Kandi Koated Klarity! Kandi Burruss Says Tamar…
Kandi Burruss and Tamar Braxton have never been shy about their historical past, and now Kandi is laying it all out. During Friday’s episode of her “Speak On It” podcast with co-host DJ A1, the Real Housewives of Atlanta alum addressed the viral second from ESSENCE Festival head-on, making it clear she wasn’t in pretending every thing was wonderful.
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“Now, we gonna tiptoe around this or we gonna get straight to it? Talking about Tamar Braxton,” Kandi said before diving in. She didn’t maintain back, admitting she genuinely dislikes Braxton and felt blindsided when the singer approached her at the pageant’s Black Women in Hollywood event, where Kandi was being honored. Kandi said she was sitting there watching Braxton act as though the 2 have been on pleasant phrases, despite what she described as ongoing shade from Braxton online.
Kandi also pushed back on claims that she snubbed Braxton by leaving her out of pictures from the event, explaining that only award winners and presenters have been included in that explicit spherical of photos, and Braxton was neither. That, she says, is why she was confused about why Braxton was even on stage to start with.
To add insult to injury, Kandi claims that Tamar reached out to her, accusing her now ex-husband of being in the LGBTQ+ group. She also recommended to the singer that she start taking PrEP, which is a medication that prevents the transmission of HIV.
Kandi And Tamar’s Tension Didn’t Stop At ESSENCE
According to TheJasmineBrand, Kandi has said Braxton approached her at the pageant “knowing we don’t f**k with each other,” and Kandi expanded on that sentiment during the podcast, saying she felt Braxton was performing for the cameras fairly than being real. She also described a second incident about three weeks later at a get together in Atlanta, where she claims Braxton walked past her and muttered an insult under her breath before persevering with on.
Kandi said security ended up hovering close by after Braxton’s date sat down next to her, and she suspects Braxton was attempting to provoke a response she might later use to paint Kandi as the aggressor. Kandi feels this isn’t a one-time factor either. She referenced a prior crimson carpet exchange from 2025 where a related dynamic performed out, along with alleged messages she says she never responded to.
As BOSSIP beforehand reported, Braxton has publicly insisted she has “no beef” with Kandi, telling The Morning Hustle she doesn’t remorse congratulating her and that she’s merely selecting peace. But Kandi’s model of occasions tells a different story, and she made clear during the podcast that she has no plans to prolong any heat toward Braxton going ahead, saying she intends to keep her distance regardless of how many more run-ins occur.
Kandi’s co-host and buddies on the podcast largely backed her up, with a number of noting that she tends to give people more grace than she most likely ought to, which made this degree of frustration stand out. Kandi maintained throughout the dialog that she isn’t in being labeled a “mean girl,” arguing that she’s merely drained of being forged as the villain in a narrative she feels Braxton is actively shaping online.
Whether this is actually the end of the highway for Kandi and Tamar’s public stress stays to be seen, particularly with Kandi hinting she could have more to say, and probably receipts to back it up, if the back-and-forth continues.
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