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The Braxtons Season 1 Episode 5
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00:00Well, like it was an influence on my mother's condition.
00:04She knew exactly what she was doing about who she wanted to be her executor.
00:09It was me. It was you.
00:11She didn't want a funeral.
00:12She wanted to stay private for that part of her passing,
00:15but Tracy's husband decided to have a funeral anyway and put it on the internet.
00:19She said, I don't want people to have to grieve that hard looking down on me.
00:25Think y'all maybe should talk to his dad?
00:27He chose what he wanted for himself personally over what she wanted.
00:32By no means do I ever want that individual to have any type of platform on our platform ever again.
00:43Don't push me.
00:48Where out of here?
00:51Grouch! Out of here!
00:53I'm coming, I'm coming.
00:54What he don't want me to do is really tell the truth.
01:00You see what I'm saying?
01:01Don't push me.
01:02And we did not go to her funeral.
01:05We did not attend that thing that he set up that she did not want.
01:11She said it and she put it in her will that she did not want a funeral.
01:17Right.
01:18Are you kidding me?
01:19But you want him to be on a show?
01:22Never.
01:23I think that the audience and the fans need to understand that this platform is not for anyone else other than the people who respect Trace's wishes.
01:37Y'all didn't want the scene to happen?
01:38Hell no.
01:39And it didn't happen.
01:40Good.
01:41No.
01:41So that's where we are.
01:41Good.
01:42Will it happen?
01:42It won't happen.
01:43Good.
01:43Okay.
01:44It won't happen.
01:44I always fought for Trace, and I'm going to continue fighting for Trace until the day I die.
01:50Absolutely.
01:50And beyond.
01:51There's so much.
01:54We didn't leave our sister.
01:57This situation is facts.
01:59When we did Braxton Family Values, when we signed in 2009 and then we came out in 2011, everybody gave Trace that, they call her the wannabe.
02:07Whatever said about you.
02:08That was her name.
02:12And then it was played upon, is what I'm saying.
02:15It was played upon, and then it was fed.
02:18Okay, Trina, let's put it down.
02:20Okay.
02:20I ain't worth to y'all.
02:21That's what I feel.
02:23I'm not worth to y'all.
02:24That's okay.
02:25Because of the choices I made, I felt, okay, Trina had a child.
02:28Way before me, she was pregnant.
02:30I got pregnant.
02:32Trina got to sing.
02:33I couldn't sing, but it was told to me I had to.
02:36Well, Trace, you make that decision.
02:38I'm not freaking on.
02:40The whole time, everybody has a narrative of we left Trace behind.
02:46We signed without Trace.
02:47Right.
02:47Now, that part is true.
02:48We did sign without Trace.
02:50But the fact is this.
02:51We signed in August.
02:53Trace was pregnant with little Kevin.
02:56Back in the 90s, you could not be a female and be pregnant.
03:01What they said is they want every woman to want to be like you and for every man to want to be with you.
03:07That was it.
03:08And honest to God, me and Trina was like, damn, we don't want to sign.
03:11Trace was like, go ahead.
03:13So we signed it.
03:14It's true.
03:15So after that, we tore with Luther.
03:18We didn't do the second half with got daggone Luther.
03:21Yeah.
03:21Because Tony said we were going to go overseas with her.
03:27So when it was time for being on that stage to perform, guess who was there?
03:32Trace.
03:32We left our sister.
03:36Get the f*** out of here.
03:37We left our f*** and f*** no.
03:41Right.
03:42No, f***, we left you.
03:43Oh, no.
03:44It's not yes.
03:45Okay.
03:45Yes.
03:45Okay.
03:46I don't usually see Tawanda go off in that way.
03:49Actually, Tawanda's not that person like that.
03:53Because this part of the narrative was never told.
04:02The truth was never told.
04:04Normally, I wouldn't put our business out there.
04:08But our issues are always made public.
04:12So we want to clear them up.
04:14And this difference in opinion, not even an opinion, it's a fact because it was written
04:18about Tracy's funeral is just one example of how our family has had to defend itself publicly.
04:26And later on, Tracy became a very successful solo artist and actress.
04:31And we were in her corner the entire time.
04:35You know, I just want Tracy to be celebrated.
04:38Mm-hmm.
04:38Amen.
04:39She was funny, independent, and she was fighting.
04:43She was fighting every day.
04:44She fought until the very last breath.
04:48Amen.
04:48Rest in peace, Tracy.
04:53Rest in peace, Tracy.
05:03Cameras rolling.
05:05Hello.
05:05Hey, cameras up.
05:07Everybody ready to rock?
05:15Hey, Fran.
05:15How you feeling tonight?
05:16Mad about feeling.
05:17I'm mad at the world.
05:20Yeah.
05:20I don't want to feel sad.
05:22I don't want to feel memories.
05:24Yeah.
05:24I don't want to feel nothing.
05:26You ever felt like that?
05:27Yeah.
05:28Yeah.
05:28That's how I feel.
05:29And I'm pissed because I have feelings.
