The Braxtons Season 1 Episode 5 Review

[@hauteness]

00:20:40 Boom! And that's why I follow your commentary. Thanks for keeping it real. Traci is the reason for some of the chaos and confusion. People don't want to condemn the dead. Which is understandable.

[@RodneyThaVoice]

Giiiiirrrrrrrrlllllll

[@KAM1010]

I thought I was the only one thinking this.

[@danyellewashington7557]

Cousin just cleared the WHOLE room with the TRUTH!

[@soniajackson7197]

Yes I agree 💯! Everyone is making Tracy out to be a Saint, but she did cause chaos and confusion 😕 🫤

[@soniajackson7197]

My son doesn't have kids and he's in his forties. However he has a step-son. His dad was a dead beat and had kids with different women, and I think that's the reason 🤔

[@Smitty_RMS]

I agree the sisters and Ms. E need to be transparent about how they treated Traci throughout her life. Side note - I just love your smile and laugh 😊

[@kayrup3712]

I think all of this is guilt. The focus of the show now, all the sit downs and conversations. They all feel guilty because the world saw how they were towards Traci a lot of times. Come on... "the wannabe"

[@pdizl48]

Towanda is trying to alienate Kevin Jr from his dad. Towanda should do the right thing, put her feelings aside about Kevin Sr. She should be encouraging their relationship. Kevin Sr is the only parent he has. All the sisters don’t equal his Mama.

[@lifeisthedash]

This is true. And that's the prob w thier family dynamic. Powerrrrr. People was on Toni head when she was for Kevin Sr. I feel Toni was like ok...but if a person has a spouse ...and for that long. U gotta give em some say so Towanda. It's not like Kevin just came in the picture. He was with Traci and he raised his son in the same Home👀

[@breakthecycle1971]

I agree with you 1000%!

[@rayalexander3734]

I agree Towanda is throwing gasoline on a situation . Traci should have protected, no Traci started this mess created this situation to nuke that relationship with money at a weak point in the relationship at that . Traci did this and she just have protected her son with all kinds of witnesses to that inheritance.

[@MT-hk9cp]

​@@lifeisthedashI look at Rodney reviews only and as a former viewer I know that Towanda isn't used to having a husband that actually cared about his kids and wife ( even though Sr messed up but they worked it out on Marriage Bootcamp) because her ex husband didn't...whatever his name is... he's that forgettable.

[@ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy]

Facts. Scratchy is her a puppet.

[@Tasha-c2e]

This family is controlling, toxic, and weird.

[@chocciechocchoc1]

I also notice that they discard men in the exact same way. Portray them as evil on the show ie braxton sr, vince, gabe , kevin sr. I pity von and sean

[@HealingEraWithTricia]

If Tamar was the one that told Traci "you're dead to me". I can 100% understand why Traci didn't want her sitting up beside her death bed in her final days.

[@kayrup3712]

Me too.

[@coronadlsantos]

Tamar was the one that said that. That’s why I don’t feel bad at all for her. The event that NYE confirmed was one of the events where she said that.

[@22danewb]

Wow!

[@adriennetamia5645]

Words are very powerful people don’t realize that

[@OSinghGyallll]

I hope that you realize that your Braxton reviews are the ABSOLUTE BEST on KZbin. Maybe because of what you're going through but yours are the only one who really digs into the issues. #1. I been watching them all. You and really b actually made me watch the show and still the reviews are better than the show. 🎉🎉

[@RodneyThaVoice]

❤️❤️❤️❤️🥹

[@diamonddivat6919]

The BFV is a prime example of how family and friends will celebrate your funeral, and NOT your achievements or success. ❤

[@Talkaboutitbihh]

Carlos need to go get Kevin and interview him immediately down to KZbin

[@kadijahjones9809]

Ooohh this would be soo good. Do you think Carlos would ask Tamar for her approval before he does an interview with Kevin Sr? I think Tamar would say no honestly.

[@Talkaboutitbihh]

@@kadijahjones9809 honey I don’t think he would as permission 🤣🤣 the lines he be crossing interviewing each party individually and I need him to get on it stat because the people need to hear from Sir Kevin PRONTO and since it can’t be on that platform it needs to be somewhere that reaches a lot of people .

[@lillymcintosh7114]

Immediately

[@lifeisthedash]

I don't agree. Cuz Carlos messy. And Carlos u have enuff people who dislike you. I wud listen to Funky Dineva talk to him before Carlos. A decent sit down would be with Crystal XO Show or Little Black Book

[@yendaaaa]

@@lifeisthedash all of these suggestions are better. Dineva would probably ask really good questions.

[@1991Meka]

Somebody explain to me. The sisters are BIG MAD at Kevin Sr. for not honoring Traci's last wishes of having a public funeral. But yet, they have their sister on tv for MILLIONS to see her in her last days Make it make sense?

[@OSinghGyallll]

💯💯 with all the footage of Traci looking really fragile over and over on a loop

[@ToDoListChecklist]

I blame Evelyn. For her to go to Tamar and demás she do this show when the sisters all need grief counseling instead of a camera in their faces shows why the girls are struggling to be individuals and not codependent. She won’t let those grown women be women and make their own decisions.

