She spoke openly on the show about feeling like the black sheep of her family. Additionally, she was upset after the group with her sisters disbanded. After a rough start, she successfully graduated from the program and reconciled with her younger sister Tamar. The blog, Say Watz Realz , documented her case in its entirety. According to the blog, Towanda faced criminal charges in Gwinnett County, Georgia and was accused of stealing checks from her previous employer, an insurance firm.
Her former boss claimed that she stole three blank company checks when she was left alone in one of the corporate offices. She then allegedly tried to use one of the checks at a local liquor store. The check was processed but later rejected because of errors on the check and the liquor store contacted the company, who then notified the police.
Towanda was arrested and told police that her boss willingly gave her the checks, which she denied. She was convicted in and sentenced to four years probation. Her sister Toni found out about the details of the arrest when Wendy Williams revealed them to her in a radio interview. The incident was not discussed on the show but Towanda has moved on and put her life together post her legal trouble.
She recently filed for bankruptcy but continues to earn income for appearing on the reality show, as well as through acting gigs. Trina has been famously coined as the party girl of the bunch but one night of drinking cost her a mugshot. We wasn't teaching anything but being devilish, and I didn't want to do that. We're just respecting where she is mentally and emotionally, and if she felt that's what she needed to do to get it off her, because sometimes you have to get it out, then that's what she had to do.
The sisters repeatedly drive home that Tamar's truth is not their truth, with Towanda saying, "We have a right to speak our truth, as well, and that's our truth and how we experienced it and what we went through, and emotionally how we felt when we found out about it.
Tamar filmed a good chunk of season 7 before the coronavirus pandemic hit in March, so she will appear in the first few episodes. If we did not address the fact that it happened, people would wonder, why didn't you guys say anything about what happened? So it's like, you're darned if you do and you're darned if you don't kind of thing. Trina admits that the family "really grappled with" whether to continue making the show after Tamar's suicide attempt before ultimately deciding they needed to, to share their side of things.
It wasn't a decision they made lightly or quickly. You know, as long as we continue to help people, we'll continue to have a show. This is the second time in the last couple of years that Braxton Family Values has hit a yield sign. In , the family went on strike from the show over a contract dispute. Only Traci continued to film , bringing on famous friends to fill the void of her sisters. The family eventually returned to the show with a series of special episodes centered on counseling with Iyanla Vanzant.
It's those episodes that Tamar cites as the beginning of the end for her on the show. Two instances of major upheaval in as many years begs the question, can this show survive much longer? I don't think that any of us really know.
But I think what we do know is, as long as it makes sense, we'll continue doing Braxton Family Values. On Tamron Hall , Tamar said she is "absolutely" done with docu-style reality TV "forever and ever," and the sisters respect that decision.
They also say they'll welcome Tamar back to the show with open arms if she ever changes her mind. But it has to be her decision, because we want to make sure that her mental wellness is first and foremost. The family's journey with Tamar's struggles is only part of the story that will play out in season 7. So, I think I did an amazing job keeping it from her. It seems like Traci is still holding onto some resentment over the contract dispute drama from years past.
I'm tired of this. The sisters filmed some moments over Zoom, and recorded their to-camera confessional interviews over video chat, but the itch to see one another in-person grew over time. The show gave them the chance to do that, as Atlanta-based sisters Trina and Towanda flew out to Los Angeles to shoot some one-on-one scenes with their family once restrictions lifted.
It was great. Trina and Towanda hope those moments, the fun, love-filled ones, are what shine through this season. Yes, there's the heaviness of everything that unfolded with Tamar, but there's a lot of light, too.
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