05:33Yep.
05:34Tracy's birthday is this week.
05:36Of course, I'm going to have feelings about it being my sister's birthday.
05:39It's only the second year.
05:41Back in 2020, when we had our first session, I talked to Tracy, and I told her, I had a session today with your sister.
05:47She's like, nah, my sister is super talented.
05:49She's super sweet.
05:51You better make some dope-ass songs on her, and you better treat her sweet when I'm going to kick your ass.
05:55She always talked about how much she loves you, and the fact that Notice Me did what it did, it's on purpose.
06:01This is her.
06:02You know that's her.
06:03I know you're tearing up.
06:05I see you.
06:05My single, Notice Me, going number one, is very bittersweet.
06:12On one hand, I'm excited about, you know, the success of my new record, but on the other one, I'm just so sad that my sister's not here.
06:23It's almost like I feel guilty about being happy because I don't want to be happy.
06:27I want to remember my sister, and I don't know.
06:31It's a lot.
06:32Walk away.
06:35Can I hear that?
06:36Yeah.
06:37Because I'll just be going back and listen to stuff, see what I can change.
06:50Is this the live version?
06:53This is the live, yeah.
06:56My next album is just a continuation of amazing R&B music.
07:00But the good thing about the Love & More tour and the success of it is that every single night, I got to pay homage to Tracy and her music that she started and didn't get a chance to finish.
07:12Every single night, I play Last Call so everyone can be reminded of her journey musically.
07:18I don't want them to forget about that.
07:22When we had that call and you had the person add the strings to it, I, um...
07:26That wasn't me.
07:26That was my baby daddy.
07:27Okay.
07:28Vince is still Vince.
07:30He still has one of the most magical ears.
07:32Now, I don't know about everything else.
07:34Yeah.
07:34It's really not my business.
07:35However, there's not a record that I have that I don't play for him.
07:39Me and I called and noticed me.
07:41We would walk around the house like this and play it.
07:45Oh.
07:45And just be walking around just like this.
07:47I swear to God, he'll tell you.
07:48Where's my phone at?
07:50Robin Thicke said something to me.
07:51Every time I see him, he's like, you know, there's only a couple people ears that I trust.
07:54It's Andre Harrell, God rest his soul.
07:56It's Ellie Reed and your husband.
07:57Everybody still calls my husband.
07:59It's fine with me.
07:59What you got on my 40, homie?
08:03Where you at?
08:04I'm in the studio.
08:05Where are you in the studio?
08:07How do you know where I'm at?
08:08Vince, you don't have no GPS on me.
08:11I know the back wall.
08:12That's in Atlanta.
08:13Yeah, that's the studio.
08:14You don't know everything, okay?
08:17First of all, do you look at my page today?
08:19Look at my page right now.
08:20What's on your page?
08:22Vince, you be on my page.
08:23You be in my story all the time.
08:24Catch you in my story.
08:25I'll be in your story all the time.
08:26Yeah, I catch you in my story all the time.
08:29Hey, Mark, congratulations.
08:30How do you feel?
08:32I don't feel anything today.
08:34Maybe tomorrow.
08:35You should be happy for yourself.
08:36You're doing this by yourself.
08:38No record label.
08:39It's all you.
08:40Congratulations.
08:41I'm very, very proud of you.
08:42Very happy to be.
08:43Vince has and will always be an intricate part of my life.
08:47My parents did a great job at showing us
08:50that even if you are not still romantically involved with someone,
08:55you can still have a respect for someone.
08:59and come together for the right reasons.
09:02You can't just have one record out like we did 10 years ago.
09:05You've got to work multiple records at one time.
09:07Stop being so nervous.
09:08You got this.
09:09Just put the music out.
09:10All right.
09:11Send me a cash out tomorrow.
09:12No, you send me a cash out.
09:16Bye.
09:17So Vince is a record company person and a manager.
09:22His conversations with me in regards to my records that I'm putting out
09:26is coming from that place.
09:29You know, stop getting in your way.
09:31Artists think too much.
09:32You know, just believe in the music that you make
09:35and put it out and step aside.
09:37So make sure we did our best to hurt each other.
09:39Make sure we did our best to hurt each other.
09:44Make sure we did...
09:45Make sure...
09:46I can't hear because it's like a reverb.
09:49Make sure we did our best to hurt each other.
09:54What you think about that?
09:56I thought it was fine.
09:56Yeah, I know you think you wanted to redo it.
09:57It sounds good to me.
09:58For now...
09:59Because I didn't say...
10:00I said...
10:01For now...
10:02Yeah, look at that.
10:03For now...
10:04It's okay to walk away...
10:08For now...
10:13I like that one.
10:14Yeah, okay.
10:15I like that.
10:17I like that.
10:20Y'all don't know something about this Toni Braxton.
10:22She's funny as hell.
10:23Okay, guys, I have a joke.
10:26Boom, boom, boom.
10:30Please don't tell nobody you're coming.
10:32I'm gonna try not to.
10:33Uh-uh.