[@103Kimberly]

But those were Traci’s wishes, whether we understand it or not. She specifically forbid a funeral/memorial service but requested a reprisal of The Braxton’s, in her honor. The fact that Kevin Sr. went against her explicit wishes proves why Traci made her son the executioner of her will and estate instead of her husband! (Quiet as it’s kept, I think the TRUE STORY is that Traci made her son the beneficiary of her LIFE INSURANCE POLICY💰🤑! They are acting like it’s about “her estate”, but i don’t think she had all that much in the bank to fight over. And her likeness probably won’t gross profits in a movie…👀)

[@MT-hk9cp]

​@@103Kimberlybut I thought it was said he gave her a Celebration of Life which is different from a funeral.

[@103Kimberly]

@@MT-hk9cp Yes, Kevin Sr. organized a memorial, but it appears Traci neither wanted a funeral NOR any type of memorial. As her husband, Kevin knew this. But instead of respecting her wishes, he took it even a step further by live streaming the memorial for the public!

[@IconRN]

Traci had a will. Everything she wanted was in the will. The sisters are making it more complicated than what it is.

[@AlexanderRi4408]

This whole show is an up close experience of us watching a grieving family cope with their guilt about losing a loved one by rewriting their history, altering the facts & replaying scenarios in which they were wrong as scenarios where they were right. It’s maddening to watch, but I also very much understand it. So I feel for them as well. Grieving while guilty is soul crushing and many of us will do whatever it takes to manage those two emotions

[@meemzing]

I like this comment. So balanced and true. It's hard to feel sympathy knowing that they're dealing with their guilt by triangulating her grieving son and making money in a tacky way off her namesake. However like you said, grief manifests itself in a myriad of ways.

[@rebo_7724]

Well said. Love this comment.

[@tavaresleora4286]

TRACI WAS CLEAR WITH THE WILL! IF THE SISTER'S WAS CONFUSED THEN REQUEST A COPY OF THE WILL AND READ IT😕 INSTEAD OF LYING ON NATIONAL TV ABOUT IT! IF ME AND MY SISTER ARE AT ODD'S MOST OF THE TIME 👀 WHY WOULD I WANT'S THAT AROUND ME? PERIOD!

[@nicandrews1370]

I need Tamar to stop living in the land of delusion. It was no secret she and Tracy didn't get along. I believe Tamar said Tracy was de@d to her, and to watch Tamar rewrite history is another show Tamar has drummed up in her head. I was confused as to why Tamar had no clue why no one told her about Tracy being sick? It's because Tracy didn't need more drama and pain (caused by Tamar) as she transitioned.

[@lafontae1]

How did Tamar NOT know that her sister was ill. She had drastically lost weight, as shown in her son’s wedding photos in June 2021. She passed in March 2022. It was reported after Traci passed that she was under hospice care for almost a year.

[@kaimosley6296]

Well there was covid all of 2020 and part of 2021. The last time they saw ever over was the concert they did in 2019. Tamar was informed in 2021 while everybody else knew in 2020

[@Aname87]

@@lafontae1 in an interview…i think it was Toni who said it, that Traci was given 2 weeks and ended up living longer, so Tamar ended up being able to be there for her sister longer.

[@OSinghGyallll]

11:20 bingo!!! It's beginning to feel like the whole show is them erasing what WE SAW FOR YEARS. GUILT TRIP is the real vehicle for the show and Kevin Senior is the scapegoat. Period

[@breakthecycle1971]

I agree!

[@lashellh]

Cousin I was with Von about the vasectomies too. Plus that can be reversed. When people say they don’t want kids… believe them, and don’t push them to have them.

[@lifeisthedash]

@@lashellh Trina can be very exhausting and silly. We get it u want grandkids. But they're not your kids, they gotta go home after visiting u...lol. If women can get LIFE advise from women all the time. Why can't a Mature man tell a young brother this is how u may wanna move in this situation. If women can decide why can't he. More guys shud think about that considering they didn't want the women to have the kid at that time😵‍💫😵‍💫

[@anebasammy]

Freeze some sperm before the vasectomy. They have means and could pursue that option if they wanted. She should stop pressuring them to have kids.

[@OSinghGyallll]

Exactly "where was Kevin?" To the "she didn't want to be alone"...I found that telling. About the state of the marriage

[@lillymcintosh7114]

I dont believe that

[@lillymcintosh7114]

That man was with his wife

[@OSinghGyallll]

@@lillymcintosh7114 you were there??

[@Ireallydontcare1488]

I don’t believe it not one bit! They just trying to pull whom ever they can to agree with whatever narrative they are trying to put out because if Denise was anything of a real friend she wouldn’t be sitting with them discussing anything for cameras and for all we know that lady and Traci wasn’t even that close But I’m going to give it a benefit of doubt.

[@mamicamonica]

@@OSinghGyallllwhere you there? What makes you automatically believe what this treacherous family is saying?!

