Tamar Braxton on Braxton Family Values: "At the End of the Day You Can Never Be Ashamed of the Truth"

Tamar Braxton said it plainly: "At the end of the day you can never be ashamed of the truth. The truth is the truth. You can't hide from it, you can't f…" — and Premier Guide Miami was in the room when it happened.

Nobody puts "Baby" in the corner. Besides, this baby wouldn't stay there anyway. Tamar Braxton, the youngest of the Braxtons, is loud, proud, and in your face. A bonafide star in her own mind, Tamar was tired of waiting for the spotlight to shine her way. She'd watched too many others get their chance at stardom and was past ready for her shot. But her super-music-producer husband Vince saw things differently and didn't think Tamar was ready — leaving her incensed and determined.

WE tv's 10-episode original series Braxton Family Values aired Tuesdays at 9pm ET/PT. Join Toni — "The Superstar", Traci — "The Underdog," Towanda — "Mrs. Congeniality," Trina — "The Wildcard," Tamar — "Baby" and their headstrong mother Evelyn — "The Force," as they yell, cry, and harmonize their way across the Braxton family stage.

PREMIER GUIDE MIAMI: When did you realize that you really had a show?

TAMAR BRAXTON: Well, I knew ever since. I knew since about 2007, maybe 2008. And I asked my sisters and they were like, uh, no, you're tripping — absolutely not. And especially Toni, she was not interested. And then it took a while but she decided that it's time for her to tell her own story and we convinced her into doing it. So here we are.

PREMIER GUIDE MIAMI: What was the reason for you as a family to create Braxton Family Values?

TAMAR BRAXTON: This is not a career choice or a career move — it was something that we felt was necessary to do. I actually came up with the idea around 2007, 2008 and my sisters shot me down from day one. No, get out my face, I don't want to do that. And then we all realized that we actually all — not just Toni but we all — had a story to tell. Trina had her thing with her husband and she went down the wrong path. And of course Toni and her financial and health situation. And myself trying to balance being a wife and trying to launch my superstarism that's inside of me. And Towanda's trying to find herself and then Traci realizing that life goes on and decisions that she made when she was a teenager she has to live with them now as an adult. So we thought that other females — not just as celebrities but as females — we thought that it would definitely make a difference in someone's life that they can take with them and apply it to theirs.

PREMIER GUIDE MIAMI: How are you and the family getting filmed and pretty much airing out your personal issues relating to family and business — just being filmed 24/7?

TAMAR BRAXTON: From Toni's perspective as a serious celebrity, they kind of look into your life anyway. So why not have your situation controlled where you can specify and make sure that this is the exact reason, the exact story that needs to be told — and not speculating and people thinking they know everything. Because they're in your business regardless, so you might as well tell your own business and make sure the facts are straight.

PREMIER GUIDE MIAMI: Did filming the series change your relationship?

TAMAR BRAXTON: Yes it did, it definitely did. Except for us it worked out in the end. Because we're not just friends — we don't have to go home and not speak to each other until next season or whatever. We have to deal with each other because we're siblings and we became very, very close. Now I feel like we can tell each other anything. It was rough.

PREMIER GUIDE MIAMI: What was it that made it rough?

TAMAR BRAXTON: The honesty. The honesty was very, very purging. And to have that being done in front of the cameras is sometimes challenging. I just said it worked out for the best for us and just allowed us to do a lot of healing.

PREMIER GUIDE MIAMI: Do you worry about the backlash?

TAMAR BRAXTON: At the end of the day you can never be ashamed of the truth. The truth is the truth. You can't hide from it, you can't fake it — it is what it is. So it's nothing to explain after that. So people can say whatever they like. We are proud of Toni, we are proud of her accomplishments, we are proud of her motherhood, her sisterhood. And not only will we not acknowledge the people who talk negatively, but they'll never make us feel ashamed of her. Ever. So there's no need for them to hate. They should just come on and watch the show and enjoy themselves.

PREMIER GUIDE MIAMI: It seems like you've been trying to strike out on your own but your husband doesn't think that you're ready. How has that impacted your marriage?

