Tamar Braxton & Kandi Burruss: A Rocky Relationship Timeline
Love And War! Tamar Braxton And Kandi Burruss’ On-Again, Off-Again Friendship Timeline
Singers Tamar Braxton and Kandi Burruss attend the Soul Train Awards 2013 at the Orleans Arena on November 8, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Source: Leon Bennett / BET / Getty
Tamar Braxton and Kandi Burruss have had a rocky relationship over the last few years. Now Braxton may have refueled the fire. In a resurfaced video, she called out the poor quality of food and service at Burruss’ restaurant Old Lady Gang. Before we dive into the latest video let’s look into the history of these two singers’ drama.
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January 2019
Technically, this beef started in 2017 but didn’t surface publicly until 2019. During the latter year, both women were contestants on the reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother. Burruss and Braxton stepped off to the side for a chat to hammer out their issues. Braxton said when they were on tour together in 2017, Burruss made disrespectful comments about her. Burruss denied the claims and revealed one night, Braxton let people on stage that had negative things to say about her and her group, Xscape.
After another verbal altercation ensued, Braxton later approached Burruss and they hugged out their difference on the show.
September 2022–October 2022
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In 2022 Burruss blasted former Real Housewives Of Atlanta executive producer Carlos King. In a Haus of Aaron interview, she said King tried to make a biopic about her band, Xscape, without their permission.
In the September interview, she said, “He is the one that stole my group’s life story and sold it to TV One. And for that I just can’t get past it.” Burruss claimed she found out after bringing up the idea to a director to do a film about Xscape. To her surprise, the director said it was already in the works. Burruss eventually found out King and another producer had been asking her mother questions to find out more information about the group.
An emotional Burruss, called the move “the lowest of the low.”
Now where does the Love and War singer come into all of this? In October, during a chat about the situation with her Dish Nation co-hosts, Braxton defended King.
She said, “I don’t agree with her calling him a thief, you know what I mean? I think that’s a little like off the deep end,” adding, “You really don’t want nobody telling your own story. But at the end of the day there are all the time unauthorized versions of people’s lives. This is just the part about being an entertainer.”
From Braxton’s point of view, she believes “Something in the water ain’t clean.” After revealing that she recently met King, she said she wanted to hear from him to get his side.
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March 2023
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Braxton had an appearance on Andy Cohen’s Watch What Happens Live, where she finally unveiled the couple who stepped to her. After a guest asked her who it was, Cohen attempted to guess by naming Eva Marcille and Drew Sidora. On his final guess, he said, “It’s not Kandi?” Braxton proceeded to sip her drink and smile.
Burruss responded by posting an Instagram clip of Wednesday Addams from the Addams Family Values where Wednesday refers to another character as the victim. Braxton caught word of the post and shared some words on her IG story.
“I am the victim when your man steps to a woman!!” Braxton said. “Sounds like an abused woman to me to see nothing wrong with that!! I hope he’s not beating your a– … I pray for your healing.”
That same month, Burruss was on Amazon Live when fans kept asking her about Braxton’s allegations. She said, “The only thing I’ll say right now is … that’s not true. My husband never said nothin’ to her. He did not threaten her. None of that.” She confirmed that she and Braxton had “words” but that her husband “didn’t.”
That same day, Braxton gave further details as to what happened during the altercation. She said it took place during their joint concert weeks after the Dish Nation chat when Braxton saw Burruss backstage. She tried to greet the RHOA alum and claimed Burruss denied the greeting by saying “I ain’t f–king with you.” She went on to allege that Burruss told her the statement she made about her issues with King “was foul.”
Braxton said she tried to apologize multiple times but Burruss wasn’t having it. Then her husband Todd Tucker walked up to get his wife, looked at Braxton, and said, “You know what it is.”
