Tamar Braxton Clears The Air w/ Spice After Defending Erica Mena


On the heels of her and Erica Mena’s explosive altercation on Love & Hip Hop: AtlantaSpice linked up with Tamar Braxton. Tamar beforehand acknowledged that “all bets [are] off” when somebody brings youngsters right into a disagreement.

Nevertheless, the singer acknowledged that she truly “didn’t see” the incident in query earlier than commenting, and he or she brushed the matter off by saying she was simply doing her job.

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Tamar Braxton Admits She “Didn’t See” The Clip Earlier than Commenting

Spice and Tamar chatted it up on Instagram Stay, and the dialog touched on Braxton’s commentary about what went down between the fact stars.

As The Shade Room reported, Erica referred to Spice as a “blue monkey” after the singer stated Mena’s eldest little one isn’t keen on her. In flip, Erica launched the insult at Spice whereas being escorted outdoors, and he or she was finally let go after LHHATL viewers introduced the backlash.

Earlier than Erica acquired the boot, although, Tamar mentioned the state of affairs on Dish Nation and proceeded to “play satan’s advocate” by pushing again in opposition to individuals calling Erica “racist.”

“Let’s play satan’s advocate. Isn’t all bets off when anyone come on your youngsters? I’m sorry, I’m not watching nothing I say out of my mouth. You inform me my son don’t love me? I’m going on your neck.”

She added, “It doesn’t imply she’s racist. That’s the very first thing that got here to her thoughts to defend herself.”

On Tuesday (Sept. 5), Tamar hopped on Spice’s IG Stay to clear the air.

Notably, Braxton admitted that she hadn’t seen the clip earlier than sharing her opinion. She additionally famous that, whereas she normally “wouldn’t say something,” it’s her “job” to “touch upon what’s being reported.”

“I didn’t see it. I don’t watch that present. … I wouldn’t say something. However my job is to touch upon what’s being reported.”

After Spice famous that she “didn’t say something dangerous about Erica’s son,” Tamar tried to brush it off by saying, “You gotta take that with Mona [Scott] and her individuals.”

Spice Mentioned How Colorism Performs Into Her Critics’ Stances

On prime of Spice’s digital meet-up with Tamar Braxton, the dancehall singer additionally took to IG Stay to push again in opposition to a few of her critics.

After declaring she is “not taking part in sufferer,” she shut down the narrative that she deserved Erica’s feedback. She went on to convey colorism into the dialog, calling it “an enormous factor in our group.”

She then referenced her resolution to talk on the difficulty of colorism by going by way of with a pretend skin-lightening stunt on LHHATL.

“I understand that individuals choose a lighter colour, and they’d choose up for somebody of a lighter colour over my darkish pores and skin any given day. As a result of there may be colorism inside our Black group.”

Spice speculated that individuals wouldn’t defend Erica’s feedback towards her if she had lighter pores and skin.

“If I seemed like this, then a few of the Black people who find themselves commenting that it’s okay wouldn’t be saying what they’re saying… If I seemed like this on the display screen, then the entire ball sport would’ve modified.”

She added that “lighter-skinned [people] who’ve by no means skilled racism” appear to “have essentially the most to say.”

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