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I want custody of the kids.

We can do joint custody.

I'm not gonna do joint custody.

If we have a custody battle

things could really get ugly.

Those are my kids too.

Tell the mother(bleep) to stop calling me.

I am not willing to let this divorce impact the kids

the way that my parents' divorce impacted me.

- I enjoyed your tour. - Thanks, Dad.

When I saw you up there, I thought about your health.

While I was on tour, I had a little lupus flare.

I wasn't my best,

gotta be honest, but I'm better.

Why they here?

I'm shocked as (bleep).

My dad brought his wife to Mexico.

So I'm outta here.

The other colorful elephant in the room

is our mother.

I'm always gonna have a conscious decision

on how is my mother...

both: going to feel.

Because that's my mom.

- Mommy, have you recuperated? - From...

Daddy and his wife showing up in Mexico.

Why they have to come? You have to respect this family

as a family.

I think there's some residue of hurt

and pain with Mommy and Daddy still there.

Maybe she will never get over it.

♪ We are the Braxtons and you'll see ♪

♪ We are not like an ordinary family ♪

♪ Toni, Traci, Towanda, Trina, Tamar, and Miss E ♪

♪ Will teach you a thing or two ♪

♪ On "Braxton Family Values." ♪

My piano's so untuned.

Dang, my piano! It has to be--

Who walks in one's house and they playin'

their hit record? Who does that?

No, I was playing...

♪ He must have ♪

♪ A ding-a-ling of gold ♪

Ooh, that's a classic.

♪ He must have ♪

♪ A ding-a-ling ♪

♪ Of gold ♪

♪ Of gold, of gold ♪

♪ Of gold ♪

♪ 'Cause he must ♪

♪ Have... ♪

both: ♪ The ding-a-ling of gold ♪

♪ Ding-a-ling of gold ♪

My piano's not tuned anyway. Listen to it,

I can play "Chopsticks."

It's so untuned. Yeah, but I was just trying to practice

'cause, you know, I always like to be ready.

Me and B...

we're working on a song together for his new album

and I'm putting my little finishing touches on it.

But I've invited Tamar over because

I haven't seen her since we were in Mexico.

So who the "Ding-a-ling of Gold" about now?

- It ain't Tri... - If it not about Trina

- it's about "ch..." - Nah.

- Is this still about "ch?" - I don't have those issues.

That's my bestie, that's my buddy.

- Mm-hmm, stop saying that. - It is.

I don't-I don't never have no best friend I go on a date with.

You know what I mean? If you my best friend,

we just best friends, we just homies, you know what I'm sayin'?

We best friends, we talkin' about your other broad.

So I'm, you know, my wove.

I don't think that those are still the conversations

that they havin'.

So am I the only black girl that don't tan in Mexico?

What happened? I feel like I got lighter.

Maybe because you been sun sprayin' all your life.

Maybe there was a coating on there,

you couldn't get tan. I'm sorry...

Yeah, so Towanda was blowing me up on my way here.

- Was she-- What she want? - I don't know.

- They didn't call me. - I didn't answer the phone.

My cheeks are so chunky.

- Hello? - Towanda...

- Hey, Ton. - So what happened?

We had dinner with Mommy

and, uh, she was really upset about Mexico.

-Hey, I'm here too. - Hey, Trina.

Hey, guys. She was, uh, more than just mad.

-So what Mommy say? -It's not so much what she said,

but how she said it.

I think she still has a lot of hurt feelings

about Daddy and his infidelity.

This is the Braxtons.

They're fighting for a place there,

and they makin' a mess.

Hurt feelings, because they don't have

any problems hurting yours.

So what you want to do about it?

I think we all should sit down with Mommy

and just help her find some closure.

What you mean by closure, though?

- Yeah... - Like, "get over it?"

Like, "keep it poppin'?" What you mean?

I just think that maybe she should sit down

with Miss Wanda.

As a woman who's been through two divorces,

I can tell that she's still affected

by what happened 16 years ago.

And it's time for her to find some peace.

Yeah, she was hurt and upset, rightfully so.

She was havin' a good time, you know?

And soon as she heard, I would've dipped too.

- I-You know... - I feel her on that.

It just really bothers me that Mommy left Mexico.