[@pyt7286]

Not sure if you remember this but the earlier seasons I think Traci was closer to towanda. They fell apart after Traci confided in Towanda about what was going on in her marriage and Towanda turned around and told everyone

[@re_re_cee]

Yelp. Brought it clean to the screen.

[@meemzing]

Towanda has never been a "secret squirrel" she's always told people's business when and how it suits her.

[@zabssoutherngirl2019]

Yep. And laughed about it, too.

[@kadijahjones9809]

Hey cousins!! I don’t think Traci died two weeks after Tamar found out she was ill I think she died months later but that was the initial timeframe. A tiny part of me believes Tamar knew something was wrong with Traci but she was waiting for someone to tell her, she was very thin in those wedding pictures.

[@Halimah525]

Kevin Jr. loss his mother . A divide should not be encouraged between him and his remaining parent. Kevin Sr & Jr should be left to deal with the issues between them

[@Sunny-sc6pf]

Yes!

[@lifeisthedash]

@@Halimah525 But this is why I say u can't pick a side on the BRAXTONS. Because nobody ever says what the hell is really goin onnnnn. So Towanda how can we blindly side wit you just on GP. You not telling us why u hate Traci hubby. We need more. So when he get to talkin. DONT GAG...OK TOWAND. Cuz u DID YOUR BIG ONE THIS WEEK. So he would not be wrong...sorrry.💁

[@mamicamonica]

Both Kevin’s have recently stated on social media that they are working it out. They both look so sad and hurt. I feel bad for both of them.

[@Mloveblacque_always]

29:03 You didn't state an unpopular opinion. As a Woman, more Men should get a vasectomy, it's way more pregnancy prevention than relying on a Woman.

[@ameenababirye4550]

My essay lol: Honestly, the whole family is a complete mess! I used to think Tamar was the problem, but this season has made me realize-how could she have possibly grown into a well-rounded person when she was surrounded by this chaos? Towanda carries a bitterness that’s difficult to handle. And Trina-wow, Trina! It feels like something happened to her when she was younger, leaving her emotionally stuck at that age. I’ve never seen such immaturity in a grown woman. On top of that, they all have terrible taste in men, and they all share this anger and bitterness toward men, which definitely stems from their mother. Mama E is at the root of all this confusion, chaos, cruelty and contentiousness. And I honestly feel like Toni's illness comes from her body carrying all the trauma and stress of her highly dysfunctional family; her body is holding all the secrets.

[@adukejacquellene9286]

The ones that just watch Rodney's review, hands up! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏿🙌🏾

[@j.m.edwards1183]

We have got to stop thinking that family labels means certain privileges. Traci’s illness was her illness to handle the way SHE wanted to handle it. There is no ownership with family labels. If Tracy and Tamar were estranged then I understand why Traci choose not to tell her. Tracy seems to have been the only person who kept it real in life and in death.

[@tinakent2249]

Wow I just got into a argument with my sister and came in the house and clicked on this video what a coincidence. Thanks Rodney😔❤

[@nicandrews1370]

Did you hear Trina when she said she wants grandkids so she can see what they would look like? That was literally the only reason.

[@meemzing]

Someone tell Trina those children are most likely going to be palm colored and look nothing like her or the Braxtons 🤦‍♀️ what a bleak reasoning....

[@mainjoya7079]

😂😂😂

[@kayrup3712]

Trina's such a goofy sometimes 😆

[@truthspeaker1508]

@@kayrup3712probably around thier race. Traci is a black woman with self hate issues who probably wanted mixed kids for fair skin and hair… look at how she talks…

[@TheFuronda]

At this point, I don't know how much I believe them when they say Traci wanted the show back on. Imma need to see a video of her explicitly saying that.

[@ctsphang]

I am _so_ using Rodney's line: _Don't seat me near_ them. _Put me at the end of the table._ 😅

[@RodneyThaVoice]

Lmao 🤣

[@lashellh]

They have told the story of signing the contract without Traci during the first season of BFV.

[@Saffire1990]

Rodney I have 2 cents on not noticing the physical changes. After my father's passing we found out that he'd been living with cancer for at least 5 years and told none of us, not even my mom. We all live in the same house and saw each other daily. Yes we noticed the weightloss but as he'd been trying to eat healthier and was very active we attributed it to that. He caught "a cold", which turned into "an infection", which led to him not being able to walk and needing to be physically carried to the doctor. Within 3 weeks of him being diagnosed with stage 4, he was gone. My mother had suspicions from certain intimate things she noticed but she never knew. The first obvious sign of something being definitely wrong was him being absent minded and displaying signs dementia... I need to stop here or I will start boohoo crying. It's been 5 years but I'm still not over it. Sorry if I'm rambling but I just wanted to say it's possible to not notice until the very end.

[@thatgirlkells5505]

🙏 🙏

[@kayrup3712]

🙏🏾🙏🏾 I have a family member that I saw a month ago, he was extremely thin. My family is very secretive. I'm afraid to ask.

[@avasd59]

❤❤

[@blkgm7005]

So sorry for your loss, esp the way that it happened. Grief and loss can be complicated, unfair and painful. Praying y’all are doing better even though the pain is probably still there.