10:33Is it a surprise?
10:34Yes, it's a surprise.
10:36His father is seemingly thinking that he wasn't in her right mind.
10:42Some of these conversations should not be happening in front of my mother.
10:45That is her child.
10:48I'm just gonna do a little tribute to Trey.
10:52Trace would be so happy to see everyone.
10:54We were all in the living room with the hospice doctor.
10:59That's when I found out.
11:02Yeah, look at the time, you and Tracy were kind of at odds, though.
11:06Do you know something I don't know?
11:09Queenie.
11:10Mwah.
11:12Your nails look nice.
11:15You're welcome.
11:16Thanks.
11:16They're not press ones, either.
11:18They look nice.
11:18Do you talk to Mommy and Tamar and tell them about what happened when we went to D.C.?
11:22You're gonna wait for all of us.
11:23No, I'm just waiting for everything.
11:25What would you have changed?
11:27Hmm.
11:29I would have changed that I wasn't really able to sit and enjoy my crabs.
11:32Oh.
11:32I was thinking the same thing.
11:36Hey.
11:36Let me talk some more.
11:38Hey, Tawande.
11:38Hey.
11:40Hey.
11:40What's poppin'?
11:41Hey, baby girl.
11:43You look like Easter.
11:45You look like early in the day.
11:46I'm excited to see Mommy and Tamar.
11:49But I haven't seen Tamar since we filmed Grief Counseling.
11:54Obviously, we're gonna have to meet with you again.
11:56Reconvene for what?
11:58Why you say that?
11:58Because I don't think we're open to receiving anything right now.
12:01But maybe she can talk to you individually.
12:03I went to Grief Counseling.
12:05Listen, I'm all here for advocating for a healthy mental health.
12:11It's always important to respect a person's boundary.
12:17However, I love my sister immensely.
12:21She calls me, I'm gonna answer.
12:23If she texts me, I'm gonna answer.
12:25If she needs me, I'm gonna be there.
12:27And that's just a fact.
12:31Hey, you look.
12:32Hey, look.
12:33Hey, girls.
12:34Hey.
12:35Are you gone already?
12:36I'm on my way to Marce.
12:38Oh, Marce.
12:39Nice.
12:40Ew.
12:41Okay, I'm in France, okay?
12:44And I have a show, so I'm here for just a few days.
12:47But I have to be honest, I do miss my family and my sisters.
12:49And I remember when we would tour together, Tracy, too.
12:52And I've been thinking about her even more lately since her second heavenly birthday is coming up soon.
13:01Well, you enjoy yourself.
13:02Yes, have fun.
13:04Are you going to visit the castles over there?
13:06No.
13:07I don't know.
13:08Trina said no.
13:09I'm in.
13:13So, Trina, I'm going to be different.
13:14I am not the fun police.
13:16I'm going to need proof.
13:18I don't know what Trina's talking about.
13:20I just might get out there and tour Castle.
13:23Okay, there's a chance, however, that Trina's correct.
13:26And I don't find the time.
13:27But, no, I am not the fun police.
13:30I am the fun headquarters.
13:32Funners, funners, funners.
13:37What'd you say?
13:40Oprah.
13:40Okay.
13:41Uh-uh.
13:43Au revoir.
13:43Au revoir.
13:45Au revoir.
13:45Au revoir.
13:46You know, Dad, nobody say Oprah.
13:48I thought she said Oprah.
13:50Au revoir.
13:50Au revoir.
13:51Okay, babe.
13:52Have fun.
13:53Love you.
13:53Have a safe flight.
13:54Bye, Tony.
13:55Have a good day.
13:56Bye.
13:58She bored.
13:59She the only one that when you say bye, she keep talking.
14:02Yes.
14:03You're a nerd.
14:04Stay with it.
14:05Okay, so we have you.
14:06So, we went to the DMV area.
14:09Uh-huh.
14:10We have to lay our eyes on, scratchy, you know, let them know that we're there to support
14:14him.
14:15I mean, he was really, really happy to see us.
14:16So, you didn't meet him at his house?
14:18He's not there.
14:19Oh, okay.
14:20Yeah.
14:21So, and he was talking about how he really wants his family around him right now.
14:25This is a really hard time, and he's fighting for his wife.
14:28He's fighting for his marriage.
14:31He's confused about some stuff.
14:32And he said that his father is seemingly thinking that the will that Tracy put together, she
14:40wasn't in her right mind.
14:47Tracy knew exactly what she was doing.
14:51Yeah.
14:52And she knew that her son was going to get some type of...
14:57Pushback, yeah.
14:58She knew that.
14:59Because we talked about that.
15:01Me and Tracy talked about that.
15:04And I said, Tracy, do you think Kevin is strong enough to fight against his father?
15:11Guess what Tracy said?
15:12Mommy, this will give him some balls.
15:17That's what she said.
15:19My son have to grow up when it come to his dad.
15:23Is this conversation too much for you?
15:25No, not too much for me at all.
15:27It's just that I remember the intimate times when we talked about it.
