Tamar Braxton toned down the makeup, lashes and wiggery for her brand new cover of the September 2013 issue of EBONY Magazine. The new mom put a different face forward as she holds her baby boy Logan on the cover--and it's lash-free, understated, and is framed with darker hair.
Tamar isn't focused on fashion for the September issue of EBONY--even though most mags would--but instead, she focused on her newest love. her baby boy Logan Vincent Herbert.
EBONY got deep with the diva, singer, author and reality star about the things we hear her say, but tend to get glossed over. So what's really up with the alleged plastic surgery, her abusive relationship and why she really fell in love with her husband?
Here are the higlights...
On not giving into pregnancy cravings to keep her pregnancy bod right
“He’s like, ‘Nope. Don't do it. You're gonna be mad.” Vince chimes in, “Even before the pregnancy, she was very conscious about her weight, so I'm just helping her to be a better person.”
On surviving two past abusive relationships-including one where she was yanked out of her apartment by her hair:
I almost had to tell my story to each individual and then I decided that’s not what I’m going to do. I can’t make anybody believe, I can’t change anybody’s mind about anything. (The abuse,) it happened. I’m not all the way comfortable with sharing a lot of what happened to me (yet), but what I said was true. When I’m ready to talk about my abusive past I will, I’m sorry that I’m not. But if it wasn’t for (God), I wouldn’t be here.”
On how her abusive relationships affected her self esteem
“I haven’t always been vocal about my feelings, especially in a relationship. Now, I make sure that I’m very vocal about my feelings, everybody knows how I feel. Sometimes it’s over the top and most of the time it’s ‘Team Too-Much,’” she laughs, “But I have to do a lot. (I was) a shy person who had self-esteem issues trying to figure it out -- now, I’ve gotten over my hangovers. You say, I’m comfortable and confident, it took a long time to get there. Maybe like a year or so before Braxton Family Values, I wasn’t that person. I was faking it til I make it, pretty much.....
"I didn’t feel like I was beautiful. I didn’t feel like I deserved things. I didn’t feel like I could stand in a room and speak or even sing and have people who wanted to listen."
On her skin disease Vitiligo & rumors of her bleaching
Anybody with skin issues knows that that’s a very sensitive subject. And that’s why I’ve never shared that I have Vitiligo, because I do. I’ve always had it, since I was a young girl. It’s not as bad as others because everybody has it differently, but I’ve certainly had mine diagnosed. That’s why I tan. People say, “You bleach your skin!” But I tan just so I can have a better tone on my skin, boo!
It’s gotten worse since I’ve gotten pregnant. If you shake my hand now, to me it’s more noticeable. But when you get diagnosed with a skin disorder, it’s hard. It does weigh on your self-esteem. It really does. But I’m done defending that. I’m not bleaching my skin and if I was bleaching my skin and I felt like saying so, I would, but for the record, I am not.
On rumors of plastic surgery
"I don’t have plastic surgery. I never had plastic surgery. I had a nose procedure done because I had to. I had no cartilage in my nose, I have a piece of cartilage from my ear put into my nose. I had a medical procedure done. I have no plastic in my nose. And when I shared that with the world, now I have Botox, and different kind of fillers. Now I touch my face, which I never touch my face…Everything is real on me."
On why she fell in love with Vince
"The thing that I love the most about (Vincent) is that he’s helped me with accepting what happened to me and helped me realize that that’s not my make-up, (being abused) is not who I am, it hasn’t hindered who I am, it hasn’t stopped my integrity. I really appreciate him more and more everyday."
Catch "Tamar & Vince" every Thursday on WeTV.
Celebs Turn Up FRONT ROW At NYFW
NYFW is officially in full swing and celebs took over the front rows at Lincoln Center. Jessica White, Broadway actress Patina Miller, actress Amber Riley and runway coach Miss Jay hit up the Tadashi Shoji Spring 2014 show.
And so did June Ambrose and her daughter Summer, Rochelle Aytes and her "Misteresses" co-star Alyssa Milano and Bella Thorne.
Amber looked cut ein her Tadashi dress with lace detail.
