Tamar Braxton revealed graphic details of a recent near-death experience. The R&B singer took to social media to share that she “almost died” on Sunday. After the incident, the Maryland native has shifted her outlook and launched her “mental health” journey.
“I struggled to write this but everyone keeps calling me and honestly, I can’t even really talk anymore. I’m so weak,” explained the 48-year-old. “I almost died Sunday. I was found in a pool of blood from my friend with a face injury. As the days go by, the worse it is.”
“I fractured my nose, lost some teeth and mobility. The way I look at life now is totally different. As my health is on the mend my mental journey begins.. pray for me for real. I don’t even know what happened to me.”
While the reality star did not explicitly share a diagnosis or treatment plan, she has previously been open about her mental and physical health in the past. According to Deadline, in 2022, the singer publicly shared that she had been hospitalized for the flu.
In 2021, she survived a suicide attempt after what she described being “betrayed, taken advantage of, overworked, and underpaid.”
Tamar Braxton performs onstage during Day 3 of the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture presented by Coca-Cola at Caesars Superdome on July 06, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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“Mental illness is real,” the youngest Braxton sister elaborated at the time. “We must normalize acknowledging it and stop associating it with shame and humiliation. The pain that I have experienced over the past 11 years has slowly ate away at my spirit and my mental. I will do everything in my power to aid those who [suffer] from mental illness, including those of us who’s mental illness was only a result from the toxic, systematic bondage that dwells [in] television. It was only God’s grace and his mercy on my attempt to end my pained life that I am here to utilize my voice.”
VIBE has reached out to a representative for Tamar Braxton for an official statement and wishes her a peaceful recovery.