15:32You know what I mean?
15:33I said, well, you know what you're doing, baby girl.
15:36You do what you need to do.
15:38I just feel like some of these conversations should not be happening in front of my mother.
15:43Because you have to understand this is our sister, but that is her child.
15:46You know, and as parents, we view things differently.
15:50You know, there is no other side when it comes to our children and whatever has happened.
15:55And that's more pressure and stress to the parent.
15:58No.
16:00Well, Tracy's birthday is coming up.
16:02Yes!
16:02So what are we doing for her having leave?
16:07I don't know.
16:08You know, she loves crabs.
16:11You want to have a crab feast?
16:12Yes!
16:13We should have a birthday party.
16:15Yes!
16:15I think so.
16:16That would be fun.
16:17That would be so much fun, you guys.
16:20I wish Denise could come.
16:21What's she doing?
16:22She can't come?
16:23Um, I can see.
16:24I talked to her today on the way here.
16:25I'll call her.
16:26Who?
16:26Denise.
16:27Denise.
16:27I initially met Denise when I was 12 years old.
16:30We went to college together, and Tracy and Denise became really close.
16:34So when Tracy got sick, Denise was there every single day, every step of the way.
16:40If I can call Denise, make sure she can come.
16:43She'll come.
16:43I hate to interrupt, but I'm not going to talk about your single.
16:46My single?
16:48Congratulations.
16:52You broke down the football again.
16:56He in a hurry.
16:58Yay!
17:01I was just crazy, because I just thought about this driving up here.
17:04Even with all the drama that's, like, surrounding, you know, all the kind of Tracy stories, like,
17:09there's amazing Tracy stories as well.
17:11Like, I feel like the way that Nia and I are coming together and making amazing music,
17:15like, I didn't know Nia, and I had no idea that Nia was a good friend of Tracy's until
17:19Mommy told me.
17:20Mm-hmm.
17:21All of this time that they'd known each other, he had been trying to, like, you know, get
17:26a break, and it just so happens that, oh, I'm about to cry.
17:31That's all right.
17:32Good.
17:32It's healthy.
17:33It's okay.
17:35What you, what's wrong?
17:36Yeah.
17:36Okay, go ahead.
17:37Get it out.
17:38Yeah.
17:43No, because you know when she shows up.
17:46Mm-hmm.
17:47You know.
17:48Mm-hmm.
17:48Undoubtedly.
17:49And that's the truth.
17:50Mm-hmm.
17:53And I'm just so grateful, you know?
17:56Yeah, she shows up.
17:57Yeah, it's just...
17:58She does show up.
17:59It's like, even on the other side, she's just as kind.
18:03And look as alpha people.
18:05Mm-hmm.
18:05Yeah.
18:08Yep.
18:10No, I'm just so grateful, like.
18:14I don't know.
18:16She's just dope like that.
18:21I am extremely blessed.
18:25Noticed Me was one of the most incredible records that I've written in a long time.
18:29And I knew it was her showing up for people.
18:35And, you know, it was just a testament of who she was and who she still is today.
18:40That, you know, it doesn't have to be her family.
18:42If she loved you, if she cared about you, she's going to always show up for you.
18:47All right, it's getting cold.
18:49It's nine o'clock.
18:52The street lights is on.
18:53And Taewon needs to go home.
18:56I'll take care of the bill.
18:57We ain't drink nothing.
18:59You're the one who got to drink.
19:00You should be taking care of the bill.
19:02Agreed.
19:07Taewon, practice!
19:12All your dreams are coming true.
19:15But did you feel like it was at the cost of your marriage?
19:21Let me get the surprise.
19:22It's a surprise.
19:24Y'all are going to love it.
19:27Most of your sons are adamant about not having kids.
19:31I told them you need to take matters into your own hands.
19:34You told my children to get vasectomies?
19:36If they don't want kids, then yeah.
19:37Oh, my God.
19:51If I hit the bullseye, I'd get a grandbaby.
20:06My sons and Vaughn and I, we decided that we were going to do something fun together as a family.
20:11And so we decided to go act slowly.
20:14Grandbaby for me.
20:16Oh, man.
20:19Now, mind you, I don't have the best coordination in the world.
20:23And that's something that I can live with.
20:25Grandbaby!
20:26Oh.
20:26Hey!
20:27Hey!
20:28Hey!
20:29Hey!
20:29Okay.
20:29Okay.
20:29Okay.
20:29Okay, if Caleb hit the bullseye, I'd get a grandbaby.
20:36Oh, man!
20:39That was purposeful.
20:42Look at my babies.
20:44Yeah, that's nice to see them painting.
20:46Come and sit.
20:47Sure.
20:47Let's take a break from the axe throwing.
20:48Please.
20:50Get your beer.
20:51You want one?
20:53Eric doesn't drink anymore.
20:54So what's this no drinking for how long?
20:56For a year.
20:58You gonna make it?
21:00I'm three months in.
21:01You know, that's really good for your SC, though.
21:03What?
