Toni Braxton & Birdman
After Toni Braxton sparked engagement and marriage rumours when she was pictured sporting a massive ring, her supposed husband-to-be Birdman visited The Wendy Williams Show on Tuesday to lay rumours to rest.
When Williams asked the Cash Money boss if he and Braxton are a couple, Birdman gushed, “That’s my girl, my friend, my family,” before Wendy Williams interjected and asked about his sex life. Birdman played coy for a moment but decided to continue to praise his “everything”.
“That’s my love, my soldier, my life — she’s my everything,” he said, later adding, “She’s my life – I love her to death.”
Birdman said he and Toni Braxton have a longstanding friendship that dates back “17, 18 years” and that things between the two “just happen.”
Wendy admitted that she wasn’t a fan of his relationship with Toni in the beginning because of the image Birdman portrays. The mogul wasn’t really phased by her first impressions, “I’m just a gangster, that don’t mean nothing. Certified too. What that gotta do with love?”
When Toni stopped by Good Morning America in January to discuss her upcoming role as Antoinette Tuff in the Faith Under Fire: The Antoinette Tuff Story, she revealed that despite what people think, she hasn’t walked down the aisle and winked at the camera after saying she and Birdman are just “working together.”
Rumours have been swirling around the 50-year-old singer and the 49-year-old rapper for a few weeks, as Toni has been spotted wearing a ring on that finger in recent photos and videos.
She confirmed the news in a teaser for the upcoming season of her WE TV Show, Braxton Family Values.
“I have an announcement to make,” she teased her family before yelling, “I’m engaged!”
She showed off a massive diamond, while her family smiled and laughed in response, seemingly approving of Toni’s soon-to-be marriage to Birdman.