisters were laughing at her. This crushed Tracy. She felt mocked and belittled once again. Tony later said that they were just laughing and having fun watching their father sing. Tracy attempted to save daddy. [Music] There you go. They thought it was a happy moment, not something to hurt Tracy.
But for Tracy, it felt very different. She felt like they were laughing at her, not with her. This made her extremely angry. She started cursing and yelling, calling her family foul. She said she didn’t mess with them anymore because they didn’t truly love her. Tracy then went into the dressing room.
When Tamar followed her, Tracy let all her anger out. She told Tamar, “You’re never real. You are fake, a fraud, and a phony.” Tamar tried to calm her by saying, “But I love you.” But Tracy shot back, “You don’t love me. You never loved me. Get out of my face.” It was a very sad and emotional moment. Tracy felt completely unloved by her own sisters.
Tracy also faced hurt from her sisters when she released her first solo album, Crash and Burn. Instead of supporting her, Tamar made fun of the album online. She mocked the use of autotune on Tracy’s songs. This public criticism hurt Tracy even more. It showed that even in her personal achievements, her sisters were not standing behind her.
When Tracy released her second album, On Earth, [Music] She got very little support from her sisters. Tony and Tamar did not promote it much. This showed the cracks in their relationship were still there. Tracy felt abandoned once again by the very people who should have been cheering her on. After all these painful events, Tracy made a big decision.
She said she would no longer mix business with family. She felt that working with her sisters only made things worse. It hurt their personal relationships. Tracy said she wanted to focus on healing and building a healthy bond with her family away from cameras and contracts. She realized that sometimes you have to choose peace over money.
The sisters had a family therapy session with Yanla Vanzant, the host of Fix My Life. But y’all was to be here at 11. The next thing I know, Tony has an appointment. This can happen. That can’t happen. Come at two. Commitments are very, very important. They hoped that Ila could help fix their problems, but it did not work out the way they wanted.
During those meetings, a lot of deep and painful secrets came out. Tamar even shared that she had been molested as a child, something she had kept private for a long time. Instead of healing the family, the therapy made things worse. The sisters were already upset because of money and contract fights about their TV show.
Things became even more tense after the therapy. No, your behavior diminishes your message. Tony, Toanda, Trina, and Tamar decided to stop filming the show. They went on strike to protest to the contracts. Only Tracy stayed and kept filming with the network we TV. This decision made her sisters were very upset with her. They felt like she betrayed them.
But even after all the fighting and sadness, the sisters later shared with Entertainment Tonight ET that they found a way to move forward and fix their relationships. The first day that we all sat here, you and my mother went on about her staying in the process no matter what. And here is the leader who left first.
No, hold on. Tamar spoke first. She said she was very happy that everyone was now in a better place. She told ET, “I love WI TV and I am excited about our new ventures and the new relationships.” Tamar explained that when people are together for a long time, like family or close friends, there will always be problems sometimes.
But the good news is that they worked things out and were back together, feeling stronger than before. She’s frustrated for a lot of things. There’s a lot that’s going on with Tamar. All five sisters talked with ET at the season 6 premiere party for Braxton Family Values at the Dhini Room in Los Angeles.
It was like a makeup event because they had skipped the original party in August 2018. At that time, only Tracy had shown up. Tracy admitted she still had some hard feelings about that night. She said, “It’s still a battle. We are just trying to respect each other’s boundaries and work together. Everyone wants different things when it comes to business.
” The Braxton’s looked at their reality show as a business. Towanda said that even though they were family, they still had to treat the show like work. She said, “We are a work in progress. Every day we try to get better.” Towanda shared an important lesson she learned that life is about making choices. She said she was choosing to be happy no matter what.
Tony also spoke about the importance of family. She said that even when they fought hard and got angry with each other, they always loved each other deep down. Tony said, “I am the oldest sister, so I always try to put the family back together.” She made it clear that love never left their family, even when things got rough.
Tamar gave credit for their healing to the Holy Ghost. She said that they all had to remember why they started the show in the first place. At first, the show was meant to be about their real family love and struggles. But later, Tamar felt like things became too fake, too produced. She said there were times when it seemed like she was being blamed for drama that she didn’t even know about.
Tamar said, “I say my peace and keep it moving. She didn’t like when the show made it seem like she was always causing trouble. Unfair because I’ve never gotten a chance to speak my peace. And how did you contribute? I contributed by keeping my commitment although my business wasn’t handled. Towanda agreed with Tamar.
