Tamar Braxton Is ‘Ready to Go Outside’ After Year of Celibacy

Tamar Braxton is ready for romance.

In an appearance on the March 26 episode of Sherri, the 48-year-old “Love and War” singer opened up about getting back into the dating scene after a year of celibacy and previously claiming she wouldn’t date until son Logan, 11, turns 18.

Braxton, who shares her son with ex-husband Vincent Herbert, previously spoke about waiting until Logan becomes a legal adult to resume dating on a February episode of her Life, Love, & Beyond with Tamar & Taz podcast. “There’s no way I’m going to bring another man into his life to be unsuccessful. There’s no way,” she said at the time.

Asked about the claim by host Sherri Shepherd, Braxton admitted her previous comments were “a little exaggerated.”

“But here’s the thing: I didn’t want to keep introducing Logan to the people that were in my life. I just want to mentally protect him as much as I can. I don’t want to give him any abandonment issues or anything like that,” said the Grammy nominee, who’s been linked to David Adefeso and ex-fiancé Jeremy “JR” Robinson since splitting from Herbert in 2017.

“So for me, as a single mother, it’s giving very much I just need to wait until the Lord brings me who the Lord wants me to be with,” added Braxton.

The “Let Me Know” musician added that she’s “been celibate for a year.”

“I haven’t been dating for a year at all. Nothing. I haven’t been out. Nothing. Yeah, but now I’m ready to go outside,” declared Braxton. “And now that I’m going outside, girl, I have to be prepped up and be prepped and ready.”

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Beyond her dating life, Braxton is quite busy at the moment. Her new show with mom Evelyn, Cooking Sessions with Tamar & Ms. E, premieres March 25 on CLEO TV.

She’s also gearing up to embark on the October Nights: Calling All Lovers Tour with October London and Ro James, kicking off April 17 at Chrysler Hall in Norfolk, Va.