[@Aname87]

Denise (family friend) said that Traci didn’t want none of them to know about her diagnosis. Tamar (and Toni) were the last to know. Tamar did say she called everyone and asked what was going on. Also, i think Traci lived beyond that 2 weeks. In an interview one of them, I think Toni, said the doctor gave Traci 2 weeks and she remained here. I think Tamar got some more time with her sister.

[@kissthefro25]

30:24 I agree! Von didn’t say shit wrong. Eliminate the problem. And men can reverse their vasectomies! Trina was being a weirdo for begging for grandkids anyway

[@antoinettebradley3793]

THAT IS SO TRUE ABOUT HAVING A SQUEAKY CLEAN IMAGE IN THE 90’s! THAT’S WHY BRANDY LIED ABOUT BEING MARRIED TO THAT MAN WHEN SHE HAD HER DAUGHTER!

[@brittmar538]

Im glad that you give the Braxton's grace, because a lot of families have dysfunction. I agree for viewers sake they should acknowledge how they treated Traci.

[@kaimosley6296]

Also right now you didn't pay attention Tamar found out in 2021 she stated when she found out the doctor said she had two weeks to live but she lived longer than that every other month the doctor would tell them she only had two weeks but she feel like her time was limited cuz everybody found out around 2020

[@meemzing]

Great point! Tamar manipulated the wording to make the situation appear as if she found out only 2 weeks prior to her actual passing, which is not the truth.

[@Aname87]

I agree with you. I love Traci…I love The Braxtons (except Towanda really), but Traci is the one to be mad at in this given situation. I often thought back in the day, the viewers overlooked Traci’s ways bc they felt she was the black sheep. Whole time…Traci and Tamar are just alike (good qualities and bad).

[@carola.hunter809]

Hey Rodney… Every time I click on you you brighten my day when I’m feeling bad. You automatically choose me up when I see your face.

[@RodneyThaVoice]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Bantucher]

Tra said in 1 of the earlier seasons that she got along better w Tay when they had 1 on 1 sister time. ( I think they were Bachelorette shopping for Trina)

[@abriaangel9986]

I agree, Traci should've sat down with everyone and made her wishes clear at the same time so there's no confusion. Everyone is entitled to their feelings but I also believe all parties involved including Kevin Sr. deserves to tell their side so the audience can get the full story. Certain things also seem performative with the sisters knowing how things happened on BFV.

[@mamicamonica]

Y’all are forgetting that the family was at odds when she was diagnosed. I don’t think them coming together to hear her out was going to work out. Also her husband stated that she didn’t even want to tell them. He convinced her to tell them, he called her family and told them she was sick. He even mentioned him and Toni waiting in the car while Traci was getting a procedure during 2020.

[@KSHPittman]

1 thing folks gonna do when somebody die is act like they were a saint. Traci had some of the same toxic traits as the rest of the family. All of them, momma and daddy, need therapy. Mrs. E gets a lot of blame but that man left his wife and children. #TheBraxtons

[@RodneyThaVoice]

I’m with you

[@ariesluv]

You hit the nail on the head cuzzin. I just said the same thing on Twitter. They asses feeling guilty. Period hard stop.

[@desig83]

I honestly think that Tamar was the sister that Traci was referring to when she said one of her sisters said that I was dead to them in season 6.

[@vbutterscotch]

What’s funny about Trina’s kids to me, is that she praises Gabe for raising them…. But I’m pretty sure when Trina had her “fix my life” episode they said they hated him.

[@mamicamonica]

They definitely said that.

[@famuns]

I remember the youngest son saying he hated Gabe based on what trina told him. It honestly reminded me of how their mother talks to them about their father.

[@kayrup3712]

I remember on BFV Trina was gone a lot. She would perform with Toni, in a cover band, and was going to school at one time, I think. There's a possibility that Gabe was in the house but didn't form a close relationship with the sons. I also remember Gabe taking one of the sons to boxing lessons and he was really trying to let Gabe have it. After they divorced Trina admitted that Gabe wanted her to have a baby and she didn't want to. She also has a way of creating scenarios that she believes.

[@hauteness]

00:51:41 I'm sure Tamar knew Traci was sick, but she may not have realized Traci's prognostic.

[@re_re_cee]

Rite. I have a strong feeling Tamar knew or heard something about her being sick but because Traci didn’t call her to tell her.. she’s playing the card that she didn’t know anything. Traci was waiting for Tamar to call on GP and that never happened. Almost like a stand off. Traci and Tamar showed the same temperament. Its giving you don’t call me Im not calling you

[@meemzing]

​@@re_re_ceetruth, in which case she has nobody to blame but herself. When someone is sick, if you have even a inkling that something isn't right, you call to check up. That's how you treat acquaintances, wild to not do that for your siblings.

[@hauteness]

00:48:14 Remember they gave Traci a poor prognosis multiple times. We're not even sure which 2-week estimate Tamar is referencing.