And, like, now to hear that she's really upset about it

still makes me feel even worse.

Like, Mommy is way too fly to let this bother her

that much still.

And if Towanda and Trina think it's time

to help Mommy find some type of closure,

then, you know, I'd definitely support them.

But I'm not really totally convinced

that my mother should talk to Miss Wanda.

Who knows how Mommy's gonna react

to a suggestion like that?

Don't worry, I'll be the one to tell Mommy

about the dinner, but I don't think

she's gonna be too happy.

So I'll just wait until I get to LA.

- When y'all comin' out? - Me and Mommy are coming out tomorrow.

And Trina and Traci are flying in the day after that.

But... no, you know what?

When y'all get here, we'll talk.

- All right. Okay. - See you guys soon.

- Okay, love you guys, bye. - Love you too. 'Kay, bye.

They on they own on that one.

I just do-- Toni, let me tell you.

I just don't believe in harboring,

but as a woman, I feel her.

But then again, I ain't finna give

nobody else that power over me though.

See, I'm a... a Pisces.

It's a little different for me. You know what I mean?

I think divorce is hard.

And I'm very lucky

that I'm still friends with my "wasband."

And I didn't have any infidelity in our marriage.

And I don't know how Mommy feels,

and I just want her to get to a place where it...

you know, she's at peace.

But I understand her leaving Puerto Vallarta

because I would've too.

Girl, I gotta go. I gotta pick up Diesel.

- From where? - School.

You want me to ride with you?

Yeah, come ride with me.

I gotta pick up your nephew.

Oh, shoot, my bag.

Get your bag.

- I'll take your bag... - Lies, the lies of life.

- I'll take it. - You'll never see her again.

- No, you won't. - No, you.

- You'll never see it. - That's just a lie.

Ooh, he's speeding around that corner.

This a bad corner here.

Yes...

He trying to get rid of us, Mommy.

Ooh! Ooh! Ooh!

Oof, Jesus.

- Lord... - Yeah...

- Gosh... - Sheesh...

Can't get rid of us, the devil is alive.

Devil is alive.

Mommy and I just got into LA.

After seeing Miss Wanda at the dinner,

I think that it's time

for Mommy and Miss Wanda to have a conversation

because I don't think they ever had a conversation.

And you just never know, all the truths or lies

or all the other stuff that could come out from it.

Trina, Traci, and I are going

to meet up with Tamar and Toni.

We want to talk about what happened in Mexico.

Yeah...

Can you come with us?

I appreciate you telling me.

'Cause I had it on my mind.

- Yeah. - Well, good.

You know, it's important for us to talk about

the whole Mexico trip.

I'm glad Mommy's agreed to come.

- Look at God. - Look at prayer.

I'm glad that they want to sit down and talk about it

because there is something I need to ask the girls.

- Oh, isn't that beautiful? - It is pretty, Mother.

That's the only thing I really like about this area

is the scenery, the little winding roads.

If I'm not driving, I get motion sickness.

I know, you've always had that.

And Brookie even inherited that.

- Isn't that something? - Yeah, he gets motion sickness sometimes, too.

- Speaking of Brookie... - Uh-huh.

You know, everybody knows that's the one thing

that'd get me, Braxton and Brooke.

Yeah, 'cause that's closest to your heart.

Your children are, we know that.

So Andre's using that.

I wanna update Mommy about the divorce.

She's not gonna be happy.

Mommy can get real fired up...

when it comes to a divorce, you know what I mean?

A divorce is war, and you better fight.

You better go for his jugular, 'cause he gonna go for yours.

Can't you tell?

Probably because Daddy did her dirty.

You know? That divorce wasn't a clean divorce, you know?

And I think she's still going through

the divorce with Daddy, to be honest.

Especially after seeing how angry she was in Mexico.

But I really need her help right now.

Andre, he hasn't signed the paperwork yet.

- Uh-oh. - So...

Andre is extremely defensive.

He has an attitude.

He feels that he's deserving

of everything that he's asking for,

including full custody of the kids.

I can't lose them.

I'mma do whatever it takes.

Can you just cut it?

You a little persnippety, what is going on

- with your nerves? - I don't know.

Something's going on with my voice.