TAMAR BRAXTON: It's not the fact that he doesn't think that I'm ready. Benjamin and I were actually friends first. Toni actually introduced us — Benjamin's been Toni's best friend for years and Toni decided one day she was tired of me being single, so she set us up. And at the end of the day that's the foundation of our relationship — we can always go back to the friendship part of the relationship and really have open conversation about things. Marriage is hard. And nobody told me that. All of my sisters were married but they didn't tell me none of that. My whole point of asking him, well why don't you put me on a hook with Lady Gaga or Toni or whatever — I just felt like at that point, well, I'm good enough to sing their background, why am I not good enough to sing a duet? That was just my whole point.

PREMIER GUIDE MIAMI: Are you a fan of Lady Gaga?

TAMAR BRAXTON: Born This Way. In the clip — in my defense and in Gaga's defense — I wasn't saying anything negative towards her. I was just saying if I'm good enough to sing background then I'm good enough to sing the hook or a duet.

PREMIER GUIDE MIAMI: Having Toni as the superstar of the family, has it affected your relationship or put any pressure on your career?

TAMAR BRAXTON: I've only known Toni to be a superstar in my life. When I was 12 years old she was on stage getting Grammys. So the outlook that I have on an older sister is a superstar. So no, that has not affected our relationship at all. And I wanted to sing because I saw Star Search and I thought I was going to win when I went on Star Search. So it had nothing to do with Toni — it was just a personal goal of mine that I have always had. I started singing on the toilet and my sisters came in and started harmonizing with me. So it had nothing to do with who Toni became or what her dreams and aspirations are.

PREMIER GUIDE MIAMI: Were you ever jealous of your sister's success?

TAMAR BRAXTON: Never. Hell no. We support her.

PREMIER GUIDE MIAMI: Having a show with so many women and a lot of drama, will we see any cat fights?

TAMAR BRAXTON: You would never see on Braxton Family Values a physical fight between the sisters. At the end of the day we love each other genuinely and we like each other. We have become to like each other. But that's just like any siblings. Our show is as real life as there can be — especially with family involved. Our mother's involved, our father's involved, our brother's involved. So you see it from all perspectives.

PREMIER GUIDE MIAMI: Were you worried about showing too much of yourself?

TAMAR BRAXTON: I think that now in 2011 the status of celebrity has definitely changed. People really want to know. I think the misconception is that back in the day when people bought records they bought records because they liked the songs. But they also bought the records because they thought they could identify with the person. So why not show the people — this is really who I am, accept me for who I am or do not, and that's it.

PREMIER GUIDE MIAMI: Were there a lot of embarrassing moments that you wanted removed from the show?

TAMAR BRAXTON: Well actually we wanted to do this show and keep it 100% reality. It's not a lot of stuff that we said you better not show that. No, it was nothing like that.

PREMIER GUIDE MIAMI: What is your mom Evelyn like?

TAMAR BRAXTON: I wish I knew my mother back then. My mother is an amazing, amazing woman and she is the example of who we are. We all have different bits and pieces of her that make up this wonderful woman that we have as our mom. She is the matriarch of our family and although we are grown, she will pull us down and be like, look, I am your mother. Keeps us honest.

PREMIER GUIDE MIAMI: When your mother starts dating again, is that person going to have to be critiqued and judged by all five of you?

TAMAR BRAXTON: Absolutely.

PREMIER GUIDE MIAMI: Would you guys ever make a whole album together like the Jacksons?

TAMAR BRAXTON: Will we ever make a Braxtons album — let's see. Well we had a Braxton single out, what is it, 1990? We sold three copies — my mom, my dad, my grandma. So I don't know, we're a little skeptical about it. People are in different places in their lives so I don't know. We're talking about it. We'll see what happens.

PREMIER GUIDE MIAMI: Are you guys still doing anything together as the Braxtons?

TAMAR BRAXTON: We are working on some things. Now you'll see during the show the biggest beef that we have has been Toni's background singer. But maybe we can all be on the stage together and share the mic — five mics on stage at one time. We love our sister but for us it's just all of us being together, although we do get on each other's nerves sometimes.

PREMIER GUIDE MIAMI: What do you hope will come from this?

TAMAR BRAXTON: I hope that families, friendships, mother-daughter, father-daughter, father-son can get healing, can move on, can communicate.

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