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Lauren LaRosa
What's up? It's Lauren LaRosa. And this is another episode of the Latest with Lauren LaRosa. This is your daily dig on all things pop culture, entertainment news, and all of the conversations that shake the room, baby. So y' all know we always start off by checking in behind the scenes of the grind. And today on the grind, I am just. I'm just here staying consistent, y'.
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Back on the grind.
Lauren LaRosa
Behind the scenes, though, like, it's been a lot of this week, preparation for a photo shoot that I have happening on Saturday. One of the things that has been a really big. I was gonna say, like, decision I've made, but it's not really a decision, but it's a goal. A really big goal that I've set for myself is that once I kind of got a little bit more comfortable. Not comfortable, like, settling comfortable, but, like, more confident in my role, you know, as a personality and doing the news and all the things, you know, after starting a new job and almost like a new phase, a new life again, once things settled down enough where I could start kind of multitasking and bringing other things. And I wanted to get back to, like, the fashion. And, you guys know, and if you don't, I'm telling you now we have a merch line, a clothing line where we drop fashion pieces. Right now, we. We have merch, which is T shirts and hoodies. But, you know, we. I actually design as well, so we have a lot coming. So it's important to me to not just tell the brown girl grinding story through the Latest with Lauren LaRosa in the news and, you know, behind the scenes of the grind, but also to have, you know, some merch and some fashion pieces that when y' all are out in it, it speaks to who you are as a person. So we have the. I love a brown girl grinding T shirts and hoodies. We have brown girl grinding T shirts and hoodies. And we have more to come, so we'll be doing a photo shoot this weekend to get that together. And if you guys are listening to this episode, go to browngirlgrinding.com and use code BGG LOVE at checkout. And I got a little surprise for you, just because I'm here planning this photo shoot and doing this podcast all at the same dang time, and y' all are here keeping me company. And I appreciate the love, too. Like, I'll go out to, like, a lot of different events. You guys know I love being out in the community. Love bringing y' all the latest live from different events and things. And I'll literally see people in the merch, and it warms my heart because then not because it's like, you know, they're buying a merch, but more so because when I started doing all of this, like, having the conversations that, you know, shake the room is the tagline of brown girl grinding. In the podcast here, my biggest thing was I wanted to create a community. I talked to y', all, y' all talk back to me. We learn together, we grow together. Things are not always perfect, but we're doing it together. My little rider. So when I see the merch, when I see y', all, you know, on the brown girl grinding Instagram, all comments spelling little plug, commenting on the post and the content and really enjoying the messaging and the brand and the community, it makes me happy. So let's get on into the latest.
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Lauren LaRosa
people being happy, you guys know that Todd Tucker And Candy Burr is Candy Burrs, formerly of Xscape, also of Real Housewives of Atlanta. They got a divorce. They got a divorce which finalized in March of 2026. Candi Burris initially filed for the divorce back in November of 2025. To this day, we still don't know what happened. There have been speculations that there was infidelity on Todd's part, but we don't know what happened still to this day. But what we do know is that they are raising children together. Both, you know, they both have daughters from previous relationships. So Kandi Burris has Riley, who is her daughter, who's on that Next Gen NYC show. Todd has a daughter as well. And then they have young children together. And with them being recently divorced, Todd has begun to kind of come into his own as a social media personality. I know we talked about the Housewives in the last episode here on the Latest with Lauren LaRosa in the Real Housewives of Atlanta. Kandi was a big part of that show before she left and her relationship and her marriage with Tod as well with her mother. And a lot of people kind of questioning where Todd stood. Like, you know, was he okay with not being the breadwinner? Was he faithful? There were a lot of questions at the time around certain things. I personally understood where the that conversation came from. I think anytime a woman is very successful and she, Candy has been successful forever and continues to grow in her success and a man is not equally as successful or, you know, their success is a part of the woman's success. Like Todd was trading businesses with cand, working with Candy on things, that becomes a conversation and it can be tough. Like, you know, as a woman who's dealt with, you know, men that had, you know, more than me, that had less than me, but not even just financially. But I think ambition is the conversation. And I think sometimes as women, we're naturally more ambitious and outgoing when it comes to certain things than men are. It gets tough trying to figure out that dynamic sometimes. And I can't imagine doing it across reality tv. But in this new era, they are now going through a divorce. Not on reality TV but in the public eye. It was a when they filed for divorce and when it was finalized, there was some back and forth over custody and different, you know, who would take what and who owned what and what business belonged to who. But they figured it out. They figured it out to the point where they now we've seen them on a few vacations together in co parenting and Candy actually talked about this. She Sat down with Danielle Brooks for her intermission podcast that she does. It's a video podcast. And Kandi talked about, like, how weird it was in the beginning of the divorce because they still shared children together. And then where it's grown to now. Let's take a listen.