I fear that life could change for me.

I've thought about the kids,

and I've come to the conclusion that...

Andre, he hasn't signed the paperwork yet.

Uh-oh.

So...

I ask him, "Did you sign the paperwork yet?"

"I get to it, Towanda."

- But be nice... - I am nice, what makes you think I'm not nice?

No, no, you not listening.

Be nice, then go along with everything, basically,

as long as it's not the kids,

until he signs the papers.

Go do what you need to do.

Get the job done.

Life is too short, go out and find happiness.

Now if anybody don't agree, that's your problem.

You deal with it, 'cause I don't have the problem.

I do believe in that.

If he said something mean,

all you gotta do is say, "I understand,

but you will always be my friend."

Mommy, is that what you said to Daddy?

Oh, no, I never said that.

"You will always be my friend."

Mm-mmm, I didn't say that.

I just don't believe,

when you getting a divorce from somebody,

that you have to be so angry, you know?

There's other ways of getting a divorce.

I think that Mommy needs closure.

Period.

-Hey, Ton. - Hey, um...

What're you doing?

- I am about to slice chicken. - Nice.

Matter of fact, you can slice it for me.

- N... - I got gloves.

Chicken and gloves.

I need you to slice it 'cause I gotta cook

for the boys tonight, I promised them I'd cook them dinner.

People always use that term, and my soft spot...

- Is your nephews. - Yes.

♪ I'm cookin' chicken ♪

I gotta slice it.

I invited Towanda, I wanted to talk to her today

about my relationship with B.

And I need someone who, you know,

understand my way of thinking like Towanda.

I wanna talk about it with her.

You know, Tamar, I don't know what she can say.

"Girl, you need to get in that whoop-whoop."

Trina, "Well..."

Traci, "I don't even know, girl."

So I'm gonna go with Towanda on this one.

Jesus, it ain't sushi. Go ahead.

I feel like it.

And this knife is dull.

No, no, no, Jesus.

Just slice it. Just slice, just slice.

- Long ways? - Just slice it. Jesus!

Move. What're you doing? Let me show you. Jesus!

That's thin.

Oh, like that.

That's what I was asking.

- Oh, that looks like this. - No, it doesn't.

Yes it does, girl. This is thin, look.

Can you just cut it?

You a little persnippety,

what is going on with your nerve?

- I'm anxious. - That's what it is.

- I can hear it. - I'm anxious.

You know I love cooking, I can't even think

about cooking today, I can't...

- I feel like I'm speeding. - Why, though?

- B called me the other day - He did?

Yesterday, actually, and he's just like,

"T, I want you just to hang out with me.

Let's just do something. Whatever it is. Hang out."

Oh, that's nice. You going?

I don't know.

I have anxiety and bubbles in my tummy and stuff.

I don't know what's going on with me.

You ever been scared to be happy?

- Like, that's for real. - Yes.

It's honest from my heart.

Is that what it is?

Probably.

Why y-- Why, though?

- Why? - If I'm honest, I don't know.

- That's like, real emotion. - I've been there before.

No fake-ism, at all.

I don't know why I'm scared to be happy.

I haven't been happy in a long time

outside of work.

Work brings me extreme happiness.

When I'm on stage and I'm performing,

that's the only time that I get those butterflies

and I feel totally happy with my life.

A romantic relationship? I haven't had time for that.

I should say, I chose not to make time for it.

But it's right here in front of face-- happiness.

You know what's the weirdest thing?

Ten years ago, I never would imagine me and B would be here.

You know what though? I'm just gonna

- see what happens and play it by ear. - Okay.

- Let's play it by ear. - Not think about it so seriously,

just... see what happens.

Take it to the next level.

"The next level."

Who knows? This could be, like, a great love affair.

- Do you hear my voice? - I do.

Do you hear me losing my voice?

You need to be on vocal rest.

I don't even like how you said that,

I feel like there was some shade,

like, I'm talking too much.

- Am I on speed? - A little bit.

I might be.

Something's going on with my voice.

And it's more than sporadic, it's more frequent.

Um, like now I'm fine, I can talk fine.

But tomorrow, I may have no voice.

And my voice is my livelihood.

More than that, it's my passion, it's what I love to do.

