‘Loni Mad’: Tamar Braxton Lounges in the Sun With Boyfriend as She Moves on From ‘The Real’ Debacle With Loni Love

Tamar Braxton is enjoying some time away from home with boyfriend David Adefeso, and she’s making sure she looks good for her guy in the process.

The singer posted a brief video to her Instagram page Thursday sporting a black Fashion Nova bikini with a set of mesh biker shorts as she strutted toward her main squeeze.

“Don’t you wanna go for a swim?” a sunglasses-and-wig-clad Braxton says before walking up to Adefeso and sharing some smooches.

The look had Adefeso and fans alike heaping on the compliments for the “Braxton Family Values” star.

“My bad girl๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿฅฐ”

“Hot Girl Fall in Full Effect!๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ”

“Okay TaeTae you Betta flaunt that new Happiness! โค๏ธ”

“C’mon BAWWDY ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘”

“๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ Loni Mad ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ” one fan commented, taking a dig at “The Real” host Loni Love after the two sparred online.

Last week, Braxton fired off on Love after the panel talk show host said on-air that she invited Braxton onto the show but the invite went ignored. The spat was ignited after Braxton was asked about going back to “The Real” on “The Wendy Williams Show.”

โ€œWhen the guilt settles๐ŸŽฏโ€ฆ. Lonnie cut the BS!!! Thanks @wendyshow my sister, for having me!!! U may not have an Emmy YET, but the girls are SURELY watching ๐Ÿ˜ฉ๐Ÿ˜ฉ๐Ÿ˜ฉ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚โ€ฆ anyway, back to my transformation!! ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ‘‘,โ€ read a now-deleted Instagram post from Braxton.

The singer continued to go back and forth with Love online. During the virtual sparring, Love continued to insist that Braxton hash things out on “The Real.” Ultimately, Braxton tweeted, “Iโ€™m feeling defeated ๐Ÿ˜” all my hard work & from one question, went down the drain. Iโ€™m just tired of it. I have so many positive amazing television shows coming and music and this always the focus. I honestly donโ€™t want to discuss them nor talk to or about them.”

And presently, Braxton is moving on from the talk show on which she spent two seasons. She shared with YouTube mukbang star Bethany Gaskin that in addition to recording new music, she is going to have two new shows coming out. One is a spinoff of “Braxton Family Values,” which is set to return for a seventh season. The other is going to be a program for VH1 that the star says is about “helping people in a funny kind of Tamar way.”

“I really, really love my job, so I make time for it,” Braxton said.

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