{"id":797876,"date":"2026-08-01T18:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T18:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/797876\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T18:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T18:48:10","slug":"kandi-burruss-unloads-on-fake-tamar-braxton-after-awkward-encounter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/797876\/","title":{"rendered":"Kandi Burruss Unloads on &#8216;Fake&#8217; Tamar Braxton After Awkward Encounter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Kandi Burruss on Tamar Braxton<br \/>\n                          She&#8217;s &#8216;Fake&#8217; and I Don&#8217;t Like Her!<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              August 1, 2026<br \/>\n                            10:30 AM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/a87647ddf3714d59a92733f6b14d07a9_md.png\" alt=\"080126_kandi_burruss_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/kandi-burruss\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kandi Burruss<\/a>\u00a0just tore <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/tamar-braxton\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tamar Braxton<\/a>\u00a0apart following their awkward encounter in July &#8230; bluntly stating she doesn&#8217;t like Tamar one bit.<\/p>\n<p>Check it out &#8212; Kandi recounted their icy interaction at the Essence Fest&#8217;s Black Women in Music ceremony last month on her &#8220;Speak On It&#8221; podcast &#8230; saying she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/07\/06\/awkward-moment-during-essence-fest-with-tamar-braxton-and-kandi-burruss\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">totally swerved<\/a> Tamar&#8217;s attempt to shake her hand because she&#8217;s not about being fake.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260706_5179cefad2884986b92efa9675a2f4b0\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:d476e18b-b60e-45b4-b79d-285deaa2d492\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/5179cefad2884986b92efa9675a2f4b0_md.png\" alt=\"sub kandi burruss tamar braxton getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;Real Housewives of Atlanta&#8217; star lays it out crystal clear &#8212; she isn&#8217;t going to pretend to be cordial with someone who constantly talks smack about her.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>She minces not a single word, noting &#8230; &#8220;I do not like that bitch &#8230; she is a fake-ass bitch to me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The TLC and Destiny&#8217;s Child songwriter goes on to share an example of Tamar&#8217;s alleged fakeness &#8230; recalling they were both at an Atlanta event just a week ago and accusing Tamar of walking by her and calling her the B-word completely unprompted.<\/p>\n<p>But Kandi is not too worried &#8230; she says she knows exactly what Tamar is doing, alleging the latter only gets air time when she&#8217;s trashing someone&#8217;s name.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s no secret Tamar and Kandi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/03\/25\/rhoa-eva-marcille-tamar-braxton-kandi-burruss-beef-drama-husband\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">have long-running beef<\/a>\u00a0&#8230; it dates back to when they were both coming up as R&amp;B artists back in the day.<\/p>\n<p>And it seems like the drama is as healthy as ever &#8230; and nowhere near the end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kandi Burruss on Tamar Braxton She&#8217;s &#8216;Fake&#8217; and I Don&#8217;t Like Her! 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