Tamar Braxton Reveals Why She Turned Down The Real Housewives of Atlanta: ‘All Money Ain’t Good Money’ 

• Tamar Braxton revealed that she was asked to be involved The Real Housewives of Atlantabut he refused it.
• The singer and reality star told podcast host Carlos King, “At some point you have to be responsible for what you put on the TV screen.”
• Her comments come as Bravo is in production on Season 16, which will include a major cast shakeup due to declining ratings.

Don’t expect to see Tamar Braxton The Real Housewives of Atlanta anytime soon.

During a live interview with podcast host Carlos King last month at Atlanta’s City Winery, the Grammy-nominated singer revealed that she had been approached to join the long-running Bravo series but turned them down.

“I’ve had conversations, but the truth is, there’s just no way I’m sitting around putting on a wig and getting beat up arguing with a bunch of bitches about nothing,” Braxton told the audience on the show, which was uploaded to Reality with the kingYouTube page May 21. “I can’t do it. What does it mean in my life? What’s the argument?”

“I’ll tell you something, all money is not good money. It just isn’t,” she continued. “Here’s what I’m saying: I won’t miss what’s for me. It’s not worth my mental thinking to sit up here and get into an argument with yet another black beautiful woman about how ‘other people’ might think we are what are we about.”

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Braxton — who has made numerous appearances on reality TV, including Braxton Family Values and Celebrity Big Brotherwhich she won — she went on to say that she chooses her projects carefully.

“At some point you have to be responsible for what you put on the TV screen,” she said, “I don’t want to, I want to be a part of that television. I want to feel good, funny, good, kind of epic television.”

PEOPLE reached out to Bravo, who is known for not commenting on actors.

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Cast of The Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 15:.

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The Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 16 cast after twist: Meet the new housewives

RHO has long been Bravo’s highest-rated Housewives franchise in the years since its 2008 premiere. But once a big hit for the network, the show’s popularity has been declining in recent seasons, blamed on the cast’s conflicting dynamic.

After the 15th season ended in September 2023, production on the series was put on hold until the series was rebuilt. The cameras returned earlier this month, led by the franchise’s longest-running housewife Kenya Moore and Porsha Williams, who returns to the show after a two-season absence (and in the midst of a messy divorce from estranged husband Simon Guobadia).

They will be joined by returning Drew Sidora and a host of new Housewives including author, businesswoman and podcast host Brittany Eady; restaurateur and Food Network alum Kelli Ferrell; and Angela Oakley, wife of NBA great Charles Oakley.

Shamea Morton Mwangi, who appeared in the series as a guest and friend from season 5, has been promoted to a full-time housewife. And supermodel Cynthia Bailey — Housewife from seasons 3-13, and part of the original cast Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip — will also return, as a friend.

Shereé Whitfield is leaving The Real Housewives of Atlanta On the eve of season 16

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Exit RHO will be Shereé Whitfield, Marlo Hampton and Sanya Richards-Ross. All three joined together as regular housewives in season 14, though Hampton has been a regular friend/guest for years, while Whitfield was one of the founding cast members. RHO when it premiered in 2008 and has since appeared as a Housewife in multiple seasons.

Kandi Burruss isn’t coming back either, she’s leaving RHO after 14 consecutive years on the show.

“I put myself on hiatus,” she told PEOPLE exclusively at the 2024 People’s Choice Awards, hinting that she hopes to return to the show one day. – They didn’t have to put mine on break, I put myself on break.

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“I just started working on other things and I was excited about the other things I was working on,” she added. “I loved the fact that I was making deals and doing all that stuff without all that stress. I thought if there’s ever a time to go out and try other things, it’s now, because I’ve already done a lot this series, but it’s just there’s so much you can do when you’re shooting a series. This time I said, ‘I’m just going to go all the way.’

Season 16 of RHO premiere is set for 2025. Previous seasons can be streamed on Peacock.

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