Tamar Braxton’s Boyfriend’s Sweet Ode to Singer Comes at the Right Time Amid Recent Backlash

It seems as if David Adefeso falls more in love with girlfriend Tamar Braxton each day, and his newest ode to the singer shows just that.

The financial services firm CEO uploaded a pic of himself and his love walking through an airport with their luggage in tow Monday.

“Sometimes it’s not where you’ve been that matters. It’s where you’re going that really counts…#FamilyIsEverything,” he captioned the May 6 image.

Tamar Braxton
Tamar Braxton (left) and boyfriend David Adefeso (right). (Photo: @david.adefeso/Instagram)

The post had several fans in their feelings in one way or another.

Some praised the couple.

“Y’all are too cute ❤️”

“Tamar deserves all of this happiness🙌🏾❤️”

“Love you and tamar together ❤️”

“May God continue to bless you and Tamar and just continue to make each other happy know matter what and I love the fact that you knew she was the woman for you the first day that you all met.”

Yet others issued Adefeso a warning not to bring any harm to their fav.

“You better take care of her.. thats a living legend.”

“Please take care of my girl! She’s a gem in my book. 💕”

“I love y’all two together make sure you take care of my Sister I see she’s happy finally so I’m happy 🤩”

“God Bless you and Tamar David take care of Tamar and continue to make her happy forever.”

Braxton and Adefeso’s romance has largely gone along without a hitch for the last year. The two met at a friend’s birthday party in July 2018 and have been going strong ever since. The pair has gone on a swanky getaway to Jamaica and stuck it out even through Braxton’s stint on “Celebrity Big Brother,” which saw her in a house full of celebrities for a month competing for a $250,000 grand prize, which she won.

Their love lives have been colored by an exchange of romantic notes and sexy videos, but they had a hiccup in March when Braxton had an issue with how her birthday celebrations panned out, causing her to declare she was “single and ready to mingle.”

“Well, you know — ahem — we was in Napa, it was a lot of wine happening,” Braxton said to “Entertainment Tonight” in April of her briefly breaking things off with Adefeso. “I was in my feelings, and we broke up for, like, 20 minutes. But now we’re back together, stronger than ever.”

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