Tamar Braxton, singer, reality TV star and sister of singer Toni Braxton, has put out a statement after an apparent suicide attempt earlier this month. Braxton, who has been on several reality TV programs including Braxton Family Values, thanked supporters for their well wishes and called out the reality TV industry for exacerbating her mental health struggle and for exploiting Black hosts and presenters.
, Braxton confirmed that she had attempted to die by suicide, and that she was suffering from mental illness exacerbated by the 11 years she’s spent working in a reality TV industry that traffics in “toxic, systematic bondage.”
“Over the past 11 years there were promises made to protect and portray my story, with the authenticity and honesty I gave,” she wrote. “I was betrayed, taken advantage of, overworked, and underpaid.” Braxton, whose new showis produced by WE tv, noted that she asked to be freed from her contract two months ago, citing mental health distress. Her request was reportedly ignored.
“Reality TV personalities have no union, no coat of protection, no formal representation that protects our labor, our rights, our voices,” she said. “They promise us opportunity but produce exploitation, which has only developed a poor portrayal of black people in show business.”
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