Tamar Braxton has confirmed she almost committed suicide earlier this month.
The American singer and reality TV personality, 43, posted a statement on Instagram to tell followers about her recent troubles.
It’s reported she was found unresponsive by her boyfriend David Adefeso at the Ritz-Carlton in Los Angeles, California.
Tamar was rushed to hospital as David called an ambulance and explained she had taken prescription pills and had been drinking.
It comes as the star was set to front her series Tamar Braxton: Get Ya Life! but it has been pushed back to September 10.
She posted a statement on Instagram to explain to her fans what she’s been dealing with in recent weeks.
Tamar revealed she was rushed into hospital after almost committing suicide (Image: Getty Images)
She wrote: “First and foremost, thank you.
“Thank you to each and every individual who has prayed for me, thought of me, sent me their love and has showered me with their support.
“In this present moment, it is my only responsibility to be real with myself and to be real with the ones who truly love me and care for my healing.
“I have without fail, shared with you my brightest days, and I know that sharing with you what has been my darkest will be the light for any man or woman who is feeling the same defeat I felt just only a week ago.”
She released an emotional statement on Instagram (Image: Getty Images)
She continued: “Every one of us has a desire, whether small or big, to make it out of where we come from to an ideal future place that includes freedom to be who we choose, security for our children and families, and fortune to share with the ones we love.
“We believe these things can co-exist with just being happy. I believed that, that as a black woman, as an artist, an influence, a personality I could shape my world, and with whom I believed to be my partners, they could help me share my world.
“Over the past 11 years there were promises made to protect and portray my story, with the authenticity and honesty I gave. I was betrayed, taken advantage of, overworked, and underpaid.
She has opened up about her struggles (Image: Getty Images)
“I wrote a letter over 2 months ago asking to be freed from what I believed was excessive and unfair. I explained in personal detail the demise I was experiencing. My cry for help went totally ignored. However the demands persisted. It was my spirit, and my soul that was tainted the most.
“There are a few things I count on most to be, a good mother, a good daughter, a good partner, a good sister, and a good person. Who I was, begun to mean little to nothing, because it would only be how I was portrayed on television that would matter.
“It was witnessing the slow death of the woman I became, that discouraged my will to fight. I felt like I was no longer living, I was existing for the purpose of a corporations gain and ratings, and that killed me.”
The reality star went on to address the stigma behind mental illness.
The star was honest in her heartbreaking post (Image: NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
She wrote: “Mental illness is real. We have to 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.”
Tamar said she will do “everything in my power to aid those from mental illness, including those of us who’s mental illness was only a result from the toxic systematic bondage that dwells television.”
She added it was only due to “God’s grace and his mercy on my attempt to end my pain and my life that I am here to utilize my voice.”
It is yet to be confirmed if her show will continue as planned, but a statement from WeTV has confirmed it will not air until September.
A spokesperson for the network told People: “Tamar Braxton has been an incredibly important member of the WE tv family for more than a decade, and our first concern is for her recovery and well-being.”
“This series was conceived by Tamar and is a real portrait of a dynamic woman juggling the demands of being a single mother, a new relationship and her career,” it adds.
“We know, when the time is right, Tamar’s fans will relate to seeing this honest portrait of her life.”
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Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