[@DeeMarie87]

If you think about it, it’s really not chaos and confusion that Traci caused. The will laid out everything very clearly. They’ve acknowledged Traci didn’t put the sisters in the will, so why are they using this show, spending time trying to interpret her wishes, but haven’t pulled the legal document that answers all these “questions” yet. Like you said, we could look at it with less of a side eye if they would just be honest. We didn’t show/treat Tracie in the best way on BFV so we want to right a wrong and celebrate our sister. I think the friend was there because Kevin had to work. I know when my aunt was at the end of her battle, she moved in with my other aunt because my uncle had to work and he didn’t want her home alone.

[@thettarobinson5009]

I saw Kevin Sr on HIS podcast & he briefly talked about his other SON Kevin (toddler). 2 son’s both “little Kevin”. Trina’s son’s don’t even look like they know how to fu*k. Tawanda needs to share about her kids & not “Scratchy”. Tamar got her wish “Tracy is dead to her” Nobody told her because she was going to say something ignorant like she always does. ❤️ your channel Bishop Rodney.

[@lifeisthedash]

@@thettarobinson5009 NO U DID NOT DRAG TRINA SONS😵‍💫. Take that back, Them boys don't bother no damn body. 🫣 That was rude😬😬😬

[@lonay4597]

That was supposed to stay in your head😂😂😂😂about that lady’s son’s 😂😂😂😂

[@mj5440]

Is this the side baby they were alluding to? Or a baby from a new relationship?

[@mamicamonica]

@@mj5440he never had a side baby! That’s why Towanda is a snake like Tracibsaid because she put that out there and y’all can’t leave it alone. People would rather believe a lie because it’s more entertaining than the truth. Traci confronted her husband on BFV about that and it turned out to be his oldest daughter’s child, his grandchild. His oldest daughter was before he got with Traci.

[@mamicamonica]

@@lonay4597girl the quiet part got said out loud in these KZbin streets lol 🤦🏾‍♀️😩😂

[@cnicolemurchison]

Rodney, cancer takes so much from families. My uncle passed in March 2020 of Cancer I knew he was in a downward spiral in January. I was taking him to his appointments and helping out but he changed so drastically. I know exactly what you’re saying about Tamar knowing something was wrong.

[@teriking1187]

the doctor told them she had 2 wks she when on yo live past 2 years so no she was not skinny at the said 2wk

[@kayrup3712]

🙏🏾

[@cnicolemurchison]

@@teriking1187 I think I know what you’re saying. My thought process is Rodney’s they aren’t that close. They love o e another but are not in sync because even with them not telling her if she were speaking to her other sisters or knowing how they usually interact she didn’t notice a change in their behavior? I hadn’t spoken to my father in 2 years and because I had a feeling his brother wasn’t long for this world I contacted him and told him he needed to check on his brother.

[@mammajamma4397]

48:24 THIS. I've had a couple relatives who had terminal illnesses, and they LOOKED like they were on d3ath's door. There is a particular look many people get when they're close to the end due to illness. You KNOW they're not going to be around much longer, even if you don't know all the details.

[@ToDoListChecklist]

Okay, to give grace on both sides, I think what your story and many others of us will find if we reflect hard enough on our journey with relatives that went to glory is that death is preluded by denial. So many of us play the “they’re going to get better” or “God’s gonna save them” game and it clouds our eyes sometimes. So, maybe Tamar did see Traci when she was cleaning the closet with her and think “oh she looks different” and Traci did what our loved ones do and explained it away and Tamar wanting to believe her brushed it off. So, it could be plausible that Tamar saw her sister and just didn’t know how bad she was until it was bad and she was checking out from this earth.

[@home-818]

I could've sworn traci clearly looked sick over a year before she passed from her son's wedding pics

[@OSinghGyallll]

Towanda is being extra nice to her nephew because she wants access to the money..... Tracy's image for the show. Because as we can see this entire show has been about Tracy's passing....none of them are opening up about their real personal life... Trina is the only one and that's still to an extent

[@MiamiPush2theLimit]

Oh please if Towanda or the other sisters wanted money from the show, they would’ve been doing the show for the last 3 years.

[@ToDoListChecklist]

It’s important to remember that Tamar was also going through her own mental health crisis at the time with her Nigerian ex. So, maybe Traci didn’t want to burden her less she go to the pearly gates before Traci knew for sure she was dying. Remember that Tamar despite her bravado does lose her family and was nearly hysterical when she learned that Toni had Lupus. My only issue is that the sisters can tell everything else, but didn’t tell this very important fact to Tamar? It reiterates the narrative that there are cliques in that “sisterhood” just as Traci said in seasons past. I could be wrong but it is as if the sisters wanted to take Tamar’s right to grieve from her just to fall back into the narrative that she is “dramatic.” Who in their right mind is going to not be upset if your loved one is dying and your whole family knew except for you?!

[@TaureanBaby]

Did the mother know and alao didnt tell Tamar? Because thats crazy!

[@meemzing]

​@@TaureanBabyyep, she was asked to and wanted to respect Traci's wishes. Probably a sound approach given some of the guilt she might have around her treatment of Traci.