She said the most important thing was that the show could help other families. That made all the hard work worth it for them. Are amazing and I love them so much. And the great thing about family is that you can have disagreements, but at the end of the day, you always come back to the core, and that’s family. Oh, and yeah, Tracy had to deal with her sisters airing out her marriage drama on national TV without asking first.
On Braxton Family Values, the whole situation with her husband’s alleged cheating got exposed, and Tracy says she had no clue it was coming. In an interview with madameir.com, Tracy kept it real. I was really hurt to find out they discussed my marital problems on the show without my consent. I could not believe it. But then again, my sisters are nosy.
And yes, she called out tomorrow by name for always having something to say, no matter whose business it is. I think the relationship my sisters and I share is too close at times. She said they give unsolicited advice and it can be so bothersome, but that’s how we grew up, always in each other’s business. But Tracy says the new season is different.
This time she’s making space for her own voice. Fans should expect to see me standing up for myself. She said, “This time around, I am sticking up and making moves for Tracy. Sadly, in 2022, Tracy passed away after battling esophageal cancer. together. After her death, there was more family drama.
Her husband, Kevin Serat, planned a funeral service. Some of the Braxton family members did not attend. They said that the service Kevin set up was not what Tracy had wanted. This disagreement showed that there were still tensions between Kevin and the Braxton family. Even after Tracy’s death, there had been issues between Kevin Serat and Tracy’s sisters for a long time.
They did not always get along with him. This had caused problems in the family even before Tracy passed away. Sadly, these old issues made it even harder when it was time to honor Tracy’s memory. Tracy sometimes felt like the outsider in the family. Some producers of the show even gave her hurtful nicknames like ghetto braxton and wannabe.
This made her feel left out. Towanda and Trina later spoke out to clear up the lies people believed about Tracy’s place in the family. In a special clip from the Braxton, Towanda warned producers not to lie about Tracy’s funeral. She said, “What you don’t want me to do is tell the truth. Don’t push me.
” Trina made it clear that they did not skip Tracy’s real funeral. They just did not attend the event that Kevin organized, which they said Tracy never wanted. Trina explained, “Tracy said in her will that she didn’t want a funeral.” Towanda added that it was wrong for people to use Tracy’s death for a show.
They made it clear that they wanted to respect Tracy’s wishes above everything else. Towanda said, “I always fought for Tracy and will continue to fight for her as long as I live.” Towanda and Trina also talked about the early days of their show. They said that when Braxton family values started, people unfairly called Tracy the wannabe.
Towanda said this image was created and fed by others, not by the family. She wanted people to know the real story. Towanda explained that it was true. They signed their first contract without Tracy. But there was a good reason. Tracy was pregnant at the time. Back then in the 1990s, it was very hard for women who were pregnant to sign music deals.
The record company wanted women who were not pregnant to be seen as stars. Tracy understood that and told her sisters to go ahead and sign without her. Trina added that the label told them they wanted women that every man wanted and every woman wanted to be like. That was the image they were selling. Towanda said it was not something they were happy about.
In fact, Toanda and Trina did not want to leave Tracy behind. They made it clear that they always loved Tracy and later performed with her whenever they could. Now, the Braxton family is returning with a new series. They say this new show will honor Tracy’s final wishes. Towanda said that this time the platform is only for people who truly respect what Tracy wanted.
She and Trina promised that they would continue to fight for Tracy’s memory. Always wrote this sweet message to her late sister. Quote, “Our morning ritual, laughing, saying good morning, or even watching the same movie on the phone in silence. No one will ever know just how we were as sisters.” In an episode of the Braxton, Tamar sat down with a medium.
The room was quiet and everyone could feel the strong emotions in the air. The medium said that Tracy, Tamar’s late sister, was trying to speak to her. Tamar looked nervous but listened closely. The medium said, “Tracy is very emotional right now. She is coming through very strong for you.” Tamar started to wipe away a tear from her face.
She could feel her sister’s love even from beyond. The medium then shared Tracy’s first words. She said, “I am sorry.” Tracy wanted Tamar to know she regretted some of the things that happened before she passed away. She wish she had done some things differently with her family. Tracy also said, “I love each and every one of you.
” She ended her message by saying, “Just remember, you’re my baby.” Tamar cried, feeling her sister’s love once again.
