Tamar Braxton says she's been molested like a child

Tamar Braxton opens on her difficult past.

Braxton, 41, has been abused as a child during a The Wendy Williams show Thursday, saying that she was too afraid to talk about it publicly until now.

"I struggled to find out if I wanted to say what had happened or not … I'm Tamar and I'm real, right? "A lot of things happened in my childhood and I was too scared to talk. Too embarrassed to talk about it. But the truth is that I have been molested by both sides of my family.

the Tamar & Vince The reality star did not name the family members who assaulted her during the interview.

After filming the segment, the singer explained her decision to share the difficult details of her past in an emotional Instagram post.

"I decided to tell Wendy and the world MY secret, that I was abused not once, twice, ten times, but several times by several" members of the family "and they both kept that close to them," she wrote.

She continued, "I NEVER ever want anyone else to feel so small and so small or even ashamed of something they had no control over. I wanted to create a space where you can tell your own story without anyone commenting or shaming you! Go and tell your story and allow yourself today! I wanted you to know that no matter how many scars you have … you are the PRETEST.

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Braxton, who filed for divorce from ex-Vince Herbert in 2017, also spoke of his new boyfriend during the candid interview with Williams.

"I will describe him: he is African, he is in the financing of wealth, he has dreads and he has a really nice body," said Williams before Braxton enthusiastically interrupts: "He's fine Hallelujah!

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Braxton, who shares the 5-year-old son, Logan Vincent, with Herbert, also praised his physique after a photo of his buddy trained at Harvard Business School was shown on the screen. screen of the studio.

"I met him at a friend's birthday party, thank you God, he's fine! I can not take it sometimes. It's like a whole snack – a lunch! "He lives in Los Angeles, he's from Nigeria, but he lived here for a while."