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Toni Braxton and Autistic Son to Appear in Lifetime Movie, ‘Twist of Fate’

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Toni Braxton’s new Lifetime Original Movie, Twist of Fate, marks a special milestone for the singer-actress – she will share screen time with her son.

“He was supposed to play my son initially, but by the time we worked out the shooting schedule, school had started,” Braxton said of 9-year-old Diezel, who has autism. Braxton’s autistic son has made her an advocate for the organization Autism Speaks, which spreads awareness and understanding about the disorder.

“Even though he’s considered high functioning right now, he wasn’t in the past, and that’s why I thought him carrying the movie and trying to do the movie and tutoring would have been too much for him,” said Braxton.

Yet, Braxton, 45,  insists she and Diezel are happy with the outcome of his smaller role in Twist of Fate.

With all the attention on her new Lifetime movie, Braxton says she is not jumping to get back to music. “I don’t know if I’m going to be doing anymore music, I’ve said that before in the past, but I don’t know,” she said on The Tom Joyner Morning Show.

“I’m thinking, I’m singing in the movie. Ta-da. Some gospel, a little bit. I just don’t know. Maybe I’m mad at music. I don’t know what it is. I can’t, my heart’s not in it right now,” she admitted.

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