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The Breakfast Club
Kelly Clarkson’s ex-husband has tragically passed + Loni love has finally responded to Tamar Braxton’s “Big Back Cadillac”
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Lauren LaRosa
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Ryan Seacrest
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Tamar Braxton
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Tamar Braxton
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Ryan Seacrest
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Lauren LaRosa
I'm a homegirl that knows a little bit about everything and everybody. You know she don't lie about that. Right?
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Ryan Seacrest
Lauren came in hot.
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Lauren LaRosa
Hey, y'. All, what's up? It's Lauren LaRosa. And this is the latest with Lauren LaRosa. And I'm here. I'm in Atlanta. I'm here for the podcast summit. And while I'm here, I'm shooting at Bamboo studios in downtown Atlanta. It's fire in here. They have like four to five to six different sets that were able to accommodate us, all the low riders and make sure that you guys got to see me and not just hear me today while here in Atlanta. So shout out to them and we're going to get on into the latest. And yeah, here. Here we go. So first up in the news, this story is actually really, really sad. And normally, I don't like to start on a sad note, but Kelly Clarkson, huge name in music. I shouldn't have to explain who Kelly Clarkson is to you guys, but just in case you've been living under a rock. Kelly Clarkson, huge name in music. You recently, she's been a talk show host on the Kelly Clarkson show, which has been a big deal, major guest. It's a talk show. It's daily, but there's been some absences. And I think people made note of her being absent from the show over the last couple months because it was very rare for her to do so. She's been on air for some time and has been very consistent. But this week, tragically, we learned the reason behind all of her absences. So a few days ago, it literally was maybe 48 hours ago, Kelly Clarkson, out of the blue came out and said, hey, I have this huge Vegas residency starting, but I have to postpone the start of it because her ex husband, his name is Brandon Blackstock, was sick. And she wanted to make sure that her kids were good and everybody was good because he was dealing with whatever the sickness was. So that was the announcement that picked up because her residency, as any other Vegas residency, is huge deal. Fans have been waiting for some time for it, but then not even 24 hours later, it was announced via People magazine, they broke the exclusive that Brandon had passed away. There was a family statement, actually, that was shared. It is with great sadness that we share the news that Brandon Blackstock has passed away. Brandon bravely battled cancer for more than three years. He passed away peacefully and was surrounded by his family. We thank you for your thoughts and prayers, and we ask everyone to respect the family's privacy during this time. And Brandon was 48 years old when this news broke. You know, I mean, not that it's anybody business and that she has to tell or, you know, talk about things, but I think people were really, really shocked because she had been holding it together and holding it down despite those absences for all of this time. And no one knew. So TMZ did a story and they kind of gave a bit more information. They said that Blackstone or Brandon was fighting melanoma. Melanoma. Cancer, which is a serious form of skin cancer. Now, TMZ was told that Brandon passed away the morning that the announcement was made. At the time that they did their story, about 24. It only happened a few hours ago. And the announcement had just been made as well. But what was revealed here was that he had actually been fighting. Brandon had been fighting the skin cancer for three and a half years. Now, like I mentioned to you guys, Kelly Clarkson had been absent on her show here and there. And it became a thing with fans because she was never really absent. So people were wondering what was going on. People actually thought that she was about to announce that she was leaving the show because they felt like, okay, she's not here all the time. The enthusiasm around the show is going down. Not as consistent. The Vegas residency is about to start. Maybe this is her saying, I don't really wanna do the show anymore. Leaning back into music or just, you know, living the life that she's been able to provide for herself. People couldn't really figure it out. Then this news broke. And from what TMZ was told by their source, the reason why Kelly had been absent all of that time was because of the sickness that Brandon was dealing with and her having to, you know, step in and help out and also help out with their kids that they share together. Now, another thing that was revealed was that the Kelly Clarkson staff knew about this, which is a big deal. It shows the respect that the staff actually has for Kelly Clarkson, for her ex husband, who also was her ex manager at one point. He was her manager at one point. No longer was a former manager at one point, too, because the staff knew. But out of respect for Brandon and for Kelly Clarkson, they minded their business and no stories broke, no anything, until all of these things happened. And again, this all happened within a matter of like 4, 24 hours, less than 48 hours. So TMZ was told. Everybody on the staff knew about the illness, but they kept them to themselves out of respect for Kelly and Brandon's privacy. Now, Kelly Clarkson and Brandon Blackstock met at a rehearsal for the Academy of Country Music awards back in 2006. They did start dating until 2012 after they reconnected at the super bowl, and then they got engaged later in the year and were married in 2013. They share two children together, and