21:04Sparky.
21:05Oh.
21:06In that case, we want to get that as low as possible.
21:10It'll be two years married.
21:11You guys have been together for seven before you even got married.
21:14Okay.
21:14So it'll be nine years.
21:17Where's my grandbaby?
21:18In the ether where they will remain.
21:22Eric's a little tree hugger.
21:24But I want him to take that tree and remove the tree and hug his wife and give me a grandbaby.
21:31But they are not trying to do that right now.
21:33They have dogs.
21:35Yeah, we got dogs.
21:35Tracy was just so amazing with her grandbaby.
21:39She loved being a grandmother.
21:41I want that experience.
21:43I really, really do.
21:43Not just for me, but for my son and for his brother to be an uncle.
21:49I want to be a grandfather, but not at the expense of your happiness.
21:52You know what I mean?
21:53But I will tell you this, that decision isn't really up to either one of you two at all.
22:00Sure.
22:00It's up to them.
22:01It's up to them.
22:02If you really don't want kids, like you're sure you don't want kids, you better take that part of the decision out of her hands.
22:11So, and that's what I mean that wholeheartedly.
22:15Good luck to you.
22:18I'm glad I'm done.
22:18Well, for the record, I'm just really proud of the men that you both have become.
22:25Amen.
22:25I'm still going to razz you.
22:28I'm not going to lie, because I really want to be a duchess or a mumsy.
22:33I'm not going to lie.
22:36You know what?
22:36She just gave you another reason not to have kids.
22:38A mumsy?
22:39What?
22:39Yeah, yeah.
22:40Mumsy!
22:40That's dreadful.
22:42Oh, mumsy, where are you?
22:46Really?
22:46That's what you want to be?
22:48Whatever.
22:49I'm standing in.
22:55Oh, no, I'm okay.
23:07Call Scratchy.
23:10Calling Scratchy Scratchy iPhone.
23:16Hey, auntie.
23:17Hey, nephew.
23:19What are you doing?
23:20Nothing much.
23:20How about you?
23:21Um, you know that your mama's birthday is coming up, so I thought, as a surprise, I could have
23:31you flown out to Georgia and have you be here for a little, you know, a little family, a
23:37little small, little quaint celebration for her birthday.
23:41What do you think about that?
23:44Oh, yeah.
23:45I love that.
23:45Okay, and I know you gotta be back, like, soon, because you have court, so I'm gonna
23:51make sure that you, you know, you're back before court, okay?
23:54We decided to have Tracy's second heavenly birthday party at a hall, and it's gonna be
23:58really, really small and quaint.
24:00And we decided that we should get some crabs and some drinks.
24:04Do you think that Tamar took care of the crabs?
24:07No.
24:08I don't think so, either.
24:09Well, I don't think that she didn't take care of the crabs.
24:11Honestly, I don't think that there are places here that have an LMB of crabs like that.
24:15Especially not last minute when they're off season.
24:17You gotta get them shipped in.
24:17And Scratchy is a surprise.
24:21He's the biggest surprise as the cherry on top.
24:24Well, good.
24:24I'm gonna go ahead and book this flight.
24:27Yay!
24:28I'm excited.
24:28And please don't tell nobody you coming.
24:33I'm gonna try not to.
24:34Uh-uh.
24:35Uh-uh.
24:35Ain't no try.
24:37You cannot tell nobody that you coming, for real.
24:40So it's a surprise.
24:41It's a surprise.
24:42Yes, it's a surprise, even for my mom.
24:45And please, don't tell nobody.
24:47All right, I'm not.
24:48I'm gonna send you all the information.
24:49Love you.
24:49I love you, too.
24:50Okay, bye.
24:50Bye.
25:13Oh, excuse me.
25:14I yawned all big.
25:15My mouth was, like, real big.
25:25Such a pretty day.
25:26Yeah, it's beautiful.
25:29I haven't spoken to Eric since we went exploring.
25:31Mm-hmm.
25:32You know how Eric is.
25:33Eric is all about family.
25:35Yeah.
25:35And he would be such an amazing dad.
25:40Well, that's probably not going to happen.
25:43They're adamant.
25:44Both of your sons are adamant about not having kids.
25:47And they make good points.
25:48But what if something happens?
25:49And I mean, because he is married.
25:50He's a married dude.
25:51And sometimes that just happens when you're married.
25:54I told them both.
25:57Whether or not you have a baby with your wife is really not up to you.
26:00It's gonna be up to her.
26:02If you don't want her to have 100% of that power and that decision-making,
26:06then you need to take matters into your own hands.
26:07What does that mean?
26:09That means get a vasectomy.
26:10That's what it means.
26:12You told my children to get vasectomies?
26:13If they don't want kids, then yeah.
26:17Vaughn has absolutely overstepped his boundaries.
26:20You can't tell my sons to get vasectomies.
26:22Didn't you have children?
26:24Maybe I would like to see what my grandbaby's gonna look like.
26:27That's not fair.
26:28Not only was your advice not sound, that's a big negative, soldier.
