“WILL NEVER FORGIVE HER” : Toni Braxton finally breaks her silence — she stopped talking to her mom Evelyn Braxton

Toni says Evelyn’s unforgiveness and constant victim-playing turned the family into a prison, forcing Toni to carry everyone as the cash cow while destroying their relationships.

Girl, it looks like Toni Braxton is done being her family’s cash cow, and she’s calling out her mom Evelyn Braxton for being the reason why she and her sisters ended up so traumatized.

Toni never really addresses her mother or anything that goes on in the family directly. But now that everyone still expects her to carry the burden for the family, Toni isn’t here for the dysfunction anymore. And can you really blame her?

“The responsibility of it is so heavy for me. I feel like I can never live my life, and I never used to say it. I never used to say anything to anybody,” Toni once admitted.

Toni has always talked about how she would have done so much better in her life and career if she didn’t have to carry her entire family with her. And if y’all have watched their reality show and seen the sisters fight, it always looks like Toni was holding back her true feelings and just trying to hold on till it all passes.

The Braxtons have been in our faces for nearly 15 years now, and after all this time, there’s absolutely nobody on here with any hope that the sisters are suddenly going to heal and become better.

According to Toni, things are probably never going to change because of her mom, Evelyn Braxton’s dysfunction and chaos. I know this sounds like a lot, but when you see the pattern that Evelyn has set up, it’s hard not to see where Toni’s coming from. So not too long ago, Evelyn announced that she was writing a book about her life.

A big chunk of it was going to be about her ex-husband and the infidelity that went on in their marriage. She talked about Michael Braxton going to hell for what he did to her and picking herself back up after the divorce.

“You went to my house and had sex in my bed? Uh-oh. So you mad with me? You know, you mad with me ’cause you bring this woman in my bathroom and y’all have sex in my bathroom with the candles?

Don’t don’t — It was romantic, Lord. Candles all around the tub? Oh. And she’s going to leave her big underwear on the floor? So you mad with me because I would not tolerate this mess?” Evelyn once said.

I mean, to be fair, cheating on someone for 10 years and then bringing your mistress to your bed in the home you share with your wife, knowing that she could walk in and see it all, is as low as low gets. But the one thing that struck a chord was when Evelyn mentioned that she doesn’t think she is bitter at all.

It’s one thing for Evelyn to not forgive Michael, even though he has long remarried and moved on. But it’s a whole ‘nother ballgame for her to deny that she wasn’t resentful or bitter about it. Because let’s be real now. And that bitterness has trickled down into how she treats her daughters.

Here’s the thing: after their father cheated and they both got divorced, Evelyn reportedly made it clear that her children had to pick a side, and there was no middle ground at all.

Even if Toni wanted to do something different and have a good relationship with both parents, seeing how Evelyn treated Traci for being close to her dad was quick to put a cap on any ideas. Toni walked on eggshells and tried to make it up to Evelyn since she didn’t want to put her mom through any more pain.

But once she successfully got her children to side with her, Evelyn reportedly continued to play the victim card with her kids to get her way. And unfortunately, it worked really well. Anytime Toni didn’t do exactly what Evelyn asked or wanted to choose something for herself, it felt like she was abandoning the family just like her father did.

When she separated from their group and became the popular one, her success almost became a prison when it came to her family.

Evelyn made sure to tell Toni, “Bring your sister” or “Don’t forget about your sisters.” But when she secured record deals for her sisters and they still fumbled, Evelyn reportedly never forgot to tell Toni that it was her fault because she didn’t try hard enough and she owed them.

“I feel like they don’t let me fly,” Toni said.

And who can forget all the times Toni has talked about being broke and even filing for bankruptcy? Yeah, a part of it did come from poor contracts early in her career, but a big part of her money was spent picking up after her sisters and trying to use the money and fancy things to keep her family happy.

The worst part is Toni was still expected to carry on and continue being responsible for everyone despite all the drama and stress she had in her own life.

When we’re talking about the Braxton family values, we really got to talk about the real problem — the mama. The mama was causing so many problems. The mama was the reason why all them girls had an issue with each other. She was the reason why all of them had some type of deep-rooted issue with each other. Because every time, and I mean every time she sat there and led the discussion, it showed.

“You are the reason why this girl feels like this. You are egging a lot of things on instead of really nipping it in the bud,” one observer noted.

Sources also speculated that Toni’s lupus might have been triggered by stress from her toxic family situation. And the sisters also seem to have a couple autoimmune health issues to deal with. But if Toni ever brought the problems up to Evelyn, she would somehow find a way to spin it around on Toni until she starts to look like the problem.

And now that she is approaching 60, Toni has had enough and apparently really reduced the amount of communications she has with her mother. It’s only for the cameras, if you’re picking up what I’m putting down.

So looking at Tina Knowles and her children, and looking at Evelyn Braxton and her girls, it’s proved that forgiveness — or unforgiveness and bitterness — can trickle down to your kids. Tina Knowles is the reason why Solange and Beyoncé are able to persevere and press through adversity with grace and poise.

Beyoncé and Solange were able to see their parents go through a healthy divorce. Ms. Tina acknowledged that they did not go back and forth. And honestly, she had every reason to be bitter and not forgive him for having an outside baby on her.

And then on the other hand, we can look at Ms. Evelyn Braxton and see why her daughters are still on each other’s necks in their 40s and 50s. Folks have also been siding with Toni because it’s definitely not easy carrying a burden you didn’t ask for.

Watching their show makes you so aware of toxic parenting because Mama E was very “nice nasty.” And though she may appear like a Bible thumper, she seems to harbor a lot of resentment towards her ex-husband and took a lot of that anger out on her daughters.

With Toni, she always had the burden of watching over the sisters and keeping them in mind in everything she did. Mama E put that burden on her, and you can’t imagine having to carry that for decades.

Of course, both sides dispute these claims. Evelyn has not publicly addressed Toni’s decision to reduce communication, and representatives for the Braxton family have not released official statements regarding the alleged dysfunction.

But as one longtime viewer put it: “As I’ve rewatched Braxton Family Values, the two sisters I most sympathize with are Toni and Traci. I don’t diminish anything that any of the sisters have gone through, but I really felt for those two.”

Do you also think Evelyn Braxton is the problem? The silence from Toni speaks volumes — and after nearly 15 years of watching this family on reality television, the pattern is hard to ignore.