And once that's gone, I fear that life could change for me.

Anyway, let me ask you a question.

How are things with you and Andre?

Oh, with the ♪ divorce? ♪

- The proceedings? - Yes.

Actually, I'm flying back to Atlanta tomorrow

to meet up with Andre.

He wants to tell me something important.

- Uh, what? - I hope it's nothing anything bad, but...

It must be about the kids.

Andre wants to talk about a divorce.

What's going on, Andre? What's happening?

You wanna meet?

All right, all right, fine, fine.

This better be important, though.

It makes me feel very uneasy

because I don't know what he's gonna say.

Whatever it is,

I cannot lose my kids.

That's all-- Is that all the chicken?

No, you gotta cut all the chicken.

What? Well, damn.

Come on, cut all the chicken. That's for your nephews,

it's not enough for a sandwich.

Girl, I'm the real chef up in this "biatch."

What's going on, Andre?

I flew all the way back to Atlanta

to meet with Andre tonight

because he says that he has made a big decision.

And I'm thinking a whole bunch of crazy crap in my brain.

Like what if he says this? What if he says this?

So I'm just trying to calm myself down,

so, you know, I can hear what he has to say.

Just got back from Mexico, huh?

- Yeah. - So how was your trip?

You know it's always stressful when it comes to the Braxtons.

Daddy surprised us and showed up in Mexico

and he brought his wife.

Wow.

How do you move forward from Daddy moving on--

Does he have to explain, now, his marriage?

- You think? - To "explain his marriage?"

The reason I ask you that

is because, eventually, that's what's gonna happen to us.

You're gonna find someone else,

I'm gonna find someone else.

How are our kids gonna deal with that?

That's why I think it's important for us to get along.

I'm gonna tell you this, ain't gonna be no getting along.

Once you get married, I'm out.

Once you find someone else,

I will permanently remove myself from the situation,

from your life.

I don't think that Andre would completely disappear,

because he loves his kids, you know?

He's just saying that 'cause he's hurt.

When you say permanent that means, like, say, for instance

when Braxton and Brooke graduate...

No, I'll come to that.

But you won't know that I'm there.

Oh, that sounds ridiculous. That sounds ridiculous.

Well, that's what it's gonna be.

So counseling didn't help?

Andre is extremely in his feelings right now.

I was really hoping that he would think reasonable,

since we went to therapy, but I don't think

that's gonna happen right now, not the way that he's talking.

And I just can't imagine what crazy statement he's gonna say.

Um...

I thought about it, and, uh...

I thought about the kids.

And I've come to the conclusion that...

I want my kids to be with me.

I don't know if this is gonna make you too happy.

- What? - I mean, according to my lawyers...

What's poppin' with your music stuff?

You know, my voice isn't cooperating with me.

I don't know what I'll do

if I can't perform, if I can't sing.

I'm really concerned.

Thought about the kids,

and I've come to the conclusion

that I want my kids to be with me.

But I also want my kids to be with you.

I realized that she really loves the kids

just as much as I do.

And she's shown me through this process

that she really cares about them, uh,

and how much it would hurt her if I had full custody.

You are willing to do joint custody?

- Is that what you're saying? - Whatever is best for the kids.

Thank you. Look at you.

I am so excited that Andre has agreed to joint custody.

Because it's not about us, it's about Braxton and Brooke.

I'm really thankful, I'm really thankful

'cause it could've gone another way.

So thank you, Andre.

So I'm excited to know that you are willing to do joint custody.

- That makes me feel happy. - I am.

But I don't know if this is gonna make you too happy.

I wanna talk about the properties, as well.

Which? What?

According to my lawyer...

you know, I could get half.

I'm gonna have to keep the property in Maryland.

And the Georgia property.

I'm pretty sure you want the LA property.

Yes. I mean, I figure my brother's already out there.

- LA, go out there. - You can have it.

- You can have it! - Just give it up like that?

Yes! That's just stuff to me.

That stuff can be replaced.

Braxton and Brooke cannot be replaced.

- Cool. - You know what I mean?

Listen, I'm about being fair, okay?

Andre has the LA property,

and I have the Georgia and the Maryland property,

which is great for me.

I mean, this is fair. That's fair. That's just fair.