26:33We're talking about the kids.
26:34If they both know they don't want kids, we're a condom.
26:36Or have one procedure and not worry about that for the rest of your life.
26:40I'm just saying.
26:41But that's what I'm saying.
26:41The rest of his life.
26:42No.
26:43No.
26:44Then I won't have a grandbaby for the rest of my life because he has his vasectomies.
26:48He doesn't want children.
26:49Right now.
26:51He doesn't want children.
26:53Right now.
26:55Stop pushing.
26:56Leave him alone.
26:57You can't influence this.
27:00I'm not trying to influence this.
27:01Yes, you are.
27:02But you know how you give advice?
27:04I get to give advice.
27:05And when I understand that they're not listening, I shut up.
27:09These dudes have decided.
27:11I'll leave him alone.
27:13Even though Eric and Caleb right now say that they don't want children, I think they're going
27:18to change their minds one day because we all know pillow talk is an MF-er.
27:23When a woman feels like her biological clock is ticking like that, she could talk a man
27:28into anything.
27:30It's the truth.
27:31At least I'm hoping that it is.
27:32This dog park is really dog parking right now.
27:39What does that mean?
27:40The smells.
27:41The centerization.
27:42The odiferousness.
27:43It's odiferous though.
27:45All right, let's go.
27:45I need something stronger than water today.
27:47Do you want me to drive?
27:48No.
27:49I want to actually make it home.
27:51Huh?
27:51It's supposed to be a blind date and guys, he has to have a bag and not a colostomy bag.
28:00No one would tell me there was a time that Tamar and Tracy were at odds.
28:05You remember that because then you and Tracy got into it for a second.
28:09None of this is.
28:10I have nothing to say about that.
28:14Tracy's party tonight.
28:15Let's make sure everybody is ready, ready, ready.
28:18Talent is finishing up makeup.
28:20Tamar's on the way.
28:21We got guests lining up outside.
28:25All right, y'all.
28:26Quiet on the ground.
28:29Hey, y'all.
28:35Hey, dude.
28:37Hey, sneaky face.
28:39It's so great to see you make it.
28:41Hey, everybody.
28:43Hey.
28:45I'm feeling very heavy coming into this party.
28:49Hey, you.
28:51Her first heavenly birthday was only a few weeks after she passed.
28:57And it felt like a funeral, actually.
29:01Where's the shots?
29:03Well, at the bar.
29:04This is the birthday party.
29:05This year, I'm still sad, but it's more like a life celebration for her.
29:11And, you know, Tracy was the party girl.
29:14You know, she liked to get everybody, you know, in a good mood and have fun.
29:18Somebody sent a harp player home.
29:25Why is it blowing me?
29:27Why is it?
29:30Why is it blowing me?
29:31It's just so sad.
29:33Like, I'm going to snap one of them thongs.
29:36Tracy was like, this harp is sad.
29:42And it's wrong.
29:43Turn it off.
29:44She wanted to party and do the electric slide.
29:47Excuse me, Mr. Harvest.
29:48You play whatever you like.
29:49Whatever's on your playlist.
29:50But it was a little sad, though.
29:52Very at the gates of heaven.
29:55Please.
29:57It's Tracy's heavenly birthday party, and Tony's unable to make it because she's in France
30:01and she's doing the show.
30:02It's going to be an emotional night, and that's okay.
30:05I'm just so glad we're together and doing this.
30:08Let me get the surprise.
30:09You want me?
30:10No, I said let me get the surprise.
30:12What's a surprise?
30:13It's a surprise.
30:14Huh?
30:14Do you want to say she has a surprise?
30:16You got a surprise?
30:18We're going to bring him up and we'll mic him in.
30:20So, two minutes?
30:21Yeah.
30:22So, yeah.
30:23I'm going to bring in a surprise in one second.
30:25You want to hold over for the surprise?
30:29You don't like surprises?
30:30Really, just hold you up a little bit of horses.
30:32Let's do more action.
30:34Let's talk.
30:35And let's do it.
30:36Why don't we sit and wait for the surprise, surprise?
30:39Y'all are going to love it.
30:41Surprise!
30:48You might want to move to the left, trust in time, because we're going to leave this
30:51spot right here.
30:52For Tamar?
30:52For Tamar, exactly.
30:53I don't feel connected to this whole production again.
30:58At the time, you and Tracy were kind of at odds, though.
31:02She was upset for a second.
31:03You remember that?
31:05Where does Tamar?
31:07It's shedding season, baby.
31:08It's time to let go of something.
31:11We're sisters.
31:12We're sometimes at odds and sometimes we're not.
31:14Oh, my God!
31:24Oh, my God!
31:29Hey, Sticky, babe.
31:30Oh, oh, oh, oh!
31:33So cool seeing little Kevin.
31:45I just think it's important for him to be there
31:48to watch people celebrate his mom, you know?
31:51Because that's my sister, but that's his mother.
31:53All right, I'm about to tear into some crabs, y'all.
