Tamar Braxton will not return to ‘The Real’ next season

Things just got real.

Talk show host Tamar Braxton announced she's not returning to her syndicated talk show "The Real" next season — one day after she claimed in a cryptic Instagram post that she'd been "stabbed in the back."

"'The Real' and Tamar Braxton have mutually decided that Tamar will not be continuing with the show for its upcoming third season," Braxton and a rep for the show each said in a joint statement, via Us Weekly. "She will be leaving in order to concentrate on her solo career."

I love u all but I have been stabbed in the back by someone I stupidly trusted ( not my man or my sisters) I am not about to be tried and tested to snitch (👀) and it's not in good taste to tell you who...... but as #tamartians you are very smart and can figure things out on your own. But know that every one who smiles in your face is NOT your friend and is NOT cheering for you and will LIE and try and tear u down to TRY and dim your light. Thank GOD HE HOLDS MY FUTURE AND MY HAND! (Remember who u are)....I am Tamar Braxton. And if you thought for 1 sec u played me.....In the late great prince and the amazing Beyoncé voice you PLAYED yourself😂 to God be the Glory and I will be taking a short break from ALL social media...until then❤️ yourself and WATCH YOUR BACK ( I put this picture up cause this is the embrace I got from my sister and best friend that she ALWAYS gives when she knows I've been had)

A photo posted by Taytay❤️ (@tamarbraxton) on May 21, 2016 at 4:30pm PDT

 

A source told Us Weekly, however, that Braxton's exit actually wasn't mutual at all.

"Tamar Braxton just got fired from 'The Real,'" the insider told the magazine. "Apparently audiences didn't like her and sales people didn't find her brand friendly. She was too difficult on production."

Braxton is the first original cast member to leave the Fox and BET daytime chat fest since its premiere in 2013. Actress Tamera Mowry, fashionista Jeannie Mai, singer Adrienne Bailon and comedian Loni Love make up the rest of the panel.

The 39-year-old Braxton hinted something was wrong on Saturday with her long-winded message on Instagram, which she began by writing: "I love u all but I have been stabbed in the back by someone I stupidly trusted (not my man or my sisters)."

It's unclear if the pointed message was in reference to the talk show

BY Peter Sblendorio