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Singer Toni Braxton has taken her family life public with WE tv’s Braxton Family Values, giving the world a view into the bonds –and conflicts — between sisters, Traci, Towanda, Trina, and Tamar. Having struggled through health issues, bankruptcy and marital separation, the superstar and her siblings all support one another through their own personal storms
— from Tamar’s “new money” antics and struggle to capture the spotlight, to Trina’s alchoholism to Towanda’s plea for her husband to become a breadwinner. Here are a few key moments where money and love were the focus of drama on the show. — Janell HazelwoodToni Braxton talks about her struggle with bankruptcy and other money woes on the show and is encouraged by the love from family. “I sold more than 40 million records, yet my royalties were less than $2,000,” Braxton told BlackEnterprise.com in a recent interview.
Some may see Tamar Braxton
as a gold-digging whiner, but she begs to differ, having dated her superproducer husband, Vincent Herbert, for seven years before their 2008 nuptials. Not one to miss out on extravagance–in a recent episode she bought sunglasses retailing for more than $3,000– she seeks to pursue her own wealth and stardom. “If I didn’t love my husband for who he is, then why do I want to work and have my own career?” she told BlackEnterprise.com.Toni Braxton, (shown here with sister Trina), has an affinity for discount stores such as TJ Maxx and Target, to her sister Tamar’s dismay. Toni has attributed Tamar’s extravagant leanings to the “new money” mentality.
Towanda Braxton (shown with husband, Andre), laments about her lackluster marriage to a man she calls a “loser” who she wants to “step up to the plate” and become the breadwinner of the household.