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JamesG · 05-04-2011, 03:01 PM

VIDEO: Toni Braxton Talks Bankruptcy, Making Less Than $2,000 on a Multi-Platinum Album
May 4, 2011
by Rich Juzwiak

The show, "Braxton Family Values", has really taken everyone over by storm.

I'm excited, but I have to be honest that this was something that I was very reluctant to do myself. I said that I didn't want to do a reality show.

What made you change your mind?

One of the main things was when I filed for bankruptcy, my sisters told me that 'You have to tell your story'. Everyone is telling your story that don't know what happened.

So I thought to use this as a platform to describe everything that's gone on.

You kind of make a reference to it as that it's not the way you want to maintain headlines.

I wondered if that was an overall statement about where you are in terms of your career right now.

No, but I guess maybe a little bit. Today all people see is 'Tony Braxton's bankrupt... again', but I talk about the second bankruptcy vs. the first bankruptcy. What a lot of people don't know is that the first bankruptcy was that my royalty statements were less than $2,000. I couldn't talk about it because there was a huge gag order.

So here I am again and people don't know that I file for bankrupty again. They think that because of my illness that I've spent all of my money, but filing bankruptcy was a protection. When I got sick and canceled my Vegas show I had to cover myself so that all of those vendors wouldn't come after me.

You said that you made just $2,000 from 'Un-break My Heart'?

That whole 'Secrets' album I only made $1,972. That's a true story.

In the show I get to talk about it and people go 'Wow, I didn't know that'.

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Toni-Bra...s-1032674.aspx

05-04-2011, 03:01 PM	#1
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,034	Toni Braxton Talks Bankruptcy Woes and Why She Agreed To Do Reality TV VIDEO: Toni Braxton Talks Bankruptcy, Making Less Than $2,000 on a Multi-Platinum Album May 4, 2011 by Rich Juzwiak *The show, "Braxton Family Values", has really taken everyone over by storm.* I'm excited, but I have to be honest that this was something that I was very reluctant to do myself. I said that I didn't want to do a reality show. What made you change your mind? One of the main things was when I filed for bankruptcy, my sisters told me that 'You have to tell your story'. Everyone is telling your story that don't know what happened. So I thought to use this as a platform to describe everything that's gone on. You kind of make a reference to it as that it's not the way you want to maintain headlines. I wondered if that was an overall statement about where you are in terms of your career right now. No, but I guess maybe a little bit. Today all people see is 'Tony Braxton's bankrupt... again', but I talk about the second bankruptcy vs. the first bankruptcy. What a lot of people don't know is that the first bankruptcy was that my royalty statements were less than $2,000. I couldn't talk about it because there was a huge gag order. So here I am again and people don't know that I file for bankrupty again. They think that because of my illness that I've spent all of my money, but filing bankruptcy was a protection. When I got sick and canceled my Vegas show I had to cover myself so that all of those vendors wouldn't come after me. You said that you made just $2,000 from 'Un-break My Heart'? That whole 'Secrets' album I only made $1,972. That's a true story. In the show I get to talk about it and people go 'Wow, I didn't know that'. http://www.tvguide.com/News/Toni-Bra...s-1032674.aspx Attached Images