Tamar Braxton is letting the light in.
The Grammy winner, 43, posted a lengthy update on her health to Instagram Thursday, her first since being hospitalized for what, in the post, she now admits was a suicide attempt.
In the note, which was posted alongside a picture of her and her son, Logan Herbert, 7, Braxton first thanked her fans for their support:
“I have without fail, shared with you my brightest days, and I know that sharing with you what has been my darkest will be the light for any man or woman who is feeling the same defeat I felt just only a week ago.”
“Over the past 11 years, there were promises made to protect and portray my story, with the authenticity and honesty I gave,” the note continues. “I was betrayed, taken advantage of, overworked, and underpaid.
“I wrote a letter over 2 months ago,” she explained, referencing a letter she sent to her WeTV bosses about her show, “Braxton Family Values,” which Page Six exclusively reported on, “asking to be freed from what I believed was excessive and unfair.”
Braxton outlined the cost of her battle with the network brass, writing, “Who I was [began] to mean little to nothing because it would only be how I was portrayed on television that would matter. It was witnessing the slow death of the woman I became that discouraged my will to fight. I felt like I was no longer living, I was existing for the purpose of a corporation’s gain and ratings, and that killed me.”
Acknowledging that “Mental illness is real,” Braxton admitted “it was only God’s grace and His mercy on my attempt to end my pain and my life that I am here to utilize my voice.”
Braxton went on to add that “Reality TV personalities have no union, no coat of protection, no formal representation that protects our labor, our rights, our voices.
“They promise us opportunity but produce exploitation, which has only developed a poor portrayal of black people in show business,” she wrote, before continuing, “I will make it my mission to establish the initiative that fights for ethical business practices in reality TV, fights the ownership of our businesses, promotes growth and evolution of our stories, and gives us 100% equity in our freedom.”
A family insider told Page Six earlier this month that Braxton was unhappy with the network’s choice of “Love and Hip Hop” producer Mona Scott Young for Braxton’s new show, “Tamar Braxton: Get Ya Life.”
“Tamar felt ambushed,” the source said. “She was invited to the network to have a meeting to talk about the show and the premise of the show … and right there sitting down is Mona. The person she said she did not want to work with.”
Following Braxton’s hospitalization, WeTV postponed her new series, “Get Ya Life!”