[@teriking1187]

thank God we all came from PERFECT FAMILIES SOME OF THESE COMMENTS R WAY OFF HOW SAD

[@OSinghGyallll]

It was also interesting to me that the mother and Tracy had a conversation about the will but she didn't seat her husband and her son down and talk about her decision.

[@TaureanBaby]

I don't think that was true. I don't think that conversation took place.

[@mamicamonica]

@@TaureanBabyme too! We need to have a come to Jesus about that mother because she is a liar master manipulator and gaslighter. I see where Towanda gets it from.

[@kayrup3712]

​@@TaureanBabyI don't either, I think Ms E and Tamar both create scenarios that they really believe

[@mekemeke8497]

I love your commentary. You make me think differently about things. A few thoughts I had: 1. Tamar's silence at times during the conversation with Traci's friend Denise raises questions to me about what Denise might know. Her face said a lot. I also understand why Tamar was upset during the therapy sessions, now knowing the secret that was kept was Traci's illness. 2. Traci's apparent hesitation (per Denise) to "bother" her sisters is also telling. I cannot imagine my sister ever thinking that I am bothering her, especially when I am going through anything. 3. What is the difference between Kevin Sr.'s Celebration of Life and Towanda's birthday celebration of life? And, her father/ brother attended it, so do they not have a problem with Kevin Sr.? I am confused. 4. Towanda seems forced when calling Kevin Jr. Scratchy. I do not remember her ever having a close relationship with Traci, let alone her family. 5. I think Traci's choice to make Kevin Jr. executor was to make sure that he would be able to help her family, if ever, knowing that her family and her husband, Kevin Sr. do not have the best relationship. 6. If respecting Traci's wishes is important, Towanda and Tamar should work on mending their relationship. 7. I agree with you about the baby. This was a lot, but thoughts I had about this episode.

[@soniajackson7197]

What Towanda said about why Tracy felt left out was true. I reremember seeing it on the earlier episodes of BFV.

[@chiquitapowell-quirin80]

On a side note, I love when you throw out you can fit in Zara😂👏🏾👏🏾

[@RodneyThaVoice]

Babbbbby lmao 🤣 I want everyone to know now

[@reneturner9332]

Tracie said that Towanna is the snake of the family♑

[@chi-gemini2951]

I cannot watch bc it triggers me. I lost my brother in 2022 and I won’t lie, we were not close at all. In fact I hadn’t talked to him in months before he passed and my last time laying eyes on him was watching him die in the hospital. We weren’t at odds, just weren’t close. So many emotions. Mad at him but also mad at myself for not being the bigger person and saying I wanted us to be closer. He is my brother but he was a stranger to me. Sure the times we talked, we would end up of talking for awhile, but honestly it was real surface and not getting down to It . Haunts me everyday.

[@JennHayden]

First, my sincerest condolences to you. I sit here perplexed at your comment because I am the bigger person over and over and nothing comes from it. I do it because it is who I am but also because of people like you that regret not being the bigger person. I am getting so tired of it. I am always extending myself and nothing in return.

[@blkgm7005]

So sorry for your loss and how difficult it has been. Tbh, therapy wud probably be really good to help you sort thru your stuff. I started therapy almost 5 yrs after 2 deaths that were hard for me. Best decision of my life… still going, as needed, lot of healing in so many areas

[@chi-gemini2951]

@@blkgm7005 thank you. Yes, I am in therapy and we talk about my feelings dealing with grief. It’s helpful.

[@chi-gemini2951]

@@JennHayden thank you. Maybe being the bigger person was wrong choice of words for me. I just wish I would have communicated my thoughts to him about how I felt about our relationship and then see if he would be willing to meet me halfway

[@mainjoya7079]

I agree with you 💯 Trina's kids look strange😂😂😂

[@OSinghGyallll]

It's healthy and ok to cry! It's ok chile

[@ediorfitzgerald1478]

Trina is the only one that sincerely publicly apologized to Traci. Tamar did it when they were in session with Iyanla but I think that was just for ratings and to clean up her mean girl image a little bit.

[@jfenetwork]

They saying they don’t want to give Kevin a platform but by not putting him on their platform they are giving him his own.. if he’s on their show we will all hear what he has to say on their show… keeping him off makes us go to his social media platform and we start not liking the Braxtons

[@good_vibrations8776]

While this show is good, it's irritating AF to me. I do understand and agree that, while you are on reality TV, you are not obligated to share your entire life; however, they are CONSTANTLY telling half stories. We are not getting the whole story in a lot of their scenarios. This is why I can't jump on board with being on the sister's side or Traci's husband side or Evelyn's side because there is always something missing in their stories and, at this point, we are just speculating. Traci's will being released is another equation to add to an, already, overflowing sea of questions without answers. I do agree that we need to hear Kevin Sr's side, only to piece together our own conclusion. For me, there is no true villain because everybody has showed their hand. And the biggest issue for me is that I can't forget how they treated Traci, ALL OF THEM, including the mother and her husband. Towanda is constantly speaking in circles to avoid saying the simple truth. Tamar is unaware that her actions/behavior has caused a distance between her and her sisters. Trina, to me, is somewhat trustworthy but GIRL that husband, 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️. Toni is proving more and more that she does not fool with her family. Evelyn has not taken accountability for the part she has played in the dysfunction of her daughters, which has shown up in other aspects of their lives i.e. friendship, romantic relationships and their family ship.

