‘Hell I Thought This Was Beyoncé’: Tamar Braxton Stumps Fans After Channeling Her Inner ‘Church Girl’  

It appears that many Beyoncé fans, including Tamar Braxton, have been enjoying the singer’s new work from her new album “Renaissance.”

“Renaissance,” which was released last week, is Beyoncé’s seventh studio album and features 16 tracks, including “Church Girl.” In an Instagram post shared on July 31, Tamar showed off her best dance moves while jamming to “Church Girl” in what appears to be her bathroom. 

?Hell I Thought This Was Beyonc?: Tamar Braxton Stumps Fans After Channeling Her Inner 'Church Girl' ?
Tamar Braxton shares a video of herself dancing along to Beyoncé’s new single “Church Girl.” @amarbraxton/Instagram

In the clip, the 45-year-old is seen gyrating and touching herself as the lyrics, “You could get it tatted if you want to. You, you could get it tatted if you want to…Put your lighters in the sky, get this motherf–ker litty” blared in the background.

In addition to the upload, Tamar wrote the caption, “Church girl… don’t hurt nobody.” As the video circulated online, many mentioned how strongly Tamar resembled Beyoncé.

“Looking like Beyoncé lite.”

“Hell I thought this was Beyoncé.”

“She look like an older version Of Beyoncé.”

Tamar Braxton and Beyonc?
Tamar Braxton (left) and Beyoncé (right). (Photos: @tamarbraxton/Instagram, @beyonce/Instagram)

“I really did think it was Beyoncé for half a second.”

“Okay Tae Tae! U done went back 25 years! Looking like MISS YONCE FROM 2003 dangerously in love.”

Among the previous responses, others pointed out how good Tamar looked in the recording. One wrote, “Tamar out here looking different (heart eye emoji).” Another said, “Yaass auntie Tay Tay !!! You look amazing.”

A third Instagram user stated, “I’m not sure what’s going on with Tamar lately but Sis is glowing, snatched, looks at Peace, happy, and just radiating. Whatever it is I want some now! @tamarbraxton.”

This post comes a week after Tamar showed her followers her twerking abilities in the instructional video she captioned “#teachTamarhowtotwerk (laughing emoji).” 

When her twerking video reached The Shade Room’s social media page, Tamar claimed in the comment section that she is trying to improve her skills, jokingly writing, “One day at a time sweet Jesus (laughing emojis).”

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