See? That's all it takes. Just conversation.

That's it, just a conversation.

This may be the end of a story for Tow-Andre.

But it's not the end of the story

of us being awesome parents

to Braxton and Brooke.

- Let's give a toast. - All right. Toast to...

Toast to Braxton and Brooke.

- Hell yeah. - Our wonderful children.

- Take it. - Yay!

It's cute out here. You don't never spend no time out here, eh?

I never come out here.

I finally have a day to relax and I really need it.

And Tamar has stopped by and I'm excited

'cause I have time just to sit by the pool,

and catch up and giggle with her.

So what's poppin' with your music stuff?

You know, I really don't know

'cause I have not been feeling my best.

You know, my voice isn't cooperating with me.

That's jacked up.

Could be lupus.

I've had lupus for ten years now.

But I've been feeling a little different

the past few weeks.

Different than normal, compared to

my normal lupus flares.

I always feel anxious when I don't feel right,

but this... I can't explain this one

and it's starting to concern me a bit.

You have to give it some rest.

I did that, it still didn't help.

- Really? - And I was on tons of steroids.

- Ugh! - Made my teeth look like a chipmunk.

Nothing's working, so I'm really concerned.

- I can't deny, I'm reall- - I think it's gonna...

- Give it time. - It's been a while, now, Tay.

Watching my sister having lupus is tough.

I know she's my older sister, but I feel like

I have to protect her.

So I'm really, really worried that she's not feeling well.

If something happened to her?

I'd be devastated.

I was on so much steroids,

it's supposed to come back by now.

Mm. Just give it time. Your voice is very sensitive.

It's airing out, though, if I sing anything.

Like, tell me to sing something.

Sing something.

♪ Sing something ♪

See? It's... ♪ Sing something ♪

See, it's just airing out.

So all my vocals is...

No two flare ups are the same.

But what's consistent about a flare

is the chronic fatigue.

And lethargic, feeling lethargic

and I can hardly move my body.

So I may get out of bed,

it may take me 20 minutes to get out of bed.

Sometimes I need help to get out of bed if it's really bad.

But once I go into that flare,

usually I'm gonna be in the hospital

for about a week and a half.

- I'm not on tour. - That's okay.

If I was on tour, that would make sense.

"Okay, I'm overdoing it."

But I'm not on tour, so I'm really...

I'm really concerned.

I like to think that I'm a strong person.

But I'm definitely starting to feel that I need

to get checked out, I need to go to the doctors.

I feel like this is a bad flare.

Maybe you should just go ahead and give it a rest.

And, like, chillax. You know, traveling

around the world with your -friend.

- You know? - Oh, my God.

I'll do some big tests at Friday at Cedars.

I'm really concerned.

So all the girls flew into LA

to have a family dinner and to talk to Mommy

about her true feelings about what happened in Mexico.

And maybe, you know, help Mommy

find some type of closure about their divorce.

Okay, so let me get a snow-crab leg with garlic butter.

And we want some peeled tail loins...

- Mm-hmm. - What?

Shrimps with the lemon-pepper french fries

'cause they don't know about this place like I do.

- Yeah, they bomb. - They bomb, yeah, they bomb.

- What's bomb? - The lemon-pepper fries.

- That's my favorite. - Mm-hmm. Thank you.

So I'm back in LA after I've met with Andre

and I just wanted to update everybody about my divorce.

We gonna celebrate...

My divorce!

- What you mean? - What?

My divorce is final.

- When did that happen? - So you's a free agent?

I was so shocked to hear

that Towanda's divorce is final.

I mean, I know you're a secret-squirrel, Towanda,

but you kept it bottled up all this time?

And from me? From Trina?

Now we have-- We both have joint custody so...

Oh, my gosh. Oh, glory.

So Andre has finally signed the papers.

Once you sign the papers, it's so final, you know?

It's like, that's it. You can't go back.

So I think that's why he was hesitating

in signing the paperwork.

I'm just really happy about that.

Let's go back to the feelings part.

- How do you feel? - Oh, yeah. Are you okay?

I'm good.

Towanda says her divorce is final.

Divorce isn't over because you get a divorce.

The paperwork is final,

but it's not over yet here or here.