[@rayannphillip931]

Exactly! They treated Traci like she wasn’t worthy. I recall one scene where they all went to Traci’s house in MD and they all especially Tamar acted like they were being forced to be there.

[@meemzing]

🎯 The fact that they're pushing to sell half stories as the wholescale truth is the primary issue most of us have. Menacing and highly disappointing behavior.

[@mamicamonica]

@@rayannphillip931I believe they stated that was their first time visiting Traci’s house in Maryland. I was like wow, y’all were not close at all!! Crazy af!!

[@kayrup3712]

Well stated, Traci not telling Tamar makes sense. Did you see how tired cousin got just mentioning Tamar ? Tamar is the type of person that would makes everything about her. She's exhausting.

[@niaamoni8893]

Absolutely Rodney. The timeline is important.

[@HealingEraWithTricia]

I had a aunt that called me Ripple my whole life so much so that she had friends that didn't even know my real name 😂😭

[@Saffire1990]

Cousin you're looking snatched. I can really see the weightloss in your shoulders.

[@msyelladiva]

Xscape had plenty of babies in the 90’s. Both of the Tamika were in the videos pregnant! 702 was pregnant in the video too 😂

[@home-818]

Trina doesnt give off mother of the year ns. Sometimes when people dont want kids they are too busy recovering from their parents parenting

[@emmeffbee3282]

Rodney.. Traci was actually the responsible one, remember Towanda has a record, Traci left to build her family, Towanda stuck around and stuck ‘em up! Just something that’s been on my mind

[@SKemple81]

Rodney got me thinking about who the anger should go to. I understand that. I had a cousin who we were two years apart and when she was on her deathbed and i didn’t know I text her to talk to her. We weren’t beefing prior to her death. Just wanted to talk. I was mad at my cousin for leaving ( it was part of my grief).

[@ediorfitzgerald1478]

Vasectomies are reversible these days.

[@anebasammy]

They could also freeze some.

[@j.m.edwards1183]

I could never seeing my self being upset about a person who passed away not giving me the details of their pending demise. I accept adults making adult decisions regarding their life and death. That is why people who smoke, drink, and do drugs knowing what can happen, is their choice. I prefer to remember a person in the good times and not the bad.

[@NybeBoo4195]

Hey Rodney, absolutely love your channel! I wonder whether at this point Towanda can’t stand Kevin Sr so much that she doesn’t even want to call her nephew by his name ‘Kevin Jr’ so she’s now switching to ‘Scratchy.’ Might be a stretch but could be true.

[@courtneyl.227]

Good point!

[@Wildcat-ln1ex]

That's definitely why she is doing that

[@Ireallydontcare1488]

Cousin you don’t know how it is to be in a family dynamic that treat you like that and it’s nothing you can do but to feel how you feel and move on, that family wouldnt care if Traci cut her head off as a gift to show them she will do anything just for them to love her. To be on that level of stage cancer it’s exhausting I’m going through it right now with my mom they be so tired and filled up with chemo and treatments half the time they dont even have the strength or memory to even do anything, now ppl are pulling up her will and it’s not adding up to what the sisters are trying to get us to believe. Now the real question is why are they doing tricky and crafty stuff to paint a narrative?!! Why is the hate so strong for kevin sr when all in reality yall don’t have to deal with him anymore Traci is gone so why are they so mad?!! It doesn’t make sense and the reason we are mad is because they are literally playing in the viewers faces! All type of ways lol, the greedy and image is real you can tell that’s all they care about.

[@kayrup3712]

🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@ediorfitzgerald1478]

Rodney, I haven’t managed to get through an episode without boo-hooing every time one of them cries with real hurt and pain.😭

[@queeniemorris4060]

Facts Rodney bring Kevin on

[@RealHousewivesOU]

He definitely would have to go about his own way of putting his side of the narrative out there. I don’t think that’s an unfair boundary of them to draw. The real gag will be if and when Kevin Jr talks about how his mama really felt about each of them.

[@mamicamonica]

Then they should shut up talking about him in that manner because if Traci were still here and alive she absolutely would not stand for that at all. It shows how they honored and respected Traci. And trust me I hate sticking up for men they making me mad having to do this but here I am lol 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@moedemonroe]

I’m so happy you mentioned that Traci is actually the cause of the issue. Idk what issue they had but i think it’s ALOT to be holding on to a grudge with your sister when you’re dying. I feel like even if Tamar knew they has issues i don’t think the thought her sister would keep her leaving the earth from her. Like that’s a lot. I get we shouldn’t talk bad about the dead but i was like damn what did Tamar do to warrant that? 🤷🏽‍♀️😭

[@xtina__32]

24:03 strange looking kids😂😂😂😂😂

[@antonettehoward2089]

It's not Tracie's fault. Tracie's Will is her last wishes, not theirs. It's the sisters fault for handling Tracie's last wishes the way they are. They're being totally hippocritical. We all saw the way they treated her. We all saw the way her husband was there beside her. The Will did not say she didn't want a home going service. What her husband did for her is no different from what they did for her 2nd heavenly birthday.