31:56And they're not crabettes.
31:59Trina, a little bit.
32:00I didn't do this, though.
32:01I didn't do it.
32:02I guess I'll get a little crabette.
32:03Juanda, you know what?
32:05Now, a crabette is a crab that's very small.
32:10It's so small that you have to eat like so many of them,
32:14not even to be filled, to be satisfied.
32:17You can't really get any meat out of it, you know?
32:19You're just picking and picking at the pig,
32:20pig, pig, pig, pig, pig.
32:22It's like, you can't enjoy it.
32:24Are those crabs good?
32:25I mean, we are Marylanders, and we are all crab snobs.
32:30I'm such a connoisseur, I can tell.
32:32I mean, they're as good as they can be for some Georgia,
32:34you know, last-minute crab.
32:35You have to be passionate about your crabs,
32:38or else don't call yourself a Marylander.
32:40And see.
32:42Do y'all remember the last time we had those big,
32:45gold, colossal crabs.
32:46They're delicious.
32:47Big and juicy.
32:48And your mom was in her chair crocheting.
32:50In her box, yeah.
32:51We were talking and having beer and having crabs.
32:55And I promise you would not know that she didn't have a crab.
33:01Remember that?
33:01Because you were living her life vicariously.
33:03Just wanted to watch us.
33:04Because she couldn't eat it.
33:05She would always say, eat some for me.
33:08Yep, exactly.
33:09That's how she used to do.
33:10Right here.
33:11She was enjoying the moment.
33:12Well, Denise, can I ask you a question?
33:14And it might be too personal to answer now.
33:16But what made you stop your life and just
33:19be there for her 24 hours a day?
33:22I mean, it's something about when she tells you
33:24she don't want to be by herself.
33:26And you're like, I'm not going to let you.
33:27Right.
33:28I'm going to stay right here.
33:29Because I got there when I found out.
33:32So that's late in the game.
33:33So I wasn't, I didn't show up because I didn't want to show up.
33:37I didn't find out until it, I found out by mistake.
33:41No one sat me down and told me anything.
33:44I was at home in Encino.
33:49And she helped me put my closet together.
33:52Mm-hmm.
33:53And maybe like a couple weeks after that,
33:57mommy was in the kitchen cooking.
34:00But then I heard like distress.
34:04Does that make sense?
34:05Mm-hmm.
34:07Have you ever seen your parent not cry but weep?
34:11Mommy was weeping.
34:15And I was like, what's wrong?
34:16And I was like, what, what, what?
34:18And mommy said, well, I'm not at liberty to tell you.
34:21It's like, I don't know what that means.
34:25And I called everybody and nobody would tell me.
34:30I called Trina.
34:32I called Twanda.
34:33I called my brother.
34:34I called my dad.
34:36No one would tell me.
34:38And I remember we were all in the living room
34:42with the, um, hospice doctor.
34:45Yeah.
34:45The nurse?
34:46Mm-hmm.
34:46That's when I found out.
34:49He said that she had about two weeks.
34:51Do y'all remember that?
34:51Yep.
34:53You know, for me, there's something
34:56that I still struggle with because I don't understand
34:58why I was the last to know.
35:01I still feel like it was a bit unfair for me
35:04because I lost time, um, with my sister.
35:08And I feel like anybody would feel that way.
35:11I couldn't tell you because Tracy asked me not to.
35:16Tracy said, I will tell her.
35:19And what could I do?
35:21Just me.
35:22Not you.
35:23Tony, too.
35:24No, Tony knew.
35:25No, no, no, no, not at that time.
35:28Yeah, but at the time you and Tracy were kind of at odds,
35:31though.
35:32It wasn't like- No, we wasn't at odds.
35:33Oh.
35:35Do you know something I don't know?
35:42Odds?
35:43Oh.
35:44Do you know something I don't know?
35:47I just told you she came and she and I did my closet together.
35:51I'm not talking about that time.
35:53But like you said, your timeline is different.
35:55What were you saying?
35:56Well, no, you said that we were at odds.
35:57What do you mean?
35:58I'm talking about when you guys were at odds,
35:59especially from that show, Remember NDC.
36:02And I will remember that.
36:03You should call Nye because I wasn't at odds until Tracy
36:05at that show.
36:06Yeah.
36:07I want something to drink.
36:10I have no idea what Tamar is talking about.
36:16That's why I got up and excused myself because that's Tamar's story.
36:20That's Tamar's journey.
36:21And that's it.
36:22That's her truth.
36:23I have nothing to say about that.
36:25I remember because Tamar was like this.
36:27She didn't know at a time when Tracy was sick and stuff.
36:30And I said, well, there was a time that Tamar and Tracy were at odds.
36:34You remember that?
36:35Because then you and Tracy got into it for a second.
36:36You're talking about the Howard University, the Howard Theater show?
36:38Yes.
36:39Oh, yeah.
36:40Something happened?
36:41Oh, you're talking about?
36:42Yeah.
36:43Yeah, but that was like a year before.