Kandi Burruss
I feel like it was a. A little challenging during. While we were in the middle of the divorce, because it's like, I just cussed your ass out, and now we got to go over here on vacation. Just me, you, and Asa Bl. I remember, I think the first one was for New Year's. He all of a sudden was like, he was taking the kids somewhere. And I'm like, hold on. Like, I got those days off. What make you think? Like, I was like, well, we both going, right?
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Wow.
Kandi Burruss
And he was like, all right, cool. So we both were together with our two little ones to bring in the new year. And it was kind of awkward in my brain because I was like, okay. One part of me is like, we're not gonna be together anymore. And typically, you want to bring the year in with the person that you plan to be with.
Lauren LaRosa
Right, Right.
Kandi Burruss
And I knew we wasn't gonna be together, so it just was kind of like, okay, how is this gonna work? But we got along well. One thing he and I can do, like, when it comes to them kids, we're good at, you know, putting the drama to the side and being able to just, you know, be there for the kids.
Lauren LaRosa
Todd has been doing these. I said, he's coming into his own. He's been doing this, like, journey with me via social media of, like, his new single life. Let's take a listen to some of the videos. Todd has passed it just in his. Posted just in his last, like, couple months. Let's take a listen.
Todd Tucker
It's cringe as you get back out there dating. How young is too young? And is there an age that's too old? So my buddy said, if you're gonna go younger, you gotta go your oldest child's age and add eight years. My daughter Kayla is 30, so 38. Is that appropriate? I'm gonna be 53. Another friend said, it's half your age plus seven. Yeah. How old is too old? Like, if I'm 53, can I go 60?
Lauren LaRosa
As I'm watching these videos, I'm like, yo, I get it. You're single. To me, this is like the girl who gets out of relationship and is posting everywhere. Single, single. Back outside, I had looking for the hoes. Like, it's like, why you don't have to do this. And I think at 50 some years old, I just wouldn't like it. I look at it and I have no issue with Todd. I've never been one of those people that thought less of him because Candy was the breadwinner or whatever. I actually thought that their marriage and their family was adorable. I loved seeing them together and I love the dynamic they had because you want to be able to build with your man and your person. But when I see these videos, I'm like, oh, the one he was at the Jay Z concert talking about single dad outside. He posted a photo and I was like, why? Just go to the concert. Just go. So Riley TMZ caught up with Riley following her comments to clarify if it is different between them. And here's what she had to say that you and Ty were not the same.
Kandi Burruss
But he still supports me a lot. He texts me even when I have bad episodes. He's always like, I'm here for you, always. But you know, going through a divorce is never easy. And, you know, we all feel it last, last, last.
Lauren LaRosa
Would you be open to your mom getting married again in the near future?
Jaleayah Hemming
Well, in the future.
Lauren LaRosa
Maybe not now, but maybe in years to come. I know you've been through probably a lot of things.
Kandi Burruss
Anything that makes her happy.