Kelly Clarkson and Brandon at one point were the reason, or she was, you know, their relationship and his encouragement was the reason that she even started the talk show. For a long time, there have been conversations, you know, when Kelly Clarkson decided to not do music as much as she was, she had been very vocal about trying to figure out, like, what was next for her and, you know, what she wanted to do and all the things. I think now we see artists sitting down on podcasts and doing these talk shows, and it's normal. But when Kelly Clarkson started her show, it was like a breakout thing. It was something that was new for somebody in her space. It was. The ratings were good, still are. But I say that to say that he was a huge factor in her career, in her life. So not only is she losing, you know, the. The father for children and, you know, a former colleague or ex manager, however you want to title him, but I'm sure she attributes a lot of things that she's been able to do to him and his support. So want to send some love and some prayers to her and just, you know, talk about, like, how crazy things can be and how unexpected things can happen. Because, again, when I saw the announcement, I thought, okay, you know, they obviously have a really great co parenting relationship. I'd known about the fact that they used to work together, like, he was her manager at one point in time. So, you know, I thought it made sense for her to say, hey, I need to take a step back from my schedule and from work and hop in right now because we don't have the balance of the co parenting partnership. And then I saw the story about his tragic past, and I was like, man, I can't imagine how she feels. And then after all of this, like, is announced and it's out there and it's news, now you become the topic. She's used to talking about topics, but now you become the topic and you have to grieve and figure out life through all of that. It was also announced this morning that one of Brandon's daughters is actually expecting her second child in the midst of all of this too. So just send some love to that family because, I mean, just thinking and talking about it is very heavy. But imagine being in it and being a Kelly Clarkson in the midst of all of this. Now switching gears a bit. Want to head on over. Over to an exclusive that we did. It was actually over on Breakfast Club. We did a exclusive sit down with Tamar Braxton. She was in la. It was the BET Awards week. We did the media room with her. And when she came and she sat down, first of all, let me just say, talking about somebody who doesn't hold back, who she gonna give you? Tamar Braxton is going to entertain. Okay. She's going to give you a conversation worth your money every single time. But her energy was so different at the media room. I met her at breakfast and when she came on Breakfast Club, she talked about, you know, not even rebranding, but just being more aware of what she's saying, how she's saying it, how it affects people and all the things. Because Tamar Braxton has a reputation of all of the Braxton sisters of being almost like the problem child, like the one who is always in the media, who always has something going on and, you know, all the things and all the drama. But now it seems like she wants to step away from that and really focus on, you know, she has shows that she's on. She has her cooking show. She's also producing shows as well, too. Music is there for her as well. She just doesn't want that to be the center of the conversation. So fast forward to me running into her at the media room. This was, you know, a moment because she comes on and first thing I can think of is Big Bad Cadillac. If you don't know why I thought of Big Bad Cadillac, take a listen to Tamar Braxton and her sit down with Nene Leakes when she's talking about her former co host, Loni Love.
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Unknown Speaker
I remember talking to Tamar. I remember talking to you. And you said this to me like they had casted all of you guys. And you were like, we're all going out to dinner. And I believe all y' all went to, like, Mr. Chow.
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Lauren LaRosa
Cause Vince.
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Unknown Speaker
Yeah, y' all all went together to Mr. Chow to kind of like, you know, just make sure that you guys were friends and sisters and you guys had the same vision and all that you produced on there as well.
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I did.
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Lauren LaRosa
Wow.
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Unknown Speaker
And in creating the show, that's why I'm saying, I wish they would have told me that. Cause I wouldn't have cast Big Back Haddlehead Red.
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I can't stand your laugh and it's no shade. So, Tamar, Big Bad Cadillac.
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Lauren LaRosa
How the back gets so big. I don't even know how you respond to that. Somebody called me a Big Bad Cadillac. We got a lot of problems. Okay? We got big problems. Not compact car problems. All right? But I'm gonna say Tamar, her energy about this moment when I talked to her was very much like, okay, I said it. Hehe, ha ha. But can we please move on? She actually apologized, which I didn't expect. I expected her to kind of take onus for like, maybe that wasn't the right thing to say or the right way to describe a person and their figure. But I did not expect her to apologize. It was a big. A big grown up step for her. Let's take a listen to the apology.
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Unknown Speaker
That is an interview that I'm not so proud of because it was a lot of girlfriend kitchen talk, you know, okay, so imagine being at a bar with your girlfriend that you haven't seen in a long time and y' all have cocktails and y' all just start talking about stuff.