How you say it like that?

My divorce.

Do you hear my voice?

I saw the doctor.

Guys, my lupus is starting to affect my voice, they said.

My vocal chords are definitely affected.

I'm scared.

I know it sounds weird because I'm African-American,

I have dark skin, but my body's allergic to the sun.

The sun, the vitamin-D does something to my body.

And it makes my immune system start going crazy.

Every time we have sister trips,

you stay in your room.

A bitch got lupus. Sometimes a bitch

gotta lay in her hotel room and do nothing.

Like for you out there. You ha--

you have an immune system, right?

And it-- The sun is great for it.

It makes your immune system get happy and it's vibrant.

It's like, "Whoo, we got vitamin-D."

I'm on immune suppressors,

so my body is told to stay calm.

My immune is told not to do anything.

So when the sun comes, that overrides

any medication that I'm on.

And my immune system starts getting crazy.

And that causes my body to go into a flare.

'Kay, I'm going to my room and I'll see y'all in a little bit.

Do you hear my voice?

I saw the doctor.

Guys, my lupus is starting to affect my voice, they said.

Lupus is something that I battle with every day, all the time.

It's starting to affect my voice box.

And they said the inflammation is pretty bad

and I don't... that's a little depressing to me.

Actually very depressing, because I don't know

what I'll do if I can't perform, if I can't sing.

- Wow... - I feel like it's affecting

- my voice box. - Vocal chords.

My vocal chords are definitely affected.

I'm like wondering, is my gift being

taken away from me?

This is my life, it's everything about me.

So what happened?

The muscle in your voice box thingy?

That's crazy inflamed.

And, like, um...

my voice box won't close.

If my lupus flare is starting to affect my voice,

it could change my future as a performer.

I am optimistic that this phase will pass

and this is just a moment and I'll be fine.

But if I'm completely honest,

I am scared.

I'm not anxious, I'm not nervous,

I'm scared.

- I'm not really happy. - I know, that's right.

But that's okay. I'm gonna get past it.

I can't believe this.

You know, Toni's been through

the mill and back.

I know it's gotta be devastating for her,

that her voice box has been infected by lupus.

But Toni is a trooper.

She ain't mess up in the game.

If her singing voice go, she's gonna start the rapping.

I ain't never gonna rap.

You think I can rap? You think I can rap?

-I think you can rap. - kids: No! No!

- Just like a mother. - She better wrap a gift.

I think maybe I could rap, though.

If I was like-- If they didn't know it was me.

- Exactly. - My tone might be unique.

- Uh-uh. - And I just started rapping.

Listen, I'm gonna tell you right here in your face.

I am not in full support of it.

- I'm not supporting it. - I feel like I can do it.

Toni, I feel you 'cause I like ratchet music.

- But guess what? - What?

Vincent had to sit me down one day

and tell me, "Listen, just 'cause you like ratchet music,

does not mean that's the kind of music

you are supposed to be out here singing in these streets."

And I'm gonna tell you from love as I was told...

No. Don't rap.

You Toni Braxton, Living Legend,

R&B superstar for a reason, m'kay?

Don't rap at nothing.

Stick with the chicken wrap.

Get some lettuce and tomatoes up on there, and some ranch.

And I hate sometimes being pigeonholed.

Sometimes music should be fun, and you should be able

to be creative and try new things.

Nobody wants Toni Braxton to rap.

I'm talking a one-time thing.

Okay, that doesn't matter.

No, no, no, you know I always loved rap.

Got gold toilets and rhymes on your brain, child.

Yes, you had it, Becky.

♪ I don't have no gold toilets on my brain ♪

♪ Only got rocks and records ♪

♪ And no one's to blame ♪

♪ I wanna tell you right now ♪

♪ We ain't the same ♪

♪ I'm the oldest, you the youngest ♪

♪ I'm runnin' the game ♪

Toni and her rapping skills, she is so funny.

And she should have fun with it.

She really should, she should show that,

you know, that little side of her.

You know, everybody has a devil side.

She wants to be a rapper.

Toni the Tiger, what-what?

Has anybody else got a crunchy stomach?

So I haven't talked to Mommy about anything

that happened in Mexico yet.

And I'm really concerned after what Towanda and Trina told us.

