After Getting A Well-Deserved Drag Online, Tamar Braxton Half-Apologizes For Her Homophobic Remarks
Singer Tamar Braxton set off a firestorm after issuing a “public service announcement” on her Instagram Story, warning all women that if a man “don’t touch” them in more than “3, 4, 10 days”, then clearly he’s “gay” and “want a man.”
“Truth is ladies that these dudes out here really do be gay!” Braxton ranted. “It ain’t enough money, beauty, hair, babies in the world to keep them!! They want DICK!! Periodt!!”
It was a bold statement from someone whose singing career has literally been kept afloat by performing dance songs at Pride events and guest judging on RuPaul’s Drag Race.
But she said it. And people weren’t happy about it.
Many felt Braxton was weaponizing homosexuality in an effort to mask her own insecurities. Some even wondered if perhaps she was referring to her boyfriend David Adefeso and if the remarks were set off by their rumoured break up.
Tamar Braxton is the example of a “fag hag” who benefits off of gay culture but secretly despises the community
— D A S H ? (@iamkingdash) November 11, 2019
this is so insidious. cishet women will really employ, befriend, and profit from gay men and still post shit like this. publicly! https://t.co/y0htKQz55S
— hot girl midsommar (@Ianakane) November 11, 2019
Nevermind the fact that they could be impotent, depressed, exhausted, cheating, among other reasons, but to put it ALL in the gay bucket is just ignorant, Tay-Tay.
Maybe they are just sick of YOUR ass!#tamarbraxton
— V Williams (@stilettolova) November 11, 2019
Imagine being queer antagonistic so that you can pretend that your man isn’t cheating with other women. ?.
You can drop off our language that built your whole aesthetic any day now https://t.co/PVoVhMYQXz
— George M Johnson (@IamGMJohnson) November 11, 2019
Tamar dropped her clown license for the 400th time. She taking L after L like Danny Brown be smoking blunt after blunt. pic.twitter.com/b8sN5TVCoN
— Azuis Negros Mortos (@CasketDreams) November 11, 2019
Imagine being in your 40s & posting stupid shit like this on instagram. Imagine not knowing that bisexual & pansexual men exist.
Imagine not knowing that men as well can be affected by life stresses.
Imagine thinking gayness is the reason for everything. pic.twitter.com/XQihuU5Yc4— Sire (@SireLeoLamar) November 11, 2019
Tamar Braxton is doing what a lot of girls do when processing rejection.
"He must be gay"
Maybe you sex is trash and he's no longer into you sexually.
— ❄ (@NotEmekka) November 11, 2019
The gag is, without the gays Tamar Braxton would not have a personality.
— you’re my chick-fil-A (@itsKAROMEL) November 11, 2019
Women like Tamar have a habit of resorting to homophobia and misandry to mask their miserable ass life and it's just tiring at this point! https://t.co/EXMtMX5O0G
— Super Saiyan Noir ? (@Exhibit_REY) November 11, 2019
I told Tamar Braxton her comment about gay men was insensitive. I also said now I can see why she got kicked off The Real… and then she blocked me… pic.twitter.com/kkR6ymrNYq
— Jordan Stewart (@jordann_stewart) November 11, 2019
Following the backlash on social media, the singer took to Twitter to walk back her remarks and to clarify that no, she wasn’t referring to Adefeso in the post.
“I shouldn’t have been in my feelings & ranted on social media based off a conversation with my friends,” she tweeted. “I was talking about me but not me and David. I’ve been through a lot.”
Y’all know I’m going live….If you are in ya bag, ya shouldn’t be. I shouldn’t have been in My feelings, &ranted on social media based off a conversation with my friends. I was talking about me but not me and David. I’ve been through a lot. This is why i stay on my fake page? https://t.co/qZ47f3GIXb
— TAMAR BRAXTON (@TamarBraxtonHer) November 12, 2019
She also took a screenshot of the tweet and reposted it to her Instagram Story, adding the comment, “We all say stupid shit.”
While not an apology, it appears Braxton did get the message: Just because a guy doesn’t want to sleep her doesn’t mean he’s gay. And even if he is gay, so what? Find a different guy to sleep with. Better yet, stop relying on men for validation.
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3 Comments
Ken
November 13, 08:46To be honest I don’t see anything wrong with that comment. Cos it’s really a possibility. Besides any man who isn’t gay won’t feel threatened by the comment. On the other hand, the man is really gay, then perhaps at least Tamar helped the couple start “the conversation” ?
Mandy
November 13, 09:35She definitely deserved to be called out and all the dragging that resulted from her foolishness. What she said and the bitterness behind it did not at all benefit gay men — closet cases, dudes on the DL, or men trying to understand and come to terms with where they are on the romantic, sexual, affection, emotional, relationship spectrum. As a semi-famous person who tries to present herself as an ally, she has to understand how to communicate and what’s helpful and not helpful.
Mitch
November 13, 10:00Stooooooooooooooooooooopid creature!
NEXT!