‘This S— is Not Fun:’ Why Tamar Braxton is Ready to Throw In the Towel at ‘Celebrity Big Brother’

After initially being rather combative about some past strifeKandi Burruss and Tamar Braxton appear to be bonding over their tough experiences on “Celebrity Big Brother.”

During a chat where the women appear to be forming an alliance with one another, Braxton candidly admits that the competition may be too much for her to handle.

“God bless y’all. Y’all can have it. ‘Cause ain’t nobody gon’ sit around this negativity,” Braxton tells “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” star in a Feb. 1 video. “Not when I got a whole bunch of positivity at home. Because I’m not gon’ lie, Kandi, right now, this s— is not fun. It’s a drag to be here.”

“It’s stressful,” Burruss agrees.

“And you can handle stressful fun. And we used to have spurts of fun, but now we ain’t got no spurts of fun because everybody around here acting like that demon that’s in my room,” Braxton says, appearing to refer to former Miami Dolphins running Ricky Williams who she’s hoping gets voted out once Saturday rolls around.

“His energy is awful,” she added.

Braxton previously butted heads with Williams when he accused her of “bulls—-ing” about her poor behavior and contributing negativity among the celebrity houseguests.

The singer got fed up with Williams when he continued to interrupt her.

Finally, she exclaimed, “What you’re not gonna do is make it like I’m a bulls—–r or a liar. That’s not what I do! I take pride in being an honest ass woman, period. With my man, with my job, with people. I don’t play that bulls—. This is the second time you’ve put that energy out there as if I’m a bulls— ass person. Quit that bulls—!”

And like Braxton, Burruss has experienced a confrontation with Williams, too. But her disagreement was not quite as explosive.

Feeling frustrated because she was put on the block last week, Burruss began to sob and complain to comedian Tom Green. She explained why she was irritated over being asked if she had the Power of the Publicist, which would protect her from getting the boot.

Williams inserted himself, feeling annoyed by the hitmaker’s tears.

“This is a game. And part of the game is putting people on the block, and them getting evicted, so why are you guys acting all b—h-made? It’s part of the f—ing game?” he said.

“If they keep coming to me about the ‘power,’ I’m still gonna say what I feel about it!” Burruss irritatedly fired back.

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