Life is just so short, I think the best move

for us as a family is to move on

from any hurt feelings

and keep it moving in a positive direction.

So, Mama, did you like the Mexico?

It was beautiful. I loved the water.

It was... incredible.

The blueness of everything, it was nice.

What made you leave early?

It was time to go.

- Well, why? - Well, I had other things to do

and friends to see.

Is that the real reason why you left, Mama?

No.

Michael and his wife was there.

What? I didn't want to vacation with them.

So, Mommy, do you think that...

you and Daddy ever get to a point where

Towanda and Andre is?

Why would we do that?

I'm really glad my dad's wife

accepted my invitation to dinner.

I think it was a good thing,

and it got us to this moment where we could,

I don't know, try to see what the issues are

so we could figure them out.

Mommy wasn't there for the dinner,

but we was all having, like, feelings

towards Miss Wanda because we-- all of these years,

we had thought that she was stopping him

from being a part of our life.

And Daddy had told us that it wasn't her, it was him.

I'm sure he went to her with a lot of lies.

- I'm sure of that. - What I think, Mommy...

- What? - Being truthful and honest,

I think she did more than take the bait--

because the way that it affected her...

-At the table. -At the table...

I think I better...

She had a lot of lies she ain't know about, though.

- That's real, Mommy. - I'm sure she dealt with a lot of lies.

We ain't letting nobody off the hook.

We ain't letting her off the hook.

I'm surprised that they goin', "Oh, it's not on her."

That's because they don't know her. I do.

- If that was me... - Right.

And the type of woman I am with integrity,

first thing I would say, "Oh, no. I'm not gonna do that.

Why would I want to do that?"

Stop. Live your life.

Be happy. Now, you can always tell people that's not happy.

And how can you tell that? Because they always want to--

- Run up on you. - Run up on you,

and be in your space. For what?

Even when Braxton and I were celebrating

our 25th wedding anniversary in the church, she was there.

I gave him birthday parties,

he would invite her to the house.

I don't know if I can say

that Miss Wanda just wants to be in Mommy's space

and she isn't happy with her life,

I don't know about that.

But I just know that this wound is open.

Hey, you can't stick a band-aid on it no more.

You always kind of wanna feel like

it's the other person's fault,

but he verbatim said out of his mouth,

"He felt like he had to put his foot down."

- Am I wrong? - That's what he said.

And for me?

That was, like, devastation and acceptance at the same time.

And I was like, "I don't even know what just happened."

Like, I don't know, how did you guys feel when he said that?

'Cause I was-- I was taken aback and surprised.

I was definitely taken aback, as we know.

Trina got married. "Daddy, you can come

but you can't bring your wife."

You can come, but you can't do that.

Miss Wanda said, "Go see your daughter get--

get married with your daughter."

This has got to stop.

It's gotta stop, to tell me what I can do and what I can't do.

I'm your father. Giving me an ultimatum?

How much I-- You don't give me no ultimatum.

But, Daddy, do you know that makes it worse?

It hurt my feelings.

I, like, really, really felt for you.

Like, 'cause, it was almost as if your heart

was on your forehead and I saw it breaking

into a thousand pieces all over again.

And that broke my heart.

So that's where I'm at with it.

Basically, Daddy just told her to her face,

"I chose my wife over you."

And at that moment, she needed somebody to choose her.

And so I decided I was going to choose her.

Whatever issue we ever had in our life,

it don't matter.

I choose you, I choose my sister,

I choose my sister's emotion over mine.

I felt like that's what she needed.

That's what I did.

Where y'all at with it? Everybody so quiet.

-I already said. - We're listening.

Sometimes you gotta listen sometimes.

Toni Braxton, what about you? 'Cause you invited her.

What?

Wait, wait, you invited her?

I am disappointed in everyone that was involved

with bringing Miss Wanda to Mexico.

I think that, um, she might want to talk to you.

Do you think that would make things better?

Toni Braxton, what about you? 'Cause you invited her.

- You invited her? - Wait a minute, what?

To dinner.

Oh, to dinner. Oh, yes, I did.

Oh, (bleep) Oh, shh...

Toni was like, "Wait a minute.

I did not invite her to Mexico."