[@22danewb]

Yes cousin I’m not ready to watch the show. I’m grateful you are reviewing the show because I love me some Tracy

[@JustJess_TV]

I feel like if I had a platform and kept trying to tell my side, the only way that I could prove that I didn’t have deceptive intentions that I would have to let both sides be told. Does that make sense? Now if I want to just spew bs and didn’t actually care about being proven justified, I damn sure wouldn’t want that person coming on there telling another side of the story. To me, them not wanting him on there shows that they just want their viewers to side with them blindly.

[@MiamiPush2theLimit]

Not if you know the person is just going to spew lies on your platform.

[@ToDoListChecklist]

Is it fair to say that maybe there is a force at work (aka Towanda) who doesn’t want Tamar to get along with her sisters?

[@hauteness]

00:27:26 Not one lie was told.

[@QueenAries72]

Hey Cousin Rodney, enjoyed your commentary, especially when you start singing 😀 I can kick it with you anytime of the week, you need to come to Naw'lins ⚜️😂

[@kaimosley6296]

Kevin Senior went and revealed that Tracy didn't want the sisters the mother or brother or anybody in the family to know she was sick and that he took it upon himself to inform the family and then the Braxton family chose not to tell Tamar. Some people claim the reason they didn't tell Tamar was because of her suicidal attempt and did not want to push her over the edge but if that's the truth why is it Trina then say it was because of them having a fallout....

[@anebasammy]

👀

[@breakthecycle1971]

Wowwwwwww!

[@meemzing]

He did the right thing letting them know on all counts, particularly because he would have been blamed and accused of "keeping her from them" if they didn't. The optics are complex when you're being scapegoated and placed in the middle of narc beef.

[@TaureanBaby]

And this is why they need to have Kevin Sr can be on this show.

[@beautifulqueen2579]

@@meemzingI agree 100%

[@Aname87]

I’m an only…but my mama is the youngest of 4 so I get the sister dynamic by watching my mama and aunties.

[@TammyTalks]

This is why I love your content Rodney! I agree, Traci has some fault to play...but people dont want to admit or acknowledge that.

[@kayrup3712]

Didn't all the sisters miss Kevin Jr's graduation??

[@HRLady48]

Hey, Cousin! Your comment always causes me to look at at least 1 thing about a show from another perspective, THANK YOU 🤎

[@nordette]

Damn i don't watch this show, but it sounds like before that sister left this earth, she lit a match and threw it behind her. If I know my sister is dying even if she told me not to tell my other sister, im telling her.

[@xtina__32]

Hey y’all, I’m a New Cousin. I’m trying to catch up on all his videos. Are there any playlist? I did not see any

[@anebasammy]

Welcome, cousin

[@RodneyThaVoice]

Welcome. ❤️ and I don’t have any playlist 🫨

[@xtina__32]

@@RodneyThaVoice 😩

[@nataliesasha8216]

About the 90s group, I think there is truth to both sides. Traci was upset b/c yes she pregnant during signings and can’t sign. Although she was on tour with them and wrote songs, she wasn’t in the group. By the time she had an opportunity to join, the group died out and Tamar started doing her own thing. Also for Tamar, as someone who begs for her sisters to hang with her, I’m wondering her and Traci’s level of communication that she did not know.

[@r.nicole378]

I was diagnosed with breast cancer and when I told people that I thought wouldn’t “ghost me” I had realized…. LIFE DOES NOT STOP FOR NOBODY. One friend finally called me and when I asked her…. “Where had she been all this time?” Her response was, she was heading to the cemetery to bury her mom and she realized she had not been there for me but I immediately felt the need to be there for her when I’m physically okay to do so.

[@RodneyThaVoice]

🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷

[@auntiedeedee3438]

Towanda doesn't want to use The name Kevin when referring to her nephew because of her disdain for Kevin Sr. I don't like how Towanda moves. It's giving snake vibes

[@re_re_cee]

Yet she got mad at Tamar for her opinion on her ex.

[@home-818]

If this was an actually close knit family then maybe they would have been informed. This family has consistently been very fractured. Just like you wouldnt want someone you dont like on your platform, you dont want people you dont like in your business

[@Lollii_Popp]

46:57 That's too cute. I call my grandmother "girl" or "sistah." My grandfather used to call me "boy." As girly as I am, he called me boy until he passed. ❤

[@angelaatwood486]

So Traci had the same cancer my dad, it is terminal. Esophageal cancer has like 5% survival rate…basic google search tells you that. My dad went from 260lbs to 120lbs at 6’2” in less than a year. That specific cancer you see the changes quick cause they can’t eat. I’m sorry Tamar wasn’t around her or anything. I can’t believe she was seeing her at all, my dad looked sick the whole time.

[@SKemple81]

Now that I think about it. When they all were wearing the Christmas matching pajamas. That was towards the end of Tracie’s life.