And she and Patina posed it up with Mr. Tadashi himself.
"Mistresses" actress Rochelle Aytes rocked a black & lace Tadashi gown. Hopefully her show gets picked up for a full season.
And model Jessica White showed off her famous gams with Mr. Shoji.
Cute look.
The Fab model Sessillee Lopez hit the Ivana Helsinki fashion show with celebrity make up artist AJ Crimson.
And Amber Rose went for an attention grabby look with this leather and gold chain fringed cap by House of Malakai (HOM)
And at Lincoln Center, Estelle rocked a mixed media look at the BCBG Max Azria show, put on by designer Lubov Azria.
And she sat front row with Selita Ebanks, Lauriana Mae and model Heidi Klum.
June brought her cutie daughter Summer along as usual.
Are we feelin' June's denim & lace look?
Cute fashionable look for Selita.
Designer Rachel Roy always supports her fellow designers. She was spotted at
Cuteness.
And outside the Lincoln Center:Model Toccara Jones and Nick Cannon were spotted arriving to the shows.
The fabness continues……LOVES NYFW!
Dave Chappelle Disses Hartford Crowd For Heckling
Hmm…tough crowd?!
It’s nothing worst than a bad audience during a performance, especially as a comedian. Some can handle it while others just lash out. Dave Chappelle ended a show early in Hartford, Connecticut because the crowd heckled and interrupted him the whole time.
In the moment, he did the right thing and just walked away, but recently he spoke out about the disrespectful audience. The famous funnyman lashed out at the Hartford crowd during a recent show in Chicago and in an audio clip of his rant about them, Chappelle can be heard saying he half-heartedly hopes a nuclear bomb drops on Hartford.
“I don’t want anything bad to happen to the United States,” Chappelle said … “but if North Korea ever drops a nuclear bomb on this country, I swear to God I hope it lands in Hartford, Connecticut.”
Chappelle then called the crowd “evil” and “young, white alcoholics” and claimed he wanted to bash them the same way Michael Richards racially bashed a group of black people at a comedy show in 2006.
“I wanted to pull a reverse Kramer and call them all crackers or something crazy like that,” said Chappelle.
The funnyman concludes that the Hartford crowd was lucky to see him “freak out” the way he did.
“That s—’s like being at an f—— tiger show the night Siegfried and Roy got their throats bit out by the tiger … you don’t go to see somebody be safe,” he said. It’s safe to say Hartford won’t be getting another show from Dave.
We understand as a performer it can be hard to deal with a bad crowd. Everyone isn’t going to love you though. He may not have pulled a reverse Kramer, but the whole nuclear strike comment might have been a bit too much.
Do you think he handled the situation wrong?
Rihanna To Release M.A.C. Holiday Collection In October
Fall 2013 is definitely going to be the season of Rihanna.
First, her "River Island Collection" is scheduled to drop in September and now its being revealed that her new holiday collection for M.A.C. is scheduled to be released on October 3rd.
Her spring "RiRi Hearts MAC Collection" was a huge success with the RiRi Woo lipstick selling out for weeks. This holiday line will consist of more signature shades which include a restock of the ever popular "RiRi Woo" along with many eye shadows, mascaras, lip pencils and brushes.
They will be wrapped in special golden packaging with prices ranging from $16.50 to $44. Now who's interested?
Kris Jenner TV Crew Happy the Show was Canceled
According to Radaronline The television crew working on the Kris Jenner talk show is happy the show was canceled because Kris was a nightmare to work with.
While Kris Jenner may be disappointed her daytime talk show wasn’t picked up for another season — as RadarOnline.com exclusively reported last week — her crew couldn’t be happier!
A new report from Star claims Kris would show up the set hungover, was annoying to the staff and overall unbearable.
“We could not wait for the end of the show’s six-week trial period,” a member of Kris’ production team told Star.
“Working with Kris was absolutely unbearable. She would show up on set hung over and demand her beauty team to fix her up and make her look stunning.”
And even more, the crew member tells the magazine that staff got no “extras” like they usually do on other talk show sets — instead Kris would hoard them for her family.