Lauren LaRosa
Man, divorce is not easy. That is one of the things I always say when I see people getting divorced. Divorce is not easy. And I don't ever want to be in the middle of a divorce, like, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever. Because there's so many people that are, like, emotionally attached to the marriage. I just don't want to be the person that to navigate people's feelings in that way and my own feelings at all. Yo, I was scrolling through the Sprite Living track list the other day and immediately started arguing with myself. It was wild. Because records like California Love, Still Not a Player and Back Then are so much more than words and songs. They are moments, they are memories. They're snapshots of where hip hop was and where it's going. That's what Sprite gets. They've spent over 40 years celebrating artists who define the culture, and now they're turning the conversation over to the fans. And if you're like me, the real fun is getting into the why. Why did this song matter? Why did this line hit? Why did it change hip hop forever? Now, I can't promise you any answers, but with Sprite, you'll have a good time figuring it out. Check out the Sprite Living track list. And break down the stories behind your favorite bars@livingtracklist. Genius.com this is the sprite Living Track list. Obey your thirst didn't catch the latest Roland Martin Unfiltered Podcast?
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Lauren LaRosa
Kandi talked a little bit about how, you know, when everything first happened, she was here in New York on Broadway doing and Juliet and how she poured herself into work trying to get through it. The divorce. Let's take a listen.
Kandi Burruss
Around that time, I had got the opportunity to do and Juliet on Broadway. And at first I was kind of, like, thinking about it, but then I said, I'm gonna do it because I knew I was gonna need that to, like, keep my mind out of being sad and distraught.
Jaleayah Hemming
Yeah.
Kandi Burruss
You know what I mean? So I pour into work, and then as far as people close to me, Dawan and Carmen, they were definitely people for me to lean on. Yeah. During that time, of course, my mom. But at first, I didn't want to tell my mom at first because I didn't want to hear what she said.
Lauren LaRosa
All I can say is get off Instagram, Todd, please get off Instagram. I don't know y'.
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Lauren LaRosa
Let me know any recently divorced people. And maybe I feel like this because of his age, but any recently divorced people, hit me up, get in the streets, get in the tweets. Talk to me a bit like they're not on a reality show anymore. They're not on Real Housewives. There's no cameras following. Candy has held it down. She supported. He also supports her too. He posted about her one woman show that she was doing. Congratulated her. Candy just posted him for his birthday. So it seems cordial in the public eye. But do y' all feel like this is too much? Like sometimes I feel like I, Kenny, I, Kenny don't have to post Todd and say happy birthday if she doesn't feel like it. I don't know if she feels like she has to to establish to the public that they're good because she's a public figure. And he also doesn't take us on the journey of his single life. Y' all let me know what y' all think. I'm Lauren the Rosa. This has been another episode of the Latest with Lauren LaRosa. I tell y' all every single episode. Y' all could be anywhere with any old body talking about all of the things, but you choose to be right here with me. My lowriders. I appreciate you. I'll catch you on my next one.
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Episode: When Your Divorce Goes Public (Kandi Buruss Speaks Out)
Date: August 11, 2026
Host: Loren LaRosa (The Black Effect Podcast Network & iHeartPodcasts)
This episode of "The Latest with Loren LaRosa" tackles the realities of public divorces through the lens of celebrity and culture. Host Loren spotlights the high-profile divorce between Kandi Burruss (singer, entrepreneur, and former "Real Housewives of Atlanta" star) and Todd Tucker, examining how their split played out in the public eye, how the couple is navigating co-parenting, and what their experience reveals about relationships, ambition, and healing after a breakup. The episode includes candid quotes from Kandi, insights about her and Todd's post-divorce journeys, and Loren's signature blend of pop culture analysis and community connection.
Kandi Burruss on Co-parenting:
“One thing he and I can do, like, when it comes to them kids, we’re good at, you know, putting the drama to the side and being able to just, you know, be there for the kids.” ([12:50])
Todd Tucker on Re-entering the Dating World:
“It’s cringe as you get back out there dating. How young is too young? ...My daughter Kayla is 30, so 38. Is that appropriate? I’m gonna be 53.” ([13:22])
Kandi on Coping Post-Divorce:
“I’m gonna do [Broadway] because I knew I was gonna need that to, like, keep my mind out of being sad and distraught.” ([18:57])
Loren’s Real Talk:
“All I can say is get off Instagram, Todd, please get off Instagram.” ([19:40])
Tone: Conversational, honest, and community-oriented, balancing insightful commentary with moments of humor and empathy.