36:45But what I'm saying is that she was upset for a second.
36:49You remember that?
36:52We're sisters.
36:53We're sometimes at odds and sometimes we're not.
36:55It's just what happens in our family.
36:57And for me to say that Tracy and Tamar were kind of at odds, it was a statement of fact.
37:02When was that?
37:052000 and?
37:06It was before the pandemic, obviously.
37:09The Trina situation is a little difficult, right?
37:11Because on one hand, she's right.
37:14Tracy and I did have a lot of disagreements, if I'm honest about it.
37:18But we still very much loved each other.
37:21I just would have liked to have more time being in the space that we were in when she passed.
37:30And that is what I hold on to more than the times when we didn't get along.
37:36The times that it was beautiful and sisterly and the laughs that we had and the understanding that we shared.
37:44I would have liked to have more time with that.
37:47Why do you feel like Tracy didn't tell you?
37:50I don't know why she didn't tell me.
37:53I don't have that answer.
37:55I can tell you on the end being that the house with her, she did not want to bother me.
38:03Because I kept saying, Tracy, call your sisters.
38:06Have them come in and have them.
38:07It's like, I want to bother them.
38:09I want to bother them.
38:10So she, in her way, was expressing love by not burdening anybody.
38:15Yeah.
38:16Truth be told, Tracy and I got quite close.
38:18I got to know a different side of Tracy than to how our relationship was on television.
38:23It was very adult.
38:24It was very sister-like.
38:26And the closer that we got, did I realize how much of this relationship that I would miss.
38:34I'm just going to do a little tribute to Trey.
38:38How about that?
38:39You going to dance for it?
38:40I'm going to dance for this.
38:42Today is about Trey.
38:44It's about Trey.
38:45Wait, wait.
38:46At the end of the day, my mom, you did a wonderful job as your daughter's.
38:51Thank you, baby.
38:52And let me tell you that you are, I've been a great mother.
38:55And my mother, MSG.
38:58I appreciate you.
38:59You're welcome.
39:00Okay.
39:01After that, we're going to do electric slide.
39:04Electric slide.
39:05Come on, guys.
39:06Let's clear that.
39:07Let's go.
39:08Come on, guys.
39:09Come on, come on, come on.
39:10We can do it in front of Trey's picture.
39:11Get that.
39:12Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
39:13The grandchildren don't know how to do that?
39:14Of course they don't.
39:15I don't want to do them all.
39:16You got to tell me.
39:17Trina, you're trying to get on my whole nerve.
39:18You don't know how to do it?
39:19I'm not a good dancer.
39:20I'm not a good dancer.
39:21I'm not a good dancer.
39:22Oh, my God.
39:23Oh, my God.
39:24Oh, my God.
39:25Oh, my God.
39:26Oh, my God.
39:27Oh, my God.
39:28Oh, my God.
39:29Oh, my God.
39:30Oh, my God.
39:31Oh, my God.
39:32Oh, my God.
39:33Oh, my God.
39:36Oh, my God.
39:37What's wrong, baby?
39:40You running out of here?
39:42Oh, oh.
39:45Oh, oh.
39:46Oh, oh.
39:47Trina, Trina, Trina, Trina.
39:48Oh, my God.
39:49You got so much television.
39:52You got so much TV.
39:54We're down, we are.
39:57Hey, hey, hey.
39:58We gon' be all right.
39:59We gon' be all right.
40:00We gon' be all right.
40:01Don't play with me.
40:02I'm not even me.
40:03We gon' be all right.
40:07Where are the kids?
40:08Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
40:10Hey!
40:11Come on, guys.
40:13We can do it in front of Trina's picture.
40:14Get this.
40:15We gon' be all right.
40:19Happy birthday, Tracy.
40:22You know, life is just way too short,
40:24and I'm learning to be grateful for the wonderful family
40:27I have today.
40:28So, thank you, Tracy.
40:29Tracy's birthday is a day of remembrance for me.
40:33I want nothing more than to celebrate her.
40:36Happy birthday, Tracy.
40:38You are so missed by so many.
40:42I think you even missed by your enemies, baby,
40:45because you got it and had it like that.
40:49Mwah!
40:51I get happy when I think of Tracy's memory
40:53or I just crack a laugh at some of the things she says,
40:56and it helps definitely be in spirit.
40:59Happy birthday, Trey.
41:02Two.
41:03Come on!
41:04Come on!
41:05Come on!
41:06Come on!
41:07Come on!
41:08Come on!
41:13Tracy is a strong woman.
41:26Hey, my friend.
41:27Did you see you?
41:28I was.
41:33You did.
41:34I was.
41:35See you next time.
41:37I'm a friend.
41:38I'm a friend who's here.
41:40Don't you?
41:41Somebody, my friends,
41:42what?
41:43I don't know.
41:45You girl!
41:46I'm sad there.
41:47I'm a friend.
41:48I'm a friend.
41:49I'm a friend.
41:50I'm a friend.
41:51I'm a friend.
41:52I'm a friend.
41:53I'm a friend.
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