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Lauren LaRosa
Right, Right.
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Unknown Speaker
That was.
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Lauren LaRosa
That got you. But I mean, not Tamar, but you, you know, you. When you say something, it go, but.
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Unknown Speaker
I forget, you know, and especially when I'm in a comfortable setting, you know what I'm saying? And then there's cocktails involved. It gets very free flowing.
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Lauren LaRosa
Now. This apology went everywhere, it circulated everywhere. It was like, you know, she addressed it head on. It was her first time addressing. Addressing it head on. And even then she was saying in the interview, like, I'm gonna go ahead and say this, like, I'm gonna give you this because I want to be done with it once I leave here. But it picked up so big. She did have to talk about it a couple other places. But what I realized from that moment and watching her talk about it with me and the place that she went to is that Tamar is really trying to grow up. Like she's. And I mean, she's grown. She's grown as hell. So I mean, grew up in a sense of like, mature and just, you know, watch her words type of thing. But Loni Love had never responded to this whatsoever. And Loni Love sat down with Andy Cohen on Watch what Happens Live, baby. And if you know Andy Cohen, you know, he gonn Potter two or three. He tried, but Lonnie didn't really give him much. Let's take a listen.
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Ryan Seacrest
Lonnie, wanna hear the number one question for you.
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Lauren LaRosa
Oh, what is it?
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Ryan Seacrest
Denzel M Said, do you accept Tamar's public apology towards you? And are you interested in having a conversation with her to bury the beef?
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Loni Love
I have no beef. That's what I want. People to understand there is a beef.
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Ryan Seacrest
It's a one sided thing.
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Loni Love
It's like, you know, and my thing is, you know what? When all that went down, y', all, I was in Iceland. I didn't know what was going on.
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Lauren LaRosa
Okay.
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Loni Love
You know, and so I didn't. And then I got all this information and I'm like, you know what? People wanted me to respond. I'm like, I never respond, Andrew. You know me. I never respond to this. I use my platform to entertain, inform and inspire not to do beefs. If I was on your show though, I would. Cause I'd be like, oh, can we cast her?
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Lauren LaRosa
Yeah, y'. All. So I think the beef is done. I think it's over. I don't know though, because, I mean, this has been going on for so long. For those of you guys who don't know the background, when Tamar Braxton was on the real, there was a lot of conversation around her departure from the real. There were issues that were reported between her and the other women. And, you know, and Tamar on that sit down with Nene Leakes, came out and talked about what her issue was. The fact that, you know, she was one of the producers for the show. I didn't know that. I had no idea that Tamar was even involved that much in the real. It seemed like they plopped her in just to be the villain or the bad guy of the. And then it seemed like that got heavy for her, which I get like sitting in a space on a show like that people watch and they listen to for opinion. Anytime a moment happens where you have to be the person that, like, you're asking something that people don't want to ask, or you're sharing an opinion or people just sometimes just don't like you. It's something that you, I think you learn how to deal with. But it's not a normal thing to have people just throwing comments and opinions and all that at you repeatedly. So imagine being a Tamar Braxton, you know, from the legendary Braxton family, who's already had. Had this history of like, you know, drama and people feeling like she's the issue. And then they put you on the show and they narrate you and they produce you as the issue or the villain or the bad guy on the show, and then you leave. It looked like she kind of couldn't handle the smoke and she didn't want to see anymore. But come to find out from this conversation with any leaks that, you know, her real issue was the way things were happening. Not even just on camera that was an issue, but behind the scenes as well. She poured a lot into that show and felt like she wasn't getting much back. And I'm not mad at her. I'm not mad at her at all for her decisions to step off. But I gave you guys all that background because that was so long ago. This Lonnie Love, Tamar Braxton situation happened so long ago. So it's like I'm, I'm so glad that the ladies have gotten to a point where they're like, look, I ain't got no beef. We moving on. You know, where the Lemon Drop set, like, it's not even that deep anymore. But at the same time, one wrong comment, one wrong SUV body change, and we back in the beginning of where we were. That's the latest, y'. All. Thank you guys for tuning in to the Latest with Lauren LaRosa. This has been another episode, and I tell you guys every single episode that at the end of the day, you guys could be anywhere with anybody talking about all of these things. But y', all, my lowriders all, I think we're at 2 million of you guys now. All of you guys choose to be right here with me every episode. And I appreciate it so much. I'm gonna let y' all know when the merch come. I got y'. All.
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