“Kris would give goody bags to the audience, but instead of giving the crew some too, which is typical, she insisted that she take them home to her family. Talk about tacky!” the insider revealed.
“And at the wrap party, Kris gifted the crew with fleece blankets that looked like they came directly off an American Airlines plane — they didn’t even have the show’s logo embroidered on them!”
As Radar exclusively reported, Kris was told by FOX execs that her show would not be coming back for a second run.
“There is no chance the talk show is going to get a green light from FOX,” the insider told Radar.
“The ratings were averaging an abysmal 0.8 and advertisers were less than enthusiastic about it.”
Kris denied reports that her show was axed, tweeting, “Rumors flying are false but glad everyone is still buzzing about our 6 week summer run!!!!”
Raheem DeVaughn’s Private Listening for “A Place called Loveland”
Grammy Award winner Raheem Devaughn held a private listening party at Heist Lounge earlier this week for his new album “A Place called Loveland.”
Over 100 taste-makers, and industry execs enjoyed Moet Nectar Imperial Rose while watching a live performance. BTW I have this CD it’s great and please support Indie artists music!
Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher: Are They Engaged?
Are Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis preparing to walk down the aisle?
The actress was wearing an understated gold band on her ring finger while toting a bundle of flowers in L.A. on Wednesday.
One source insists, "They are not engaged," but other insiders tell PEOPLE that Kunis and Kutcher – who is separated but not yet divorced from Demi Moore – may have some exciting news to share sooner rather than later.
One source says Kutcher, 35, had talked about popping the question to Kunis around her 30th birthday on Aug. 14. "He knows what they have is amazing and special," says the source, who's in the actor's inner circle. "He's been thinking about proposing for a long time."
Famous Celebrity Bodyguard Killed After Naked Home Invasion
A bodyguard to high profile celebrities like Lady Gaga, Jay Z and Beyonce killed in a bizarre home invasion while stark naked.
Just before 11 p.m. this past Monday, Pinecrest police responded to a mansion just off Old Cutler Road to reports that a naked intruder was terrorizing the home's owners. The cops found a 43-year-old man in the buff, and when he attacked police, they hit him with a Taser. He died soon afterward.
Today, it seems certain the naked man was in fact one of the most famous bodyguards on Earth. Norman Oosterbroek, who made his name protecting Nelson Mandela, founded celebrity bodyguard agency RAD Security and personally watched over Jay Z, Lady Gaga, and other notables. How did he end up nude and fighting police in Pinecrest?
This much is certain, according to Miami-Dade police: The Pinecrest homeowners, Markus and Christiane Jung, called police at 10:45 p.m. Monday to report the naked intruder.
When officers arrived, they found Markus and Oosterbroek violently fighting. During the melee, cops saw Oosterbroek "ingesting an unknown substance." When officers tried to intervene, Oosterbroek violently resisted, so cops used a Taser, which led to his death.
"We're still awaiting toxicology reports this morning," Det. Javier Baez, a MDPD spokesman, tells Riptide. NBC6 was the first to report that Oosterbroek was a celebrity bodyguard, based on an anonymous source. But most other media sources, including the Miami Herald, have held off on that news. Baez says he also can't confirm Oosterbroek's identity.
Miguel Charged with Drunk Driving
Last month R&B singer Miguel was arrested for suspicion of DUI after he was pulled over for speeding and excessively tinted windows in L.A.
Miguel just got hit with DUI charges...
According to TMZ Miguel has been charged with two counts of drunk driving and is scheduled to go before a judge next week.
Miguel's blood alcohol level registered at .10 just over the legal limit of .08.
Michael Jordan's DAUGHTER Jasmine Jordan CONFIRMS She's Gay,
Last week, Jasmine Jordan, the only daughter of Michael and Juanita Jordan posted several Instagram pics of herself with her girlfriend, former Syracuse Orange basketball guard Carmen Tyson-Thomas.
One telling caption read "That little closet is holding me back.”
With Jasmine being the second high-profile kid of a sports icon to come "out" (remember E.J., Magic Johnson's son?), a certain site took the information and posted it in a very sensationalized manner. In response, Jasmine went back to her Instagram account and said,
“(the other site) has struck again! Lol but just like the last time, I’m chillin and not bothered. Negativity go to the left and take a seat. No time for that! Everyone have an amazing day!”
She continued....
”Until Love, Trust, Honesty, Repost, Loyalty, Commitment, Genuine, Happiness and other characteristics or aspects I want in a relationship is defined by one gender then and only then will I discuss my sexual preference.”
Jasmine's girlfriend posts tons of pics of their skype sessions and lovey dovey notes as well. So the twosome are indeed an item.
Congrats on doing you Jasmine....
Ray J and Teairra Mari Casted in Love and HipHop LA Spin Off ?
Well it looks like Love and Hip Hop will have an LA spin off and Teairra Marie and Ray J may have snagged their spot as the main characters for the upcoming reality show. This is just a rumor now, but if so I can’t wait to see Ray Js indoor pool and outdoor pool. Mona is really trying expanding this brand and I am not mad at her.
According to Sister 2 Sister :
Rumors suggest that Ray J and Teairra Mari will be the two primary cast members of the L.A. version [of Love and Hip Hop] which is supposedly in the casting phase right now.
I am here for Ray J and his coonery… I know he will have me rolling, because when he was on Power 105.1 talking about Fab he had me dying…. So I am here for his trolling, especially if he talks about Kim K… Because you know he will be bringing her up some way some how….
Britney! Spears Adds GMA to Her List of Special Surprises on September 17
No one can be exactly certain what they were talking about, but when Britney Spears and her boyfriend David Lucato took a stroll together Friday (September 5) in Calabasas, California, they might have been discussing her just-announced live appearance on “Good Morning America” later this month.
GMA announced that the singer will be performing on the show on September 17. The show has scored a series of high profile female pop stars of late.
Brit’s appearance, however, ties in with the “top secret” announcement she’s been touting on her website. A countdown to September 17 started a couple weeks ago. It’s believed that she’ll be officially unveiling her Las Vegas concert “residency” that day.
The pop star is also currently preparing for the release of her eighth studio album. September 17th is expected to mark the release of her first single from that record, “Werk Bi**h.”
John Legend speaks to Rolling Out Magazine!
John Legend covers ROLLING OUT's latest issue, with a slihtly awkward in-the-clouds theme. Inside, he talks about his new disc, Love In The Future, the decline of R&B on the radio, the misogyny of rap music and his upcoming marriage to Chrissy Teigen.
"Hip-hop is the dominant music on black radio today. The stations that traditionally played R&B aren’t playing it as much these days. That’s a part of where music is going. At times, I listen to more hip-hop than R&B. I don’t blame radio stations for playing mostly hip-hop. But it’s our responsibility as R&B artists to make music that will attract the people. We have to make music that’s urgent, great and compelling.”
“Hip-hop has a strong misogynistic streak that we should try to get rid of. More rappers should be careful about what they say about women. I think they’re trying to sound tough, or sound like they don’t give a s—. But to me, it just sounds like you’re an a–hole. I think rappers should pay more attention to what they say about women. Some of the things I hear, I find pretty disgusting.”
On his future marriage to Chrissy Teigen:
“Nothing will be perfect. I know that our marriage will not be perfect, but I feel good about it. I think you should treat people how you want to be treated, no matter what kind of relationship you are in. It’s not that complicated. Everyone is selfish to a degree, we all have our own desires and we mess up in life. But the key to being in a good relationship is knowing how to listen and figuring out a way to not be selfish all of the time.”
On Kanye West:
“Kanye is good at pushing the culture, pushing the conversation and making people think and challenging his audience,” Legend says. “He does that with this new album as well. The music is interpreted differently by a lot of people. Part of what makes him exciting as an artist is that he makes thought-provoking music. It’s something that’s provocative and I think it’s a good thing.”
He spoke some truth about that mysogyny in the game.
Photos Rolling Out,
AND FINALLY FROM THE CRAZY PEOPLE SHOPPING AT WALMART FILES
‘The Walmart Whip’
Walmart: being straight up re-donk-ulous since 1962.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK AHEAD EVERYBODY!!!
EFREM
