Tamar Braxton: My son ‘deserved better’

Tamar Braxton felt like her son “deserved better” when she made an attempt on her own life.

The reality television star attempted to take her own life earlier this year and she has now revealed that she made the decision because she feared she was “embarrassing” her son.

Speaking in a preview clip from an upcoming episode from the Facebook Watch series, Peace of Mind With Taraji, Tamar said: “Logan was the reason why I made that decision. I just felt like he deserved better. I felt like I was embarrassing him, being a fool on TV.

“I thought at that moment [he would be better without me]. Because I knew that’s not what my whole life really was. That’s not who I was. I didn’t want him to be embarrassed in front of his friends. Here is this loudmouth ghetto mama.”

Tamar recently opened up about her mental health battle.Asked if she “took pills”, she said: “It’s so hard to say, Tamron, because I feel like there’s a responsibility for – you know, I call them family, my fans, who watch. I don’t want to give any examples. But what I will say is, that was my lowest point of life.”

And when asked if she’d tried to take her own life before her July attempt, she said: “I’m just going to be a hundred percent. There has been a time where I wanted to.”

The ‘Braxton Family Values’ star insisted she hasn’t attempted suicide since the incident in July, but has been diagnosed with “depression and anxiety”.

Speaking about her thought processes since the incident, she said: “It’s been a lot of dark, hard times. I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety due to a circumstance.”

The star also revealed that she is not taking medication, but she is in counselling.