Yes, I invited her to dinner.

I thought we should just clear the air and talk to her.

And I'm glad we did, though.

Guess who's never talked to her

ever in life?

You know, one thing that I need to ask...

why did you feel that

you had to, um, organize the girls to meet with her?

Oh, the meeting with Miss Wanda?

- Yeah. - You know, I just felt,

honestly, as women, we'd never had a chance to talk to her.

We never had a chance to talk to her face-to-face.

It was always via Daddy.

Like, I just felt, like, things had to be said

to, you know, his wife.

Because we have been harboring and holding on

to feelings for so long.

And you know, like, as much as we all want

a blended family, the realization of it all is

unfortunately, we are never gonna be

that kind of blended family, you know?

I don't know if I'm all the way here

for a blended family experience,

because my mother don't want that.

And we gotta respect how she feels, you know?

She don't anna be around somebody,

she ain't gotta be around nobody, you know?

Only blending this family gonna get

is a blended margarita, when we do it.

We love both of you guys 'cause you're our parents.

- Exactly. - And we want both of you

- in our lives. - Exactly.

Certain celebrations, certain situations,

how would you-- how would you want us to move forward?

Because you've made it clear that you don't want

Daddy's wife in your space, and we all respect that.

I don't know what to tell you.

Because Braxton have to make that decision.

He-he already know the deal.

Just say you got a bruise on your leg.

Just say underneath, it healed

but the spot is still there.

The attributes of that, the fact that you bruised yourself

will always be there.

That never goes away.

I wish the both of them well.

Just leave me alone, and stay out of my life

and out of my space, that's all I ask.

I'm not sure about Mommy,

but for me it was a lot of closure for Gabe to be like,

"You know what, Trina, I'm sorry.

I was a horrible husband."

And, I mean, it was emotional

but it was real.

And it came from a very real place.

And that gave me closure.

So I'm thinking that maybe that's what Mommy needs too,

because she's never had it.

If... Miss Wanda had a genuine,

a genuine apology for you,

would that do anything to you?

Would that do anything for you?

That's an interesting question.

From when we left the dinner,

the way that it was left off,

I think that, um,

she might want to talk to you.

I think my mother just needs some closure.

And I don't think my mother ev...

got any closure.

Nah, I think it's best for everybody

not to say nothing to each other.

Yeah, 'cause even... "I'm-I'm sorry.

"Get over falling in love with your husband

and marrying him," like, what you talking about?

The relationship with my mom and my dad and his wife

is the most challenging thing I think we've ever had to deal with.

So I think if my mom wants to do this,

this is something she should do.

And if it gives her the closure she needs,

I'm supporting her 100%.

Let me just say this.

I don't think she will, I'm just saying,

because she doesn't think she did anything really wrong.

I'm happy with my life, but in Mexico

the girls felt that their eyes was open.

And so I have to sit here and really think about it.

I'm going to have to pray about it,

and think about it.

I don't know what to tell you.

Do you think that would make things better?

We just gonna have a conversation?

No, no, no, no, no...

- I calmed down a lot. - No. No, Becky. No.

Queen bee, no.

You never get to talk to the queen, honey.

It don't work like that.

♪ She could get ♪

♪ Punched in the face ♪

Unh, the mama!

I feel like our crab dinner, you know, gave us

a better understanding of how our mom felt

about the trip, and still feeling about

her situation with the divorce between she and Daddy.

I'm not sure if this will continue to be ongoing,

it's been darn near two decades now.

And I actually, I don't have anything else

that I need to get off my chest

about this trip, I'm finished with it.

I'm done, it's over, but we need a do-over

with just the sisters.

So, Trina, you take care of this check.

- You got the check this time. - Why I got...

Put it to your business, this is business.

All bars and restaurants put into each other.

- Yeah, you got the bars. - But it's not my bar.

♪ Got all the bars ♪

♪ Got a lot of cars ♪

♪ Bar Chix... ♪

Change, I think Traci should pay

she got the poon-poon shorts on.

I feel so free, I feel like I'm not holding any secrets

from my sisters right now, and Mommy.

So it's all about acceptance

and healing and moving forward.

All right, last one out pays the check, bye.

See, Mommy gotta pay!