Tamar and Toni Braxton Have Heated Argument Involving Mental Illness: ‘You’re a Mean Girl!’ [Video]

In TooFab’s preview of Friday night’s new episode of The Braxtons, Tamar, Toni, and their sisters, Towanda and Trina, sit down for dinner to discuss their latest family drama, seemingly surrounding Tamar’s decision to extend a podcast invitation to their niece, Ashlee, which allegedly led to Tamar receiving a cease and desist.

Per the clip, the conversation takes a turn after Tamar’s mental health is brought up.

“Guess what you’re not going to do? You’re not going to make me feel bad because I’ve been diagnosed with depression and anxiety … from y’all!” Tamar tells her sisters. “You’re not going to make me feel bad about that.”

“We’re not going to use this dinner as the coming out party to Tamar and her mental illness. I’ve already said that, you know, I’ve had struggles with my mental illness in the past,” Tamar adds in a confessional.

“I have a counselor, not just on set, but off set as well, that I speak to several days a week, and I am perfectly okay,” she said. “And I don’t understand what my mental health journey has to do with this ridiculous cease and desist when I have said nothing to get one.”

Back at the table, Toni accuses her sister of being a “mean girl.”

“You’re not going to make me feel like you’re not a mean girl,” she fires at Tamar. “You’re unkind to your family. Your family supports you. You’re in your situation because of you, Tamar!”

“What situation? I’m in a great situation! Y’all don’t like me ’cause y’all jealous!” she exclaims, to which Toni hits back, “Because you’re a mean girl!”

“Oh, you’re such a hater. Y’all hate me so bad!” Tamar says, sarcastically.

Toni then stares down the camera, stressing that “mental illness is real. It’s f–king real. Mental illness is real. It’s real. Yeah, it is. It is not fake.”

“It is!” Tamar says, before pointing at each sister, saying, “You got it!”

“This show should be about mental illness,” Toni agrees, before sharing more thoughts in a confessional.

“Tamar has talked about mental illness before. She’s been on the cover of magazines like People Magazine, and she’s talked about it. So I was really proud of her for doing that,” she explains. “A person’s mental health is personal. And if they don’t want to talk about it, you shouldn’t be allowed to talk about it. But sometimes when a person puts it out there and involves you, you have to say something. And apparently, Tamar was going through something. And I could see it. It was showing. She was showing her slip.”

Tamar, meanwhile, goes on to praise her medication that has helped her with her mental health struggles, saying taking Lexapro was the “best thing” she’s ever done. Lexapro (escitalopram) is an antidepressant — which belongs to a class of drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) — used to treat depression and anxiety.

“I’m on Lexapro 20 milligrams. It’s the best thing I’ve ever done in my life!” she says.

“You should definitely try it,” she tells Toni, before then adding to Towanda and Trina, “Especially [you], because y’all can’t really get it together.”

Toni then questions if Tamar is “going to feel good” about her rant after the fact — and it appears that Tamar definitely did not seem to mind.

“I don’t give a [expletive]!” she sings. “Oh, it’s this Grammy throat right here. I don’t give a [expletive]!”

While Toni suggests that Tamar is going to feel differently after she watches the footage from the conversation, Towanda says her sister is “not going to be mad.”

“I’ve had enough!” Tamar sings.

According to WE tv, the sister dinner “turns explosive when Tamar drops bold accusations.”

The episode will also feature Toni dealing with a “loss while revamping her Miami show.” Meanwhile, Towanda’s Bridgerton-themed bridal shower “moves forward,” however, “some sisters fail to show up – again.” Tamar also prepares for the release of a new EP.

See it all go down when The Braxtons airs tonight at 8 p.m. ET on WE tv.