Toni Braxton had some ups and downs in her love life last year that are only now being revealed.
The 57-year-old singer reportedly had a secret wedding with her longtime boyfriend, rapper Birdman, on August 8.
Then two days later they separated and she filed for divorce two weeks after that with her attorney stating that the marriage was ‘irretrievably broken.’
TMZ said they made the discovery this week when looking through Braxton’s county documents.
Then, in another twist, the Un-Break My Heart hitmaker dismissed the divorce petition in January 2025.
The two musical artists are both still legally married but it is not known if they are in a romantic relationship again.
He does not appear on her Instagram account, which could be a telling clue that they are not together.
Toni Braxton had some ups and downs in her love life last year that are only now being revealed. The 57-year-old singer reportedly had a secret wedding with her longtime boyfriend, rapper Birdman, on August 8; seen in 2018
Then two days later they separated and she filed for divorce two weeks after that with her attorney stating that the marriage was ‘irretrievably broken.’ TMZ said they made the discovery this week when looking through Braxton’s county documents. Seen in 2024
Toni and Birdman first started dating in 2016 and were on-and-off for two years before getting engaged in February 2018. They then called off the engagement in 2019.
Early last year she denied that they had secretly tied the knot.
Toni and Birdman were not together in early 2024 when she said she was ‘looking forward’ to dating again.
She told People about her single life and her plans to start looking for a boyfriend.
‘Single is nice,’ she admitted. ‘I haven’t practiced it yet, but I’m going to soon because I’ve been wrapped up in this show.’
She added: ‘I’m looking forward to getting out there and dating.’
However, Braxton also admitted that she is nervous to get back out on the dating scene again.
‘I mean, dating can be scary too. It can be a little bit,’ she said before revealing the type of person she is looking to date next.
Of her ideal partner, she said they would be ‘a nice guy, someone who will watch Lifetime with me all day long, at least once in the week.’
The performer was also previously married to singer-songwriter Keri Lewis for over a decade from 2001 to 2013.
Then, in another twist, the Un-Break My Heart hitmaker dismissed the divorce petition in January 2025. Seen in May 2024
The two musical artists are both still legally married but it is not known if they are in a romantic relationship again. He does not appear on her Instagram account, which could be a telling clue that they are not together. Seen in April 2019
The exes share sons Diezel Ky and Denim Cole.
Last year Braxton nearly had a heart attack and needed to have a stint fitted.
The singer had the major health scare two years after her sister Traci’s death from oesophageal cancer in 2022 aged 50 – and didn’t want to tell her family for fear of worrying them.
On the series premiere of The Braxtons her sister Trina, 49, said: ‘In true Toni fashion, asked the family to come to dinner, and she had something to tell us, but this time when she told us that she wanted to talk, the setting of her tone was very melancholy, and I’m really afraid, because Toni had this health scare recently.
In 2024, the bombshell said she was ready to start dating and revealed what she is looking for in her ideal romantic partner; seen in February 2001
‘Toni has always been recluse when it comes to her feelings. She’s never really been this person who just wants everybody to know what’s going on with her in her life, and especially with her health.’
Toni said: ‘I know I have to tell the girls about a health scare, which makes me feel some kind of way, because the last health scare we heard was Traci…
‘On the brink of Traci stuff, I don’t want to get them riled up, [thinking] ‘Oh, is Toni okay?’ So I don’t even want to tell them. Maybe I shouldn’t. I don’t know.’
Toni had a widowmaker heart attack and if doctors hadn’t ‘caught it’, she wouldn’t be here to tell the tale.
It happens when a blood clot or plaque completely blocks the left anterior descending (LAD) artery, one of the arteries around the heart.
She shared: ‘If I had a heart attack I wouldn’t have survived, I wouldn’t be here right now.’
Struggling to hold back the tears, she continued: ‘They told me your sister was watching over you because they [are] right, you should be dead today. You should not be alive.’
In a confessional, she said: ‘I had to have a stint put in my heart, which was extremely scary.
‘That’s a very scary procedure itself, but when my doctor told me I might not ever be able to do a tour again. Okay? I heard it before, but this was different. They say you may never be able to do another tour because you could have a heart attack.’
Ever since, Toni is ‘scared every day’ that she could have a heart attack.
She admitted: ‘It’s crazy anxiety. I just think about it all the time… It’s really messed up that I’m scared every day. If I have a heart attack, I won’t survive. I can’t handle even that feeling.’
