Tamar Braxton attends the 2022 BET Awards at Microsoft Theater on June 26,2022 in Los Angeles, California.(Photo by Prince Williams/ Getty Images)https://www.instagram.com/p/CmgKey1upek/ tamarbraxton Verified This isn’t anattention post… this is an ATTENTION post.. literally I was with my bestfriends @normankgyamfi and @wardellmalloy shopping and doing Christmas fun shtand the VERY NEXT DAY I had to be taken to the hospital by AMBULANCE, neededoxygen cause I thought God was taking me home cause I couldn’t breathe and mychest was on FIRE!! I was taken to @northsidehosp and was met by the BESTnurses and doctors including @therealdrjackie to find out what’s wrong… yall,I have the FLU ����♀️ and let me tell u it’s worse than COVID in my opinion…I ‘m on 5 different medications ��..please be careful.. I wasn’t around a lotpeople and have NO IDEA where it came from.. enjoy y’all holiday AT HOME.. udon’t want this�� ��♀️ .. oh yeah I’m completely isolated cause it’s hellacontagious �� I love y’all for real ❤️ Edited · 13h
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Tamar Braxton is opening up about a health-related emergency she experiencedamid the holiday season.
On Friday, the TV personality shared an update on Instagram, telling herfollowers that she was rushed to the hospital after spending some time withher friends ahead of Christmas.
“This isn’t an attention post… this is an ATTENTION post,” she wrote.”Literally I was with my best friends @normankgyamfi and @wardellmalloyshopping and doing Christmas fun s– and the VERY NEXT DAY I had to be takento the hospital by AMBULANCE, needed oxygen cause I thought God was taking mehome cause I couldn’t breathe and my chest was on FIRE!!”
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Braxton, 45, continued, “I was taken to @northsidehosp and was met by the BESTnurses and doctors including @therealdrjackie to find out what’s wrong.”
“Yall, I have the FLU 🤦🏽♀️ and let me tell you it’s worse than COVID in myopinion,” she explained. “I’m on 5 different medications 😩..please becareful.. I wasn’t around a lot people and have NO IDEA where it came from..enjoy y’all holiday AT HOME.. u don’t want this🤦 🏽♀️ .. oh yeah I’mcompletely isolated cause it’s hella contagious 😷 I love y’all for real ❤️.”
One clip from the post shows Braxton laughing while hanging out with herfriends seemingly prior to the health scare. In another selfie, Braxton can beseen wearing her mask while sitting in a hospital bed.
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Her mother Evelyn Braxton, 74, responded to the post by commenting, “Love you.Get well soon Tamar. ❤️.”
In 2020, Tamar was hospitalized after being found unresponsive in her room atthe Ritz-Carlton hotel in downtown Los Angeles, according to multiple reports.She later revealed in a lengthy and raw statement on Instagram that she hadattempted suicide after suffering “pain” for the past years while working inthe entertainment industry as a reality star.
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This year, Tamar returned to reality TV after joining The Surreal Life onVH1, count E! Online in October, “Here we are introducing to the world Tamar2.0 and I think that you’re really going to enjoy this one.”
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“On Braxton Family Values and all of those dramatic shows, it was anotherside of me,” she reflected on her past TV appearances. “It was me being theunsolicited advice sister who always did that. And it was the more emotionalexecutive wife who wanted attention.”
Noting that she is now “mature, healthy and ready to conquer the world,” Tamaradded, “I’m happy in every sense of the word.”
“I’m happy in my career. I’m happy with me and my child. I’m happy with myfamily,” said Tamar, who shares 9-year-old son Logan with ex-husband VinceHerbert, 49. ” I do things that feed my soul and extend that safe, happy placethat I fought so hard to be